WHITE TENT NEEDED
HI, I'm looking for a 10x10 white tent for shows... my last one busted in the wind and I don't want to spend a lot of $$$. If anyone has a spare let me know!
Thanks, Sharon
Read more…HI, I'm looking for a 10x10 white tent for shows... my last one busted in the wind and I don't want to spend a lot of $$$. If anyone has a spare let me know!
Thanks, Sharon
Read more…While doing some computer work today I came across this list. It is a guide to help the art patrons who are shopping at the art shows that most of you are doing. It is a concise list of ten things customers should keep in mind when they are shoppin
Read more…This is an ongoing discussion in our office as we prepare the prospectus for the big move to Washington, DC and the rebranding of the Buyers Market into the American Made Show. For years we've been using the term craft, but the association with hobb
Read more…After reading through many posts here I have read many complaints about buy/sell getting into shows. I just thought I would start a discussion on shows that have ejected buy/sell from their shows once they have managed to get beyond the jury process
Read more…Since I am a new artist coming into the art festival seen. I was wondering would it be best to print my own prints or out source them to a printing gallery or business. Sizes are 5x7, 8x10, 11x14. I have did the math on the cost of printing it myself
Read more…I'm sure I'm opening a can of worms with this question…but here goes...
Recently a friend did a show where an artist took giclee's and painted extra elements on them them and then sold them. (Not saying who, what, when, or where) My friend didn't see
Read more…Hello Art Fair Insiders - I have been contemplating applying to the Great Lakes Art Fair show in Novi Michigan which will be held in April... and i wonder if anyone can give feedback on the show. The prospectus looks wonderful, and for us it would
Read more…Hoping my first time applications for art fairs this summer are accepted, so I am looking for a sturdy (standard 10x10) art fair tent to purchase.
Are you upgrading?
Are you taking a break this summer and would you consider renting your tent to a
Read more…I just completed my Zapplication for the WSAF. Just wanted to say that for November and December they are offering an early bird special and you can save $10 by applying now. I'm glad they are using Zapp this year, it made the application process S
Read more…Hi everybody, I’ve been ordering my stretched canvases from www.JerrysArtarama.com and www.dickblick.com. The canvases I buy from them are standard sizes, made in China which I don’t mind. Now I need to order some custom sizes like 60x20, 36x12, 48x
Read more…Has anyone participated in past Woodlands Waterway Arts Festivals? If so, what were your thoughts?
I've been accepted and am super excited but since I'll be driving 30 hours to do the show. I'm breaking out of the area I usually show in and thought i
Read more…Hey Artsy Types,
I am asking all the well seasoned slightly smoking from this year vets of art shows. This is the time of year we are planning for next spring. I am a 2d artist-painter and want to know how many canvas do you plan for back to back sho
Read more…I would like to have a frank discussion about actual numbers, because I'm wondering if I'm missing something (math has never been my strong suit!)
I have always avoided the fundraiser shows that charge a commission on sales, for a number of different
Read more…Hi all,
So I'm pretty new to this Art fair thing and I recently got into a fair. When I looked over the application there was no mention of the fact that for the two day fair, vendors are expected to set up at 6 am and at 5 pm pack up all inventory
Read more…The Wickford Art Festival, like many of the festivals I attended in July and August, was harmed, in my opinion, by the weather. If it wasn't sweltering this summer, it seems, it was cold and rainy, and that was the case in Wickford, which took place
Read more…I just posted a review of this event on my blog, and wasn't sure if this might be the spot on the forum to post it? Anyway, here it is. :)
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Second art fair review, here we go...
This was my secon
Read more…We have never participated in this show and have an opportunity to get in under the wire.
I am curious to know what others think of this show; how well attended, etc.
We were in Boyne City recently and found lookers and not buyers and we don't wan
Read more…Yikes, I am a regular Chatty Cathy this morning.
I am TERRIBLE at the financial side of my business. Just terrible. And so I have decided to stop trying to do it myself, and pay someone to do it.
If you have someone who deals with all that stuff, w
Read more…Hey this is my second art fair and I need a tent and some walls. I look online and can't seem to justify spending $700-$1,000 on three walls for one show. I have looked at EZ-UP tents and looked into mesh/grid walls which are heavy and cheap(er) than
Read more…Lately when I get my list of shows from Zapp and others, I am increasingly seeing a notation "jewelry category closed" when the deadline for applying hasn't even arrived yet. This really confuses and frustrates me because I can think of only two pos
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