Browse bins have not had much love recently.
They were a central and controversial topic in that recent spirited discussion about booth jury slides and the art show police.
Here's the thing about browse bins: If your art business depe
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Does anyone use PayPal as their merchant Service, I am mostly interested in hearing about their
Virtual terminal. I have been using the Virtual terminal with my current provider, after 12 years they have raised my monthly rates from $7 to $50 be Read more…I am posting this from a fb link I received. I am not saying it is true or false, just posting as info.
If it is true, I wanted to let those who use it be aware of it - just in case - one can never be too careful.
Today I received an email from a customer who saw Chris Boone's work at Images in New Smyrna Beach and is looking to purchase some work. I emailed Chris today and received no response. Does anyone have contact information for him?
Read more…We talk about it all the time, for one reason or another, whether or not it would be effective to boycott a show. Here are some Canadian artists putting their outrage to work:
February 1, 2011; Source:Winnipeg Free Press | Ottowa's National Arts Cent
Read more…This is the kind of news I do not like to report. An email I received today:
We are sorry to inform you that the Hidden Glen Arts Festival has been sidelined for the 2011 season. This break allows us time to evaluate the Festival's feasibility in vie
Read more…I received my latest "not invited" today from a show I've been doing for a few years and after my initial surprise of not getting in it starting me thinking. This show has never really been a profitable show to do but it had a few things going for it
Read more…Working this weekend? at an art fair? Please tell us where and a booth # so we can find each other. Where will you be?
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I also have a large collection of old 'Sunshine Artist' Magazines, 'Showwest magazines' and other art/watercolor magazines.
Anyone have any thoughts on what to do with them?
They are in rather good condition and are full of great information, which
Read more…Hi everyone,
Should I put price tags on my items at shows? I have not used price tags at any of my shows because I want to engage with the customers. Will price tags deter interaction? Or do you think customers prefer to see prices and make thei
Read more…In many communities where art festivals take over the city streets in business districts there is a good deal of push back from the merchants who don't like the events saying the events disrupt their business, e.g., those who close their business or
Read more…I posted about this in Nels Johnson's blog from Gasparilla and it was suggested that I start a new thread here. A bit of background is that I am new here and to the art show circuit as an aspiring jeweler. We have been researching shows in Florida th
Read more…Along with the jurors also being the art police, we have seen an increase in promoters using crafters to be the buy-sell police. This leaves the acused crafter to redeem himself on the word of a crafter who's motives might not to be pure. It happ
Read more…Will you be participating in this weekend's exuberant burst of art this weekend in South Florida at Coconut Grove, St. Stephen's or Arti Gras in Jupiter? Going to be in Orlando at the Downtown Orlando Art & Living Expo? If so, tell us below: name, evRead more…
The following essay was sent me by an artist who has made a living at shows for the past 20 years. It's going to ruffle a lot of feathers but even more people are going to relate to it.
http://bermangraphics.com/artshows/art-show-police.htm
If outdoor
Congratulations to the members of this community who were award winners at some of the recent Florida shows:
Bonita Springs: Michael Weber and Marc Duke
Images in New Smyrna Beach: Matthew Hatala, Patricia Karnes, Michael Myers, Nels Johnson, Ed Brown
Is anyone participating in this show this coming weekend, January 29 & 30? Let me know...we're going to try to do some promotion for you.
Read more…I wrote once that an artist doing art fairs can control only so much. We try to have a good display, a good tent and do as many good art fairs as we can. We can't control the economy, the weather and other things. Some things are just beyond our c
Read more…Some of you may have read this story:
Its about a world class violinist playing in a subway and being mostly ignored by commuters. He played du
Read more…This is not strictly an art fair issue, but it concerns artists in general, especially in economically depressed cities such as the Midwestern one where I live.
I'm an officer on the board of a local non-profit that's focused on the arts and reinvent
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