I know you're out there doing shows and in the heart of your season, will you be participating at one of these shows?
All week long in Syracuse (NY) it is Syracuse Arts Week, culminating with the Syracuse Art Festival this weekend. This sounds like a
Read more…Any suggestions on which show I should do? I have paintings , mostly large scale and $4,000-$15,000 but I have prints in the range of $40-$175.
I have never done an Ohio show or a Minnesota show
Read more…Every so often it is fun to get to know some of our newer AFI members. So, here are a few of our members who have done some very unique things.
Ann Dickinson Sargent is a prize-winning poet who has published 2 books.
Justin Hart has fought forest fi
I didn't apply to my hometown show because I expected to be in town this weekend, but since I'm here after all, I was planning on checking out the Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival tomorrow, as well as the M Street Cooperative show. Any chance I'll s
Read more…I only know of one show this weekend and it is a real sweetie, Round the Fountain in downtown Lafayette, IN, around their beautiful courthouse.
More info: http://wlfi.com/2015/05/19/discover-a-stroke-of-inspiration-at-the-round-the-fountain-art-fair/
Read more…I would like to build a counter top jewelry display of glass or plexiglass which could be easily assembled and disassembled for transport. I saw one a few years ago which used right angle clips into which panels of glass or plexiglass could be inser
Read more…Hi, Just joined and still trying to figure out how to work this site. Anyway, I have been doing shows for 30 years. OMG. I'm a clay artisan. Make wall pockets and serving dishes with inlaid lace designs. Have done very well over the years. Applied to
Read more…I know it's only Monday but I thought I'd kick it off. So what is everyone doing?
I will probably be going to a Craft Day at our church. We are trying to get this started again. Everyone brings whatever art or craft they want to work on. We get
Read more…I just got accepted into Craftphila and I'm having some reservations. All the photos from the spring show a lot of food vendors and kids make it take it. I am wondering if it's worth it for the artists. Anyone know anything about it?
Read more…I'm trying to decide if I should drive back and forth to home, or get a hotel room. I can't wait much longer. I can get a 2 queen bed room for 100 a night. Any nice lady artist interested? Sept. 25, 26 check out 27th. Let me know Thanks
Read more…I would very much appreciate any suggestions on the website I'm building. Right now it's still on the "free" program but once I'm all done I'll pay the dollars and go live.
There is a store on the site but I haven't added any pics yet, haven't decide
Read more…Working on our art fair websites is a mission that gives me great satisfaction, but has a high cost in time and money. So glad you understand and I'm sending out a big thanks to the following people who get that and have contributed to our 2015 Pledg
I have a show coming up this weekend and my light kit is apparently "on a slow boat from somewhere" and won't arrive in time.
Any ideas on a last minute inexpensive lighting setup anyone??
Read more…I want to shake up my show schedule a little next year and I have just realized that Pittsburgh is in my range. But it is too far to have my husband come with me and both of them look like setup / breakdown nightmares. It looks like at Three Rivers
Read more…I am posting this picture of my booth that I took at the Fort Benton "Art on the Levee" show last month. This is not meant to my booth shot for Zapp applications, but I thought I'd post it before I do my new booth shots in order to get your input and
Read more…This is a light weekend for art fairs, so hope you get to take some time off and celebrate the independent life of the artist -- in what other profession in our country can you stand out on the street, show your work and ask for money?
Here's what I
Read more…What is happening with you this weekend? Do you have any art fairs going on?
A suggestion: If you want more publicity for your attendance at a fair, visit our Facebook page for Art Fair Calendar and post your presence at a fair and link to that show
Read more…Hello - My wife and me have been doing artiest around the mid-west for 5 years now - we stay in motels and eat out while on the road which by the end of the season it adds up to a hefty $$$$ - So for next years season were thinking about getting a 29
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Thank you for the warm welcome. My name is Gary Farrell and I am a Pen & ink artist here in Henderson, NV. I've been drawing for 10 years and began doing art shows in 2014. I like to draw cars, motorcycles, animals, buildings, just a
Read more…I have been accepted into the Paragon Sarasota show and the CraftArt show in St. Pete (both Nov 21-22). I've done the Sarasota show before, but would appreciate observations on the CraftArt show which I've never done. Thanks!
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