This is my first show and my first review.I felt as prepared as a novice can be thanks to all the reading I’ve done on this site, (though I was still apprehensive.) I was accepted into the juried show in June and I spent most of the summer painting a
Read more…Just found an app that can be used to forecast the wind. Although rain at an art show is no fun, wind can sometimes be a lot more destructive! It is basically a site used by sailing enthusiasts, but covers pretty much everywhere. It is called SailFlo
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I'm just investigating the art scene in Southwest florida and came across a call for artists for the Art on the Lake at Miromar Lakes community in march. I was curious if anyone had any first hand experience at this "mini-show" and if so,
Read more…Chatsworth Cranberry Festival Arts & Crafts Festival
Intersection of Routes 532 & 562
Chatsworth (Woodland Township), NJ
3rd Weekend of October - Saturday & Sunday 9:00am-4:00pm
The festival was started years ago as a small local crafters show and
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So I'm pretty new to this Art fair thing and I recently got into a fair. When I looked over the application there was no mention of the fact that for the two day fair, vendors are expected to set up at 6 am and at 5 pm pack up all inventory
Read more…hey, all - Have looked in archives, done searches, etc., to no avail.
If you've done the Fallfest of Fine Arts in Ocean City, MD, or Paragon'e Dallas or Houston shows, I'd love insight about crowds and buying energy. I am an oil painter.
Thanks!
Read more…I sent off email cancellations for Elk Fest and the cabin we had rented today after visiting the Estes Park Flood Recover Facebook page. Basically they are saying it will be months before the roads are rebuilt and they are advising residents to evacu
Read more…I have not been on the site for awhile between our travels and my dissertation. I thought some might be interested in an update on our first year progress. We just returned from an extended trip to Ireland. Sherry participated in the Art in the Open
Read more…Hi, all - I've looked here and on Art Show Reviews, and unless I'm looking wrong, I find nothing on Paragon's fall show in Reston, VA.
Does anyone have any input on the show? Thanks!
Read more…The Amagansett Fine Art Festival, put on by painter David Oleski, took place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 5-7, in Amagansett, NY, on Long Island.
The show was staged in a lovely, flat, grassy field behind the American Legion building. Set-up wa
Read more…Our artist friends Leah and Scott DeCapio (ceramics) lost their studio in Glen Haven. It is the pile of rubble against the Town Hall. Scott was hiking in today to see if their house survived. Glen Haven is over the hill and northeast of Estes Park. N
Read more…I've been accepted to my first Texas show, the November Paragon Fort Worth Fine Art Fest. I was excited at first but now I'm having doubts. Has anyone done this show before? If so, do you think it's worth it (I'm from Montana and looking at a 26-29 h
Read more…Chances are that not many (or any) of you reading this have done this relatively new show produced by Amdur Productions. It is held in the historic Third Ward area of downtown Milwaukee, and this will be it's third year. I received an email a few day
Read more…It seemed like a blessing when my son and his wife moved to Michigan because he used to live in the San Juan Islands! Now that I have a granddaughter, however, it feels like a million miles away! Bottom line, I need some shows in central and/or Weste
Read more…I had the experience twice so far this year of doing a show that I felt I did very well at but almost every other artist I spoke to, including ones with quite a bit more experience and (at least in my eyes) better work than mine, told me they did bad
Read more…We have heard this is a wonder, well attended, art focused crowd, with average attendance annually over two days of 300,000-350,000. It is in Waynesville, which is south of Dayton, north of Cincinatti.
We loved that the jury process was more intense
Read more…The Wickford Art Festival, like many of the festivals I attended in July and August, was harmed, in my opinion, by the weather. If it wasn't sweltering this summer, it seems, it was cold and rainy, and that was the case in Wickford, which took place
Read more…Has anyone done this show who is willing to share some pointers? Is it worth it? What genres sell, don't sell? Are there good and bad locations? Price points? Any info thankfully received!
Read more…Hi, all - have searched AFI and Art Show Reviews for info on Paragon's Dallas and Houston shows, both in November, and have found nothing. I would love any insights or experiences any of you have on these shows!
I bombed in Florida last winter, and
Read more…I just picked up my Mac from the computer repair facility and while the gal at the register checked me out (read that rang up the cost of the repair) I checked out the swiper device on her phone. Seems there is yet another new player in the POS biz.
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