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Winners in the Pledge Drive Drawing

Many thanks to all the people who sent support to our Pledge Drive. We drew the first 20 names in a podcast yesterday and here are the winners:

  1. Carol Wilson
  2. Jacquelyne Zajac
  3. Ralph Sharp
  4. Robert Wallis
  5. Tim Longwell
  6. Joyce Wathen
  7. Bonnie Eastwood
  8. Elle Heiligenstein
  9. Suzanne Ens
  10. Megan Martin
  11. Renee…
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Added by Connie Mettler on May 24, 2013 at 9:00am — 9 Comments

Working on my first booth

Today I began making the panels.  Taking 1 x 3 pine and plastic snow fencing stapled to the frame.  I then attached duct tape onto the edges to protect any of the edges where the snow fence is stapled from cutting into the fabric once it is attached.  I just tonight started attaching the fabric I bought at a local fabric shop to the frames...covering both sides by wrapping.  The panels are 2 feet wide 6 ft tall... and 5 will fit together for one wall.  I built 15 panels so now I'm covering…

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Added by Nathaniel Maloney on May 23, 2013 at 10:00pm — 5 Comments

PODCAST: Birthday Party Drawing + 10 Marketing Tips for Artists

THURSDAY - MAY 23 - 6 PM ET - Call in at 805-243-1338

Do you love our art fair related websites where you can

  • find a show to attend
  • get the inside scoop about an art fair
  • stay in touch with the ups and downs of our industry
  • get support for your business
  • or just have a good…
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Added by Connie Mettler on May 23, 2013 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Winner April Blog Post - Oscar Matos Linares

Oscar's candid post, "The Only Thing I Ask You God", struck a note with many readers last month. If you haven't read it yet -- do it now, and then look forward to meeting Oscar at a show one day. 

Congratulations, Oscar, the members have voted your story as Post of…

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Added by Connie Mettler on May 23, 2013 at 12:30am — 2 Comments

The great thing about Art Fairs...

The great thing about Art Fairs is standing in your booth for eight hours and having the opportunity to visit with people. Now this may sound like tooth extraction to some of you but I love to talk to people... random strangers at that. It might be about the weather or even better about art or, best of all, my art! Nothing defines your philosophy and message of your art more than explaining it 30 or 40 times a day. And in these days of automated tellers, self checkout at stores and…

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Added by Brett G. Hall on May 22, 2013 at 10:34am — 2 Comments

Broad Ripple Review

Well guys, I might not be the right person to write this review because it was my first time at Broad Ripple, in fact my first time doing a big Mid West show, if you don't count Paducah, Kentucky a few years back, when I was just starting out. Set up was easy and the organizers from the art center were on hand to help direct you to your area ( Yea Kile), which was color coded. This was a massive show, spread out in all directions. I lucked up and could drive my car right in front of my…

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Added by margaret luttrell on May 22, 2013 at 10:08am — 9 Comments

Why you lost at Powerball ...

Odds in the recent Powerball lottery were 1 in 175.2M

Odds in winning a prize in the Birthday Party Pledge Drive are more like 1 in 3! You not only help support this website that helps you in your art fair business you are really likely to be saying soon, "Wow! I won. I never win anything!."

Some of the…

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Added by Connie Mettler on May 22, 2013 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

Too Many Shows...

Spent the previous weekend in lovely Prescott, AZ (pronounced Press-kit) at the 35th Annual Arts Guild show. The show is located on the lawns around the courthouse in the center of town. People know that it is an annual event and being the first show of the summer season it seems there isn't art show fatique. But that isn't the reason for writing this post. As if there aren't enough shows in AZ these days for promoters to promote it seems that there was another promoter promoting a show…

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Added by S Brian Berkun on May 21, 2013 at 11:00pm — 8 Comments

May 18-20 - "I don't have anything to sell, everything is just soaking wet"

For most it was a weekend for a decent paycheck with no scary things going on -- whoops, I forgot to mention this report in from my friend fiber artist, Sandy Moran who was at the Tulsa Mayfest:

Most of the stock was salvageable, though the tent was twisted…
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Added by Connie Mettler on May 21, 2013 at 4:15pm — 2 Comments

St. James hotel special rate

For all those participating in the St. James art festival I've arranged a discounted hotal rate of $59 ($30 off normal rate) at the Sleep Inn on Preston Hwy. The hotel has recently been renovated all rooms have fridge& micro, breakfast, free parking, it's safe, clean and only 3 miles from show site. If interested call the hotel directly at 1-502-368-9597 and ask for the artist rate. Last year the hotel sold out very quickly so if you're interested make you reservations now.

Added by lori kay on May 21, 2013 at 12:34pm — 4 Comments

Show Review: 2013 Northern Virginia Fine Art Fair Reston, VA

Hi Friends.....here is my review of Reston...

I arrived Friday morning to a very well organized check in and nice volunteers.  This show is one of the most impeccably organized shows I have ever been to.  There are about 220 artists in the show and they have the check in and set up down to a science. The show is on the streets of the Reston Town Center, an affluent shopping and office area.  I drove up to my booth and unloaded and set up.  I met my neighbors, all of whom were…

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Added by Elle Heiligenstein on May 20, 2013 at 2:06pm — 18 Comments

East Lansing Art Fair

The weather was GREAT for this show on May 18 & 19 in the home town of Michigan State University. Spartans were everywhere. So was construction. It was a bit confusing finding our way into the art fair grounds because of all the street closings and construction on the main drag, but once we found our way in for Friday set-up, things went pretty smoothly. We took our time setting up on the street between 1 and 5pm Friday. Our biggest problem was the drastic tilt of the street making…

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Added by John Leben on May 20, 2013 at 10:09am — 8 Comments

Call for Artists: CenterFest Arts Festival

September 21 & 22  CenterFestLogo

Durham, North Carolina

Downtown Durham

Presented by the Durham Arts Council

Sat. 10am-6pm; Sun. 11am-5pm

135 visual artist exhibitors

Deadline: May 31



CenterFest is a competitive, juried festival attracting high-quality fine art and fine crafts.  In it's 39th year, CenterFest is the longest running outdoor juried arts festival in North Carolina.  Located in Durham's lively downtown…

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Added by Connie Mettler on May 20, 2013 at 7:00am — No Comments

Call for Artists: A Lake Michigan Weekend Art Market

Saturdays and Sundays May 25 thru Sept 2 2013
(Memorial Day weekend thru Labor Day)…
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Added by Connie Mettler on May 19, 2013 at 11:00am — 15 Comments

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Added by Mirko Sevic on May 18, 2013 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

More Prizes!! What Could They Be? These just in ...

Ever hear of "free"? Yes, Virginia, a whole bunch of art fairs would love to see you at one of their art fairs and are offering free booth spaces at art fairs from Massachsetts to Florida to Kentucky to Wisconsin, Chicago, Colorado ... 

If you want to test the waters in Atlanta, look at this:…

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Added by Connie Mettler on May 17, 2013 at 2:00pm — 5 Comments

Call for Artists: 49th Annual Art in the Park - Colorado

August 10 & 11  Art in the Park Logo

Loveland, Colorado

North Lake Park


Sponsored by: Thompson Valley Art League

Sat. 10am-5pm; Sun. 10am-4pm 

230 Artists

Deadline: June 1



The Thompson Valley Art League invites you to participate in the 49th Annual Art in the Park.  This Fine Art and Craft Festival is one of the oldest in Colorado and is attended by collectors from around the world.  Art in the Park is in it's 49th year and will feature over…
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Added by Connie Mettler on May 17, 2013 at 7:15am — No Comments

Getting Fed Up With Zapp

I don't know about others having problems with Zapp,but this has been my experience the last couple months with two different shows in CO. It took Zapp a couple days to allow acceptance to a show. Twice now I have paid for booth fees for two different shows with credit card and it doesn't show up on Purchases. This means I have to call credit card company to verify that payment was not made to avoid a duplicate payment if I pay again. I also contact the show to confirm they did not get paid.… Continue

Added by Richard L. Sherer on May 16, 2013 at 7:05pm — 8 Comments

Yay! Made it into the Crosby Festival of Arts

I was on the wait list for a long long time. I checked Zapp this afternoon and the wait list changed to Invited! Yay! Trying to get into some larger shows this sophomore year. But this is one I really wanted to get into. After a lot of rejections (about a 70% not invited rate), this news came in very sweet! You can see my whole schedule here...

http://fatcatimages.com/schedule/2013-schedule/

 

Added by Scott Pakulski on May 16, 2013 at 4:13pm — 5 Comments

May 16 - These Prizes Just in for the AFI Pledge Drive

Woo hoo! Amazing prizes available to all of you who pledge in our 4th Annual Birthday Party Pledge Drive, including:

From Greg Lawler at the Art Fair Sourcebook:

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2013 + 2014…
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Added by Connie Mettler on May 16, 2013 at 3:44pm — 2 Comments

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