Hello Everyone,
I am hashing over the idea of changing my business name. Maybe some of y'all have considered this and can help me make a decision.
A little history ...
When I started my business I was making only coasters. I took blank tumbled tra
Read more…Howdy Artist Community! I will be at the Pittsburgh Three Rivers show with an RV. My understanding is the show does not have/provide oversized parking. Does anyone have experience parking an RV downtown near the show? Is overnight parking/rv-camping
Read more…Would love a crafter who has experience with the River Arts Festival in Memphis to give me some feedback, especially a jeweler.
Thank You
Lou Frederick
Read more…It looks like 2014 was the inaugural Park Hill Festival and I am looking for any feedback on the show. From the images they posted, it does not look like there was heavy traffic (I take promoter images with a grain of salt).
Read more…I'm wondering about tax deductions for traveling artists. I must relocate in the summer, like many of us, when the heat dries up FL shows. I spend two months in the Jersey area participating in local shows. I'm wondering how much of those expenses ar
Read more…Ive never done the show, and really havnt done many shows..two years of shows now. Ive been waitlisted for Central PA Festival of Arts, curious how likely it may be to get a spot..Just based on others' Experiences.
Read more…After sending in the applications for 2 back to back shows in the spring, I am in a state of panic. How do you vets keep your cool through out the year as far as inventory? Do you stock up and bring the kitchen sink or do you go with the slim gallery
Read more…I am looking for reviews for this Show, held on the Memorial Day Weekend in Paso Robles
Thanks.
Read more…Below I have copied an email I just sent to the Royal Oak Art Council. I have sent a similar one numerous times, but someday I hope they will tire of hearing the wheel squeak.
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Hello, I have a couple of questions about the art fair.
Read more…Is there any software out there that helps you keep track of customer information such as where they live and assists you in contacting them?
Basically, I have collected past clients' information, but it seems like it has quickly become quite the me
Read more…Winter Park Sidewalk Arts Festival, Winter Park, FL: What they way about the show, with details about the judging:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/os-winter-park-sidewalk-art-festival-20150316-story.html
and a lovely story, Winter Park Art Fe
Read more…Advice please? I would like to throw my hat in the ring for the St. James show in October, however.....would rather not have to apply to all 4 different apps on ZAPP? How do we determine which one is the best fit? Is there a "beginner" one where w
Read more…Big happenings in Florida this weekend and I long to be there. (-9 degrees this morning here in Michigan).
I always thought the Florida season didn't really start until February but with good reports already in on some of the January shows in the Nap
Read more…This weekend was when Summerfair sends out the invites. I was at an event with another local artist when the no thanks emails came in. I stayed pretty cool about it as it was only my second time to apply, but about an hour after I read mine I he
Read more…Has anyone done this one day show, and if so, what are your thoughts? Thinking of applying as it is fairly close and easy to do. Thanks.
Read more…Bayou City was last weekend. After last years fiasco, the organizers promised to clear up the problems and put on a good event. Did they do that or was it just spin and bluster?
I know that they had 450 artists, which was one of the main objections
Read more…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
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