Just a quick note - I was at the Arlington Festival of the Arts this weekend, a Howard Alan show, and had the pleasure of seeing Alison Thomas, Leo Charrette and Bill and Staci Maclaughlan there. All are people I've gotten to know through AFI. I didn
Read more…I make tiaras. They are fanciful and elegant. I use feathers, vintage jewelry, watch parts, gears, as well as glass beads and pearls. I consider them accessories, but that is never a category of its own. I hate to try to get in under jewelry as th
Read more…I decided to start where it seems everyone ends up. I have removed all of my personality except for my art. Are there any recommendations?
I've been a member of this group for about 6 years, but I never really participated much. I have decided to change that. I used to hang with people who were creative and we tended to promote each other's creativity. We often would take something that
Read more…I would like to know by anyone who has been a juror or somehow actually whould know on whether nudity in color has ever been perhaps shown to be a negative as a submission piece. I would like my mermaid to be in my submissionxs but not if I risk a lo
Read more…ZenFolio is offering a discount on their basic plus package through February 16. This is the low-cost hosting package, no e-commerce included. Their templates are fairly easy to use, it's clean, you can add pages and portfolios. At $14 a year, this i
Read more…It seems another thread got kinda off track and into a discussion about knitting machines.
So I'll ask: Is any machinery or power equipment allowed to be used when an item is "hand crafted"?
Read more…Hope your holidays were jolly and full of small moments to cherish. This was our 3rd annual Secret Santa exchange and it was full of many kind thoughts. We are a community, all working in the creative economy and using our gifts and living by the sea
Read more…Has anyone done/heard anything about Art Fair at the Dole in Crystal Lake, IL? Or know anything about the area? I can't seem to find much on the fair any where. In fact, I'm surprised today is the first time I noticed it on Zapp, seeing as the booth
Read more…There is a lot going on this weekend around here .. Valentine's Day, of course. Here in south Louisiana we also are having Mardi Gras celebrations going on. Mardi Gras is not till Tuesday but parades started last weekend. The weather is supposed t
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As some of you might remember I applied to Red River Revel a couple of months ago. I have never applied before ... it's a huge show compared to what I've done before, further than we have gone for a show and longer than any show we've
Read more…This past fall I was approached by the director of Tennessee Craft to do a scripted piece for the local Public Television station. I had seen some of the previous shorts that they produce and I knew going in that they were geared towards kids but I t
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It is with heavy hearts that we inform you longtime festival administrator of the Brandywine Festival of the Arts and much beloved friend, Maureen B. Curry, has passed away. Maureen was a joyful advocate for artists and her legacy of diligent adminis
Normally I use adhesive velcro coins to attach title/price cards to my Armstrong display panels, but the next show I'm doing provides aluminum mesh walls for us, so that method won't work. And aluminum isn't magnetic, so I can't use adhesive magnet t
Read more…I am currently trying to write an Artist statement for Juried Art Services and Zapplications. Right now I don't see in Zapp where to write it so perhaps I just have to include it on every application. But for JAS the artist statement is suppose to be
Read more…With the zig zag of doing art shows and planning, should we send our packets certified mail? Each show is very very precise on what they need our you are out of the show. How do we even know they received the packet? How long do you wait to call or
Read more…I used to keep a book open and ask for names a addresses, but I would prefer e-mail info. But that has not worked as well as I would like. Any suggestions on how to collect those names and e-mail addresses without forcing the issue.
Read more…Hi all... I'm just beginning my second year of doing shows (previously sold through Etsy and Facebook alone). As I am putting together my calendar and jurying for the year, I am looking at how I did at the same shows last year as a guide on whether o
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