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…Better piccie of booth.....Not my final one but a work in progress.
I don't have photoshop, just a basic reduce and crop program,I wouldn't be able to run it if I did have one,I'm soooo not a techie...
Tent weights are there but hidden. I didn't put
Read more…In art fair circles for years there has been talk about buy/sell and reps showing up with someone else's work. I found this meeting mention in The Orlando Sentinel:
Read more…Artists participating in the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival are set to meet Friday
Sonny Dalton died on December 10 in a hospice home in Kalamazoo. After a life time of welding his lungs were greatly impaired by the gases. Sonny was a favorite of artists and art fair patrons at the nation's art fairs. A funny, humble and creative m
Read more…Note from Jeanne Seehaver at ArtFest Fort Myers:
I just wanted to let you know, in case you had not heard, that Barbara Cook passed away at the end of October (bone cancer). She was a wonderful, caring woman who also created the most fabulous jewelrRead more…
My friend and inspiration ,Sandy Sharon passed away July 2005. She was known for her beautiful jewellery and her crazy sense of humour.
She is missed daily ....
I don't know if this is OK to post here, but I'm trying to get people to help me by voting for my pottery business.
I have been doing art fairs for a living as a potter for 17 years, and I'm trying to, if not break out of the art fairs, because I lov
Read more…Here is an excellent article published recently in the Minneapolis Star Tribune by member Don Ament, a photographer who was exhibiting in the Uptown Art Fair a few weeks ago.
Wasted energy at Uptown Air Fair
Electricity is like sausage -- most people
I used to clean up my studio every year on New Years Day. But what with breaking my foot and several other challenges, the last few years I didn’t do it. Being prone to clutter anyway, it was becoming impassible. I set up extra tables to work on spec
Read more…After last weekends mishap of leaving some important things in storage ( tent sides and display stands) I find myself curious as to what others have left at home. My second show a few years ago I left most of my earrings. What have you forgotten or m
Read more…Okay so I joined this group some time back and am finally taking the leap to do some shows this year. I am currently working on putting together my booth. I will be marketing my jewelry and want to avoid rookie mistakes while planning my set up.
Read more…We have our pro panels ready to go.... but now need to shop for a tent (Trimline seems to be the winner here?)....and a vehicle???? Who knew?
Lucky for us, it is only 20 mins away...because we will have to make two trips. Our panels and art don't fi
Read more…Our web site, lindadaltonpottery.com, was first built in 2000, using Front Page. It worked OK, but in 2010, we upgraded to Expression Web 4, as Front Page was no longer supported. Try as I might, I cannont get the kind of results I want with EW4. It
Read more…The thought occurred to me that most of you have not customized your "My Page" blog site that you have access to, on AFI. Consequently, you are not taking advantage of an additional marketing tool that lets you broadcast you opinions, etc. to the re
Read more…Why aren't there many high end art festivals in New England? Besides Bill from Paragon, who's fairly new, and Denise Morris Curt, why no biggies like a CocoGro or the South Florida string? I'm originally from Long Island, and I know the demographic
Read more…Let's do it as a top ten: My number 1 is
"Did j'all make this"?
Read more…This may be an odd question, but I'd love to hear people's responses. If you could only do 1 show this year (let's assume you would get in no problem), which would it be. Why, etc., and doesn't matter if you've never done it before....
For me, livi
Read more…How many shows do you apply to per season? And how many do you actually get accepted into? Just curious?
Read more…next weekend I am kicking off my round of Holiday Shows, every weekend is booked from Nov 5 right through Dec 11. I usually use a few holiday display items wire tree for earrings, red table covers, small ornaments here and there. I am thinking of ad
Read more…I've been lurking for awhile and wanted to post a question...
What do you do when you realize you've made a mistake agreeing that you'll allow a gregarious friend to help you in your booth?
I had a friend who graciously volunteered to 'help us ou
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