Last year I bailed out of the Long Grove, IL show when I received the booth assignment and saw the artist media listings. Just about half of the show were jewelers and photographers. Not a chance in hell of making a profit, and I heard later there we
Read more…Lots of shows took place last weekend. Here are some links to news reports:
Queeny Park Art Fair, St. Louis. View the winners and layout of this show: https://www.facebook.com/ArtFairAtQueenyPark
Ridgeland Fine Arts Festival, Ridgeland, MS. Learn mo
Read more…Has anyone else received a survey from the Naples Art Association? This March the fifth avenue show had the hours extended to 7 pm. For me and everyone around me the extra hours were a total waste - there was no one there. Now they are considering
Read more…Hi everyone! My name is Asha, I have been wandering all over this forum for years now, never posted anything but I have really appreciated reading your discussions! I do believe I have become better because of you! So here is my quandary. I got ac
Read more…Just wondering if anyone has any information on this show...?
As well as the Rio Grande Holiday show ?
Read more…I would like to read some reviews of Cain Park Art Fest.
Thanks in advance.
Read more…Report on one of my favorite shows, hidden cleverly within a small town festival.
The Daffodil festival is pure small town Americana located in the small colonial town of Gloucester, VA. The festival itself encompasses about 4-5 blocks of main stre
Read more…I'm in the uptown Minneapolis show this August and am being asked to pick a booth spot. Looking for anyone who has done this show to suggest whether the mall area or Hennepin st. is better?
Read more…Has anyone done this show in the past few years? How was the traffic and quality/look of the customer?
Has CraftBoston skimmed off the cream, customer wise?
Did the show years ago and it was so-so at the time, not really worth it for the expenses-
Read more…I'm looking for some midsize shows close to home, and haven't tried these two. The Carmel show is late September, 27/28, and the Columbus show is August 23/24.
My only info on the Carmel show was from its early days which were pretty bad, with most
Read more…Did anyone do the Norwalk Art Festival by Gordon Fine Arts at the end of June in 2013, which I thinnk was the first year? Looking for some feedback before I decide on the application. Any customers/business? Thanks.
Read more…It's always nice to do shows & be able to have power and use your track lights, but I have grown to hate doing shows that do not offer electricity and I have to do without my lights. This year I have decided to try out the battery operated system to
Read more…Once again I get my annual rejection from those guys. My new work wasn't coming together and the deadline was looming, so on the last day in goes the old work, polished, organized, and wordsmithed the best I can. No surprise, the rejection note comes
Read more…For the past couple years, I've used a tall Armstrong desk and a tall director's chair in my booth. Recently, it seems that these two things are taking up too much room - and are more formal than I want.
So I am thinking of doing away with the art s
Read more…Once again, I am waitlisted by a show whose wait list policy I can’t determine. I emailed right after receiving the notification through ZAPP, asking what their poicy was, do they fill cancellations by medium, do I have a wait list number, etc. I hav
Read more…“The Other Art Show. ” This is the indoor one at the Varied Industries Building, held at the same time as the big one downtown at the end of June.
Any past participants have a map? I’m wondering if any area is better than others. I will choose indo
Read more…I've applied to the art fair. Their date of sending out notification of acceptance is March 17th, as shown on zapplication. It's March 18th now but I havn't heard anything from them. Anyone here has updates?
Read more…I recently posted this article on my site at www.ArtsyShark.com, and am getting a lot of comments from artists:
It shares my own experience with overburdening myself with fairs and festivals. I ended up doing something I've never do
Read more…Bend Summer Festival 2014 (Oregon)
Heldat Drake Park
Show Dates: 7/12/14 - 7/13/14
Application Deadline: 6/20/14
Has anyone done this show or attend?
Read more…Is this bad? Nothing against jewelers at all, but I don't know why I'm the only painter in a row full of them. :( I'm new at this art fair thing so I'm not sure what this could mean for me with sales.
Thanks!!!
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