"Karen,
I'm glad you posted your thoughts here, communication-central for art fair artists! Because there is one other thing that can be done: don't waste your money by trying to exhibit at this show next year. And…"
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Town Art Fair, Leawood, KS
Started this discussion. Last reply by Todd J Shelley May 25, 2011. 8 Replies 0 Likes
57thStreetArtFair (Chciago) advice?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Sandra Duncan Mar 9, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Long Grove? Yay or nay?
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karen cooper commented on Don Mabry's blog post Independence, MO in August
"Don, I have no experience with the show in question, but I have experience with a show that sounds similiar, that Sunshine Artist once rated #44 on their FINE arts list. Major error. Nail together "country" pine furniture,…"
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Carol Larsen commented on karen cooper's blog post Red Warning Flags
"That's where checking with previous vendors would really come in handy. I just dropped a show I have done for 5 years because of management - they run it like a church rummage sale. Nothing has changed - they think they are just fine...turnover…"
karen cooper commented on karen cooper's blog post Red Warning Flags
"Carol,
I wish I could tell you the problem was part of your first group of reasons. Unfortunately, it's a seasoned director, doing it the same as she's always done it."
Carol Larsen commented on karen cooper's blog post Red Warning Flags
"Reasons: the person who was suppose to get the information out to artists may not have, dropped off the face of the earth, quit, got fired.
The people didn't understand how to market for artists and realized their mistake and are trying to make…"
Lynda Wallis commented on karen cooper's blog post But Of Course, We Just Don't Have Enough Art Fairs
"I'm looking for shows just a little further away from my 'hood to get away from the glut of shows, back to areas where the public isn't so bombarded by an overwhelming number of shows. I've been looking for shows that are special…"
karen cooper commented on karen cooper's blog post But Of Course, We Just Don't Have Enough Art Fairs
"Lynda--are you in the Chicago area? Being an Iowegian (yeah, from Iowa) I am rapidly losing my desire to drive across the river for a Chicagoland show. It used to be special to be included in a Chicago show--now--I'm…"
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- Years in the Art Fair Business
- 15
- First show ever
- several! including Krasl, Naperville, Prairie Village
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Red Warning Flags
Posted on December 12, 2011 at 1:48pm 4 Comments 0 Likes
In considering whether or not to apply to an art fair, every seasoned exhibitor will tell you to check out the details. Look for the red flags of warning. Interestingly, this one came to my inbox this morning, and they helpfully even already had it in red text. How convenient.
ARTIST APPLICATION DEADLINE…
Continue But Of Course, We Just Don't Have Enough Art Fairs
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 12:30am 34 Comments 0 Likes
Good grief. Look what just hit our inboxes.
Plus Two NEW Festivals in Milwaukee, WI and New Buffalo, MI
Wouldn't you expect that a national level art fair director would know by now that there are too many art fairs? That patrons are really becoming ambivalent about whether they attend or not, because it'll be crazy easy to find one to go to next weekend instead?
How many artists have lamented the…
Continue Check The Coffee Pot
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 3:17pm 7 Comments 1 Like
Greetings,
Welcome to the Cooper studio, Jefferson, Iowa.
We've been through a bad phase lately. Please allow me to share; and honestly, it's not THAT bad.
The scene: Husband and I in the car, driving somewhere, and one of us would look at the other of us and ask "did you check the coffee pot?" As in: did it get turned off, or left on?
Somehow we have adopted the assumption that an empty coffee pot left turned on when nobody…
Continue The Summer Art Fair. What's The Mission There?
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:44pm 11 Comments 3 Likes
Greetings,
Welcome to the Cooper studio. Yup, still on the topic of that summer art fair. Who'da thunk it was so complicated, eh?
The summer art fair. And no, we don't have to limit ourselves, it could be a fall event--we'd even allow winter if you move it indoors. Think art festival, then it becomes season-less or generically seasoned. However/whatever.
Today we need to talk about one of the major problems with the art festival venue. In a…
Continue The Summer Art Fair. Would I Be An Artist There?
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:09pm 5 Comments 7 Likes
Greetings,
Welcome to the Cooper studio, where we've predetermined to talk again about the summer art fair.
Aaaah, sunny days, the green grass of the park scattered with cute little white tents, happy artists selling their fine art....
Oh wait. How much of that line is fiction? Imaginary? Delusional? A sham?
I've spent quite a bit of research time lately on the topic of the "fine art fair". Some of them have a heck of a…
ContinueComment Wall (3 comments)
- At 1:04pm on July 11, 2011, Kathleen Neff gave karen cooper a gift…
For your valuable input and inspiration, not to mention excellence in writing your blog and consistency in your work. Thank you.
- At 10:12am on March 9, 2011, Kathleen Neff said…
- Well, we've left our winter behind (I hope)...SW Missouri is notorious for 'I-44 corridor changes' and I'm right on it! Oh, and I know Jefferson...I was born and raised in Boone (Co.). So, do you still have the Red Barn festival? I do both painting (fine art) and painting (fun art illustrated barnwood signs) as well as sculpture in polymer clay. I always wanted to get back 'home' but the timing has been wrong for shows I really wanted to do and now the state of the gas prices is giving me pause for thought. My brother lives in Eldora and my sister in Dubuque so I have reason to make an extended trip. Do you do many Iowa shows?
- At 8:25pm on November 30, 2008,
Connie Mettler said… - Hi Karen,
Thanks for joining this new site. Were you at Krasl this year or last? I was there and would love to meet you. Maybe next year.
In the meantime, please invite some friends to join. We can turn this into an artists destination, "the more, the merrier."
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