I just realized that the deadline to apply to this show is next week, and thought that I'd try to find out what I could about it by checking here. Here's a link to the show info:http://www.swschool.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=487 . The fees seem to be pre
Read more…Just as a quick "atta boy" email or compliment can pick up your day, there are often words that can reset a discouraging time. Here is one I received today:
Read more…"People who end up living their dreams are not those who are lucky and gifted, but those who
First year show, and I was a little nervous about participating. WOW was I wrong. This was a relatively small show (74 artists minus a few no-shows) for the first year, and will likely be expanded.
Sales started for me within an hour of the show
Read more…Congratulations, Carla and Teresa, I see your work has been featured in the Lake Forester division of the Chicago Sun-Times on this weekend's show in Glenview, Art at the Glen. Hope it is a blockbuster weekend for you both.
Art by Carla Bank-
Story &
On September 6, Leslie Jensen, partner and wife of artist Brian Jensen, passed away after a long battle with breast cancer. I first met Leslie on AFI where she posted upbeat stories about their life together on the road attending the art fairs. I had
Read more…I need a new website and found out professionaly it would cost around $800. maybe more. Does it really matter about how my website looks? I could get a simple one done much cheaper, but might still have problems like I have now. I created my own -
Read more…I just completed my first 2 art festivals ever and am stunned the economy is so bad. I planned years for this only to arrive at apparently one of the sorriest seasons I've ever heard of! This is not just me talking, but the feedback I got from othe
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I am going to be participating in my first fair in June. I am looking for the best place to purchase photography mat kits, bags\mats\backing all in one kit. I am checking out clearbags.com. Has anyone used them? Anywhere else I should try? I am t
Read more…I searched but did not find...
Are any of you building your own tent??
You can find all of the tent fittings on the web. EMT pipe is cheap and easy to find and cut.
Replacement canopies and frame fabrication are a fraction of a new system.
By in l
Read more…It’s in early May, seems like an iffy time, weather wise, though Missouri is a zone warmer than I’m used to. Had anyone done it? A search turned up nothing.
My friend and inspiration ,Sandy Sharon passed away July 2005. She was known for her beautiful jewellery and her crazy sense of humour.
She is missed daily ....
Black Borders and ZAPP Images
Another artist confused by the wording on the ZAPP web site.
I was contacted by an artist for whom I prepared images a few years ago, asking me to remove the black borders on her images because she read on the ZAPP site t
I've just joined the site, and I'm interested in reading about artists' experiences at art fairs in the southeast. Like many of us, I've experienced the downturn in the economy, and find myself in search of new shows to consider this year.
I'm also
Read more…So after researching several iPhone swipe providers, I settled on Intuit Go Payment a couple months ago. Big mistake. I went with them because I thought the rates were decent albeit higher than 1NP because I liked the simplicity of the application
Read more…next weekend I am kicking off my round of Holiday Shows, every weekend is booked from Nov 5 right through Dec 11. I usually use a few holiday display items wire tree for earrings, red table covers, small ornaments here and there. I am thinking of ad
Read more…This is a shot of my booth (taken with Iphone) at my last art fair. It is simple as you can see I use gridwall to hang my framed work and use wood boxes for matted prints set on tables shaped in an L. Also on the table are business cards, a guest b
Finished the outdoor season today with shelves that were never meant for the outdoors or to be built/unbuilt every weekend. The looked great but I would like something better for next year.
I noticed that Propanel has freestanding shelving units.
Read more…So I buy this used Light Dome tent. Really good price. I'm putting it together with my husband. The previous owner had marked all the poles so we put them together the way they're marked. It doesn't work.
I call Light Dome, and they're very
Read more…Has anyone come up with an inexpensive way to create a cover for the Graphic Display panels? I know that Flourish makes one, but frankly I was hoping for a less expensive solution.
Thanks.
John
Read more…Here it comes: The Great American Art Fair Weekend! If you live in the Midwest and aren't doing an art fair there are only two reasons not to be working this weekend:
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