After the interesting conversation a couple weeks ago about the value of hospitality, I had back-to-back weekend shows with minimal and maximal artist hospitality. I paid attention.
I did Paragon's Houston Fine Arts show, on Discovery Green, and had
Read more…Santa's gifts should be arriving soon at your house.
Here is Part 2 of the gift exchange: post a photo of your gift in the comments below -- Show us what Santa sent you, please?
In exchange we will have a guest judge award a prize to the person who p
Read more…Newbie here...I hope I am doing this correctly. I sell 2D mixed media. I am completing my Zapplication for the first time. For images: should I post images of my artwork hanging on a wall, or should I upload jpg's of my artwork? For clarification..
Read more…Everyone spends hours before and after a show wrapping, crating and securing their artwork and displays inside their vehicles ensuring that during travel no unusually large bumps or minor accidents will cause any damage to the artwork. But how about
Read more…First off, I am not a computer person! This being said I built my website on godaddy a couple of years ago. It was HELL!!! I have no idea if it is any good but I figured if someone wanted to see my work it was a place for them to go. I don't underst
Read more…Hi all –
I’m just in my 2nd year of selling my jewelry to the public and am slowly-but-surely getting out of church basements and into larger venues. The maxim “you get what you pay for” has never been truer than when it comes to shows, and I’m defin
Read more…interesting article on the Wall Street Journal website today:
I have yet to venture into Facebook personally, but now it looks l
Read more…Has anybody been to Celebration of Craftswomen or KPFA holiday craft fair in recent years? These are both fairly large indoor shows and I wonder if they have picked back up with the economy.
Celebration of Craftswomen - Fort Mason, SF
KPFA Holiday C
Read more…I've been shooting photographs of my 3D work on gray backdrop paper, creating gradation by manipulating my lighting. I'd like to short cut that process by using a backdrop that has the gradation on it. Does anyone have suggestions as to the best to u
Read more…So, I just completed my first art fair, it wasn't a big or fancy show but had big prizes, and is (apparently) trying to build up to something great. It was good, though not too busy, the weather was absolute perfection! I made a friend in the artist
Read more…i have a show coming up in a few weeks and have been working obsessively the last two months to get ready for it. The size of my kiln has been a growing frustration because of the limited number of pieces I can fit in. I need a new kiln!
My work is
Read more…The Downtown Denver Arts Festival that is held memorial day weekend is looking for a new location. Negotiations with the performing arts center have stalled. If you know of a good location that will embrace the show and have you have a string that ca
Read more…Amdur Productions has been running a show in the upscale suburb of Buffalo Grove for 15 years, around the middle of July. According to an article in the Journal Online, a paper that serves Chicago's Northwest Suburbs, the village of Buffalo Grove has
Read more…When we were on our to a craft show recently I had an idea. Or maybe it was on the way home, not that it matters. As some of you know sometimes realtors will give a gift to someone that closes a deal with them. This happened to us....the realtor gave
Read more…I participate in the surveys sent out by The Art Festival Newsletter. I just received the latest survey results, studied them, and now post the link to the pdf here for AFI folks to see. It's a very telling survey since younger and newer artists have
Read more…I have seen others using some narrow (like 18, 20 inches wide) folding tables in their displays, but have never seen any in stores. Everything I have seen is at least 24 inches wide, which is too wide. I could really use some in my studio, where spac
Read more…Can anyone share his/her opinion on these three shows: Decatur, Inman and Alpharetta? I'd exhibited at the "2014 Virginia-Highlands Summerfest" and wasn't impressed but was scoping around for info. A couple of my neighbors at that show expressed diff
Read more…has anyone done this show in november?
Read more…Do they mix well? How do you convince a spouse that this is what we do? I am getting ready for 2015. My problem was I picked some local shows a few years ago and they were yadda yadda ok but not great. I have learned a ton on AFI and ready to go aga
Read more…So, I made a set of the pvc tent weights. They turned out fantastic. In fact I liked them so much, I wanted to make another set. Instead of making a special trip to pick up the pipe myself, I asked my wife to grab it on here way home, with a slight c
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