When we started doing outdoor shows, we discovered that Florida venues were packed full of award money. Naturally, we thought that showing at Florida would be a good idea since if we win a nice-sized award, that's just gravy added to the sales figure
Read more…I am looking to invest in propanels for shows (I'm a high-end jeweler) and would like to know about people's experience with them. I have a few questions: 1). What kind of car do you drive? Van vs. car, I have a subaru outback'10. I'm wondering if I
Read more…I'm thinking of this as a self propelled
battery or charging station that you can ride. Add an inverter
and charging ports and outlets and you could
play music, compute, print, drill, saw, light,
CNC, engrave, etc. and run lab equipment for hours.
"CO
Read more…I would like to ask if anybody knows, how good is the Evanston Lakeshore Festival .
Please, help, let me know.
Read more…I will be setting up at a show ( on a sloped street ) that requires 100 lbs of anchoring per leg for my tent.
Any suggestions for how to get this done economically and tastefully would be most welcomed
Thanks,
Bob
Read more…Last year I was set up next to someone who was using a "Deep Cycle (or Cell) Marine Battery to power his lights. He said it could power the amount he was using (maybe 100 watts) for up to 48 hours between charges. He also needed some kind of a conve
Read more…This was the 38th annual Smokey Hill River Festival where there are separate fine art and craft shows associated with a music festival. This was the first year I participated in the Craft Show at this event in Salina, KS. Salina impressed me as a typ
Read more…All my nerdy friends should find this article interesting about domain names. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), determines who gets what domain names now that the Internet has expanded beyond the usual .com, .org, .edu., ca
Read more…1. you might want to add a handle to the weights for easy of carrying.
2. either at lowes or home depot they have torn cement bags for cheap I bought a torn bag for 1.50
3. you might consider a 2 1/2 PVC and made it 6ft long. Check your car
Read more…Teresa Howard posted this in a reply on another thread. I am going to have my apprentices memorize it. Wow! Wow! Well said Teresa!
"......if you are good at what you do, you don't have competition, your customers are waiting for you and only you, th
Read more…Hey Square users. Maybe I'm the only unlit bulb out here, but I didn't realize that if you use Square to invoice your customer you are charged the same 2.75% rate as the "card present" rate. This is good to know for those of us who take orders over t
Read more…Good morning everyone,
I recently submitted a piece, 3 panel, tryptic giclee photograph, to a company that was planning to have an art exhibit at their open house this weekend. I dropped off the piece on Saturday, and yesterday I received a call fro
Read more…With the growing use and sales of cell phones, the pressure on cell towers is also growing. Now, concentrate thousands of art fair customers into a small area served by one, maybe two cell towers and that pressure increases dramatically. The custom
Read more…I was just accepted to do the Kentuck Festival for the Arts in Northport, Alabama on October 18-19th. We were excited to be invited to the show. My wife started contacting hotels, Air B&B, and doing the normal online hotel searches that she does so g
Read more…This year, I am doing more shows than in any year in the past. Some of it is because I have to do more shows just to keep the cash flow going. Mostly, I have gotten into almost everything I applied to this year, which isn't always the case. I'm notic
Read more…Hi all
i was wondering if anyone has any experience with the One of a Kind Show and Sale Chicago . I am a ceramic artist and was looking into this show but so far i see reviews by mainly jewelry artist. I am wondering if this would be a good show fo
Read more…During the last podcast I had mentioned that I went through a number of discussions a while ago and had bookmarked them. Here is the second one.
http://www.artfairinsiders.com/forum/topics/lighting-setup-from-a-deep?xg_source=activity
Read more…The Manayunk Arts Festival takes place along one very long street in Manayunk, a funky, hip village adjoining Philadelphia. I had thought it was a neighborhood IN Philadelphia, but people who live there said otherwise.
I have to say that I had no id
Read more…Norfolk, Virginia has named October 11 - 19 "Norfolk Visual Arts Week". The city has recognized the economic impact and the importance of visual arts in the city. The week will kick off with the 52nd Annual Ocean View Art Show, October 11-12. Octo
Read more…I've been looking at pop up canopies, specifically the Vitabri V3.
Does anyone have any experience using one. I did find an old thread on AFI about it. If I'm not mistaken, it looks to be extremely sturdy, probably as sturdy as a Trimline. Sets up in
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