Updated booth shot... how am I doing?
I feel like singing, "You've come a long wayyyy, Baybeeee" How's it looking now?
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I feel like singing, "You've come a long wayyyy, Baybeeee" How's it looking now?
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Hi..My name is Dennis Dodson and I am a retired high school art teacher who loves to paint..My studio/home is about 45 miles north of Detroit..I have been doing Art Fairs for 4 years now and it has been a great experience...My only real concern is fi
Read more…Not really about art shows, but... We've just completed an interview with Chase Jarvis, a young successful commercial photographer. What's interesting about it is that he's a master at using social networking to promote himself. He has over 50,000 fo
Read more…I was approached by a recruiter at Dunedin this year who was interested in having my work featured in an Iphone/Ipad app. When we finally talked $$$, he told me the cost was about $350 to have 3 images in the app, but artists get a certain percentag
Read more…I'm participating on a panel soon about art marketing and need some input from you. With the economic changes of the last years some buying patterns have changed. Who is your buyer? Has it changed? Who do you target with your art marketing? Who do yo
Read more…A few questions for everyone. Can I have some feedback on selling only originals as opposed to selling prints, cards, etc? I currently sell only originals through a gallery. Sales are very slow and I am interested in perhaps selling framed prints, no
Read more…How do you price your merchandise. I am a jewelry artist and have gone back and forth whether to continue to use the hang tags or not. I have tried leaving the prices off and it seemed as if people just walked on and never asked. I greet everyone
Read more…Ran across this company in an ad in this month's Popular Photography. 18 x 24 posters $2.00 ea. Use promo code popnov and get one poster free. Flat $10 ups. I ordered six this week, will post when I get them how they look. www. shortrunposters.com
Read more…I'm unsatisfied with my display and have been trying to decide on a good course of action. I want something professional, but at the same time I don't want all my work behind glass.
I want to put large photos of my jewelry onto banners to hang, but
Hi All,
I'm a photographer/ digital artist preparing several framed and unframed works for display at my first Arts Festival. I'm planning to be consistent with all matting, but I'm on the fence about whether to frame with uniformity (same color/sty
Read more…O.k. so I read almost every week a new post on the debate of prints, giclees, reproductions etc. and I just start sighing the minute I read them.
I began doing prints (whatever you call them) a few years ago when I thought, "Everyone should be ent
Read more…This isn't really art-fair related, but I know some of you sell in galleries too, so I'm hoping someone will have some insights on this problem. Here's what's happening:
I had gotten away from galleries for a while, but obviously shows alone aren't g
Read more…Hey All! I've been getting some emails from fellow artists that use mainly Constant Contact and the newsletters are nicely laid out and fun to read. I was wondering if any of you feel that the Email Newsletters are a good idea or just something els
Read more…I am not sure what section of AFI to post this but here it is. I met a a person at an art show who is opening an art gallery. They are doing a call for artists right now. I have noticed many people on AFI are thinking about trying their art out
Read more…This may be a huge can of worms, but I will go ahead and open it because I am curious. What is behind the resistance to actually stating your sales numbers at a show? I recently wrote a blog post about a show and stated my sales numbers. Connie Me
Read more…I have been approached to sell rights to some of my photographs to be mass produced and sold in catalogs like Pottery Barn's. Does anyone know anything about selling rights, things to ask beforehand, and what's reasonable to expect? I'd appreciate
Read more…For the 2D artists who sell only originals (for sake of this question, can we exclude photography for now so we don't go down that path), do you sell framed pieces only, or do you sell some unframed? And if you sell unframed, how do you avoid the im
Read more…I just uploaded this video for a sculptor I did some work for last week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8oZNMIDR8k Is anyone using YouTube to promote their art and how is it working? Larry Berman Digital J u r y Services http://BermanGraphics.com
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