I recently read some info about the Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival in Albuquerque, NM. It is an art show that is held in conjunction with a massive hot air balloon festival.
Has anyone participated in this show in the recent past and if so, what
Read more…We are in the market for an insurance policy to cover us when we are at shows and teaching jewelry making classes. Does anyone have any suggestions? I have seen ads for ACT. Has anyone had any experience with them? Right now we are with Nautilus Insu
Read more…I've been scanning AFI for months now searching for clues as to what to expect from the shows out there. I started in this racket back in 1985 with a hard-to-sell form of sculpture that was informed by "minimalism" aesthetics and nearly invisible to
Read more…I'm thinking about applying to this show. It is apparently run by a neighborhood association. I know St. James is in Louisville in October, so they must have some kind of a market there. This show is in June. From my research the neighborhood app
Read more…Going to Chattanooga for the 4 Bridges? I just pricelined a hotel, Bid $56/night and got a Downtown Marriot a half mile from the show. Parking, i Believe is included but my tall van won't fit. However, I might just leave the van at the show and walk!
Read more…My tent setup is like a jewelry counter and right now I use a number of whose bendable walmart lights with CFL's in them. It's ok, but I've seen some of those high powered jewelry lights where they have just a couple and it BLOWS my lighting away. It
Read more…Hi everyone,
I'm wondering if anybody knows where I can rent pro panels or grid walls in San Diego / Orange county area? or, if anybody is interested in renting the walls to me.
I'm planning to attend San Diego Art Walk on April 25-26, 2015, and I'm
Read more…This show has extended the deadline to enter and Im wondering if you all think that is a sign that artists have had a bad experience with this show in the past. It looks like a music first and art second show.. Does anyone have any experience with t
Read more…I contacted the Winter Park show, which I will be doing in two weeks. They don't seem to be able to tell me if I have to file for a Tax ID # in Florida or if I can just fill out a one time tax form after the show. My wife is very analytical and thi
Read more…To all you serious art show veterans out there - This will be the first year I attempt to get into some of the larger art fairs. As a marketing background, I've always been about branding. Each page of my application has always had our logo at the to
Read more…I'm planning to do the Reston show in VA this May.
Had a quick look at the hotels, didn't hit on anything.
Any suggestions? I don't want overly expensive, doesn't have to be right
on top of the show, but not too far either. Days Inn and similar is g
Read more…I'm looking for some advice and or ideas that's outside my normal realm I mainly do 2D work. After years of creating my work in a certain style, I have been drawn the last few yrs to create a different style. Lots of mixed media & the most recent is
Read more…Well, last Thursday I did something I said I'd never do. But dh encouraged me to do it. No, nothing twisted or anything. Dh encouraged me to start an Etsy shop. Yes, that is the extent of it. I started an Etsy shop.
I always said I never would b
Read more…Hi everyone,
I'm wondering if anybody knows where I can rent pro panels or grid walls around San Diego /Orange county area ? or, if anybody is interested in renting Pro panels or grid walls to me?
I'm planning to attend San Diego Art Walk on April 25
Read more…Does anyone know anything about this show beyond the basics that are on the website? Has anyone done a show in this area before? How was it?
Thanks!
Read more…So Jim Parker has been really helpful on this site and you probably wonder what the guy is like in person (he's great...). So if you're in Michigan, you have the opportunity to both see a showing of his work at the Huron Valley Council for the Arts f
Read more…I have done the Breckenridge show for many years but two years ago there was no crowd and everyone did very badly. I wondered how it went for people last year? I did not do it last year. Two years ago it was just a local crowd and the vacationing Tex
Read more…So, can I pick y'all's minds about tent weights?
Being new (and thus dumb), I bought these cute little tent weights at Dicks last year...little circle things that go over the legs. I bought two sets (for a total of 40lbs), thinking I was so smart -
Read more…A gallery owner in Gray, Maine has sold some of my work in the past few months and I have not received a payment from her for over 6 months. When I requested the return of my remaining work she told me to have a friend come get it. She said she doesn
Read more…I just finished building my display panels and wanted to do a pre-setup of my booth before my first art fair in 2 weeks. I admit it took a bit longer than I imagined it would and of course even though we are in a huge drought here in Southern Califor
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