There were a LOT of Art Fair Insiders at the Great Lakes Art Fair on last weekend in Novi, MI. It was great to meet you.

On Sunday morning I held a seminar on "Improving Jury Images and other Art Fair Tips" at the event. Did you attend? I would really appreciate some feedback. Specifically:
  1. Was it useful?
  2. What did you learn?
  3. What was the most helpful thing you learned?
  4. What should I include next time?
  5. What could I have skipped?
Thanks so much for your time.

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  • I was there and enjoyed the session very much. Most of what was discussed I had heard before but the critique of specific shots brought most of it home for me. I am new to art fairs and have done craft fairs for only a few years. I think it was a great idea to include this as part of the weekend. The session also gave me the ideas and motivation that I needed to begin to upgrade my booth design. I know there were vetran artists in the room and I don't know if they got as much for it as I did so maybe you needed to add something for those individuals. Thanks for including this.
  • Hi Connie
    Yes, I was at the seminar and really enjoyed it. I've been doing shows forever so can't say I really learned anything new, but some things I knew were really reinforced. For instance, the importance of all the images hanging together as a group and showing direction. The jury doesn't want to be impressed by how many things you can do, but by how well you can do something.
    I was a little late so maybe I missed this, but I would have liked you to start by showing several sets of images and pointing out the good and the bad and then going to the images of the people in the seminar.
    I found it interesting that there were so many people who seemed to be new to the business. They didn't know some of the most obvious things, but they were eager to learn and to take criticism and learn from it. I'm hearing a lot of talk about how old all the art fair regulars are becoming - a year ago at the Vero Beach awards dinner I think every person coming up for an award was an old guy with a scraggly gray beard! This showed me that there IS some fresh blood coming in.
  • I am so sorry I missed this important, needed seminar.
  • I didn't get to attend - busy here on the East Coast. However I would love to hear what others thought!
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