I have been following discussions and blogs on AFI and am little confused as to everybodies take on what is art and what is crafts. Is art determined by price or medium? Is crafts determined by duplications and materials used? Is it determined by fun
Read more…I am participating in several large art festivals this summer. My work is acrylic on canvas. I have previously sold unframed work, but now I am giving framed pieces a try. My concern is that someone may want to buy a painting unframed. This would
Read more…Hello all! I've recently joined the site so I wanted to do a quick intro here. I'm thrilled to have found this resource because there is just SO MUCH information on here! My primary body of work is photography, mostly focused on abandoned places and
Read more…Well, we drove just outside Memphis for a show this weekend and wouldn't you know there is one of those 100 year freak snow and rainstorms here now. Roads, schools and alot of other places closed also. This ain't right or normal for an old Louisian
Read more…Has anyone heard of this or is it a scam? Just got a email from them today
Thanks for any help
Read more…Greetings fellow artists! Happy to be a new card carrying AFI member- after years of curiosity breeding interest and ultimately passion to pursue MY own dream, I hope to make 2015 THE year for finally gaining traction toward becoming a bona fide art
Read more…Anybody know anything about this. They say they get 125,000 people but it's way out of town.
Read more…I've been a member of this group for about 6 years, but I never really participated much. I have decided to change that. I used to hang with people who were creative and we tended to promote each other's creativity. We often would take something that
Read more…This past fall I was approached by the director of Tennessee Craft to do a scripted piece for the local Public Television station. I had seen some of the previous shorts that they produce and I knew going in that they were geared towards kids but I t
Read more…So i'm a little annoyed that I havent gotten into any of the texas shows I applied to. I am thinking of applying to Midtown art in the park- 4/11 which is in Houston and Buda Fine art express 4/17-19. has anyone done either of those? I'd love some in
Read more…Hello. My name is Frank Hartlieb. I have recently signed on to AFI and think the site is great. I am involved mostly in ceramics, raku firing in particular, and also have done mixed media sculpture and installations. I have done art fairs in the
Read more…Hello all, I joined this site recently and have been reading a good bit on getting started. I've been toying with selling my illustrations. I do 3D digital aviation work. I've been making these images two years now. I just set up my web site a co
Read more…Greetings one and all. I've been following this site for a few years now, but never really had anything to contribute. Still not sure that I do, but I would appreciate a little feedback.
As a woodworker, I am primarily a box maker and it has been
Read more…Hello there! My name is Anne-Marie. My husband and I are just getting started into the art fair world. After my husband got released from Epic Games, his art finally belonged to him. He asked if I would manage him in his art career which embarked us
Read more…Any information concerning the Shadyside show in Pittsburgh would be helpful. This year will be our first trying his show.>
Read more…I saw a listing on Zapp for an event called "Artnado" in West Palm Beach that occurred in November of 2014, and is listed again for November 2015. It is an indoor event, and sounds really interesting. Does anyone here know how it well it went, and if
Read more…American Craft WeekHas anyone here joined American Craft Week?
Read more…Has anyone exhibited at the Delray Affair in Delray Beach, Fl? I am a Jeweler and was offered a space in a park; is this a good area? Is this a good show? I understand there are spaces on the main drag and parking lots along the way but I Am a bit le
Read more…I was just accepted into this show but have never done one in Colorado before. I am a 2D Mixed Media Painter in St Louis, MO and would appreciate some helpful reviews i.e...crowd demographic and numbers, is it a buying crowd and ...wind. Thanks.
Read more…I'm wondering about tax deductions for traveling artists. I must relocate in the summer, like many of us, when the heat dries up FL shows. I spend two months in the Jersey area participating in local shows. I'm wondering how much of those expenses ar
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