Hmm, still no answers from anyone? I did check the website and it looked like 41-42 artists were there. This was way smaller than what I thought it was going to be. As of a week before the show there were no photographers on the roster. This was a show virtually in my back yard, and I'm really curious to hear how it went.
Connie Mettler > Robert WallisDecember 3, 2012 at 11:02am
I did receive a list of the prizewinners, Robert:
There were $1,500 in professional artist awards: two $500 and five $100 as follows:
$500 Judge’s Awards of Excellence/Purchase Awards: Henry Levine, Glass, Albany, OH Joseph Cyberski, Jewelry-Precious, Dexter, MI
Awards of Excellence Michael Imes, Clay, Pewaukee, WI Jessie Seib, Digital, Evansville, IN Philip C. Thompson, Printmaking, Bangor, MI Daniel Dunbar & Carol Butler, Wood, Superior, WI Kimberly Chalos, Mixed Media, Evansville, IN
I'll contact some folks and see what I can find...
Robert Wallis > Connie MettlerNovember 28, 2012 at 10:10am
On the surface of it, it looked like a possibly good show; good local media and government support, indoors, a well known promoter. The drawback was the high booth fee, and the local arts climate. I tried a now defunct show there back about twenty years ago that just spiraled downward, and the last time it was so bad the artists started pulling out on a Sunday by noon time in a mass bail out. Two hours after the show opened, no one was visiting and the organizers were nowhere to be found. There's been no show of note since then.
mary johnston > Robert WallisDecember 4, 2012 at 9:29am
Dear Robert,
I never saw your request for information about the show as I have not spent much time on this site recently....too busy! That being said, as you know, I was there. The advertising was great. The quality of the work at the show was really amazingly good. The crowd was sparse at best and having the parking lot next door closed off on Sunday afternoon for the 'Santa Parade' did not help. I lost money but a good number of the exhibitors around me actually made $$. I doubt very much I would go back....I hate to go to shows where I need a hotel room and try to save that for a select few. I knew no one in the area to stay with so this was a costly mistake in judgement on my part. But I am a gambler and was hoping it would work out as I would love a nice indoor show in Nov. I have to tell you: I was approached at the show by a handful of 'local artists' who came and managed to churn a bit about 'how dare they bring a show in here we have local artists'. Ouch.
Robert Wallis > mary johnstonDecember 4, 2012 at 10:26am
It's an insular region down there as that corner of the state was long isolated and hard to get to. It's only been about 30 years that an interstate has gone through the city. Before that, you "couldn't get there from here". Too bad about the locals getting miffed.
I wonder why no photographers were listed in the show? All other media seemed to be present. Sorry to hear you lost money doing the show :-( I looked at the expenses of doing the show and realized it would take over $1200 in sales for me just to break even and thought the Lexington show would be a better bet. I think my best bet would have been to stay home. It was good to hear that some folks did turn a profit. The web site showed 42 artists assigned spaces the week before, although I know of one that had to cancel. Did any more get into the show or is that about the right number?
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I did receive a list of the prizewinners, Robert:
There were $1,500 in professional artist awards: two $500 and five $100 as follows:
$500 Judge’s Awards of Excellence/Purchase Awards:
Henry Levine, Glass, Albany, OH
Joseph Cyberski, Jewelry-Precious, Dexter, MI
Awards of Excellence
Michael Imes, Clay, Pewaukee, WI
Jessie Seib, Digital, Evansville, IN
Philip C. Thompson, Printmaking, Bangor, MI
Daniel Dunbar & Carol Butler, Wood, Superior, WI
Kimberly Chalos, Mixed Media, Evansville, IN
Robert, you really made me laugh - "It was hotter than the hinges of Hell." What a description!
I'll contact some folks and see what I can find...
On the surface of it, it looked like a possibly good show; good local media and government support, indoors, a well known promoter. The drawback was the high booth fee, and the local arts climate. I tried a now defunct show there back about twenty years ago that just spiraled downward, and the last time it was so bad the artists started pulling out on a Sunday by noon time in a mass bail out. Two hours after the show opened, no one was visiting and the organizers were nowhere to be found. There's been no show of note since then.
Dear Robert,
I never saw your request for information about the show as I have not spent much time on this site recently....too busy! That being said, as you know, I was there. The advertising was great. The quality of the work at the show was really amazingly good. The crowd was sparse at best and having the parking lot next door closed off on Sunday afternoon for the 'Santa Parade' did not help. I lost money but a good number of the exhibitors around me actually made $$. I doubt very much I would go back....I hate to go to shows where I need a hotel room and try to save that for a select few. I knew no one in the area to stay with so this was a costly mistake in judgement on my part. But I am a gambler and was hoping it would work out as I would love a nice indoor show in Nov. I have to tell you: I was approached at the show by a handful of 'local artists' who came and managed to churn a bit about 'how dare they bring a show in here we have local artists'. Ouch.
I wonder why no photographers were listed in the show? All other media seemed to be present. Sorry to hear you lost money doing the show :-( I looked at the expenses of doing the show and realized it would take over $1200 in sales for me just to break even and thought the Lexington show would be a better bet. I think my best bet would have been to stay home. It was good to hear that some folks did turn a profit. The web site showed 42 artists assigned spaces the week before, although I know of one that had to cancel. Did any more get into the show or is that about the right number?