I just picked up my Mac from the computer repair facility and while the gal at the register checked me out (read that rang up the cost of the repair) I checked out the swiper device on her phone. Seems there is yet another new player in the POS biz.
Read more…Hello everyone! Alexandria will be a first time show appearance for me, so for those of you that have done this show before, what should I prepare for? I have all kinds of price points from $65 up to $2,000. Should I bring out bigger stuff, smaller s
Read more…I was a member some years ago and I wandered off for awhile. I allowed other things to distract me.
My friend Sue and I do shows together. A lot of the jewelry is collaborative, especially in the designing of it. Each of us have areas that we are
Read more…The promoters have been pretty good about getting information out. Here is the breakdown on the 7.62% sales tax needed to file return after the show: State 2.9%, City and County of Denver 3.62%, RTD 1% and SCFD 0.1%. So far the breakdown has not been
Read more…As a producer of festivals, its a daunting task to organize shows. But, there is no excuse for taking someone's money and not promoting it properly. If you are a professional organization and promoting is your livlihood, it needs to be done in a busi
Read more…My understanding is that our cultural meme is changing from "Time is Money," to "Time is Art." My sense is that the underlying change here may have something to do with us as creators, rather than doers. It is an interesting shift! I love the process
Read more…Hi all! I am already starting to plan for the winter even though its late July. I am interested to know how you make it through December, January and February when there aren't many shows. I know Florida has some choices, but many say Florida is over
Read more…I have a set of homemade display panels. They are 75 inches high. There's 5- 2 feet wide and 10- 3 feet wide panels. They are carpeted and work with curtain hooks. I'm in Minneapolis. I only want the cost of the materials I put into them which is $ 2
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So I got into Artsarben in Omaha - but now I am a little concerned. Read below what their Zapp says - I have an EZ-UP, but I also have stabars on three bottoms and one top side. Plus I am going to weight the crap out of
Read more…I am looking for some information on the Craft Producers' Annual Southern Vermont Arts and Crafts Festival. I keep the www.ArtFairCalendar.com updated for Connie. We had a show listed in our New England section that was supposed to be held August 4
Read more…It appears that I illegally posted a "sale" item on the discussion posts....I thought it was
in the classified section. So I am deleting the post mentioning a canopy for sale.
Read more…2nd Annual Fall for Garland Festival Saturday Oct. 5th, 2013 10a-6p. This event is presented by the Garland Downtown Business Association in the Downtown Square Garland, TX will have a kid’s corner-bounce houses(s) & activities for the kids, vendors
Read more…Yesterday I was accepted/invited to attend this show. I went onto Zapp and accepted the show. I then replied back to the sender requesting if there were still corner booths available before I purchased. No response and today I find on Zapp I'm dec
Read more…I started doing shows in June 2012. My first show, I sold $1600. After a little more than a year and 10 shows, I had two $10,000 shows, a $7000 and a couple of $2500 shows. I'm saying this only to say that I have reasonable success at art fairs. But,
Read more…I have decided to offer prints of my large pencil drawings. I'm not sure if I should offer small giclee quality reproductions or are photographic prints acceptable? I have high quality professional scans so the image quality is good.
I'm thinking pho
Read more…Does anyone have an opinion on the Mt. Dora show, guess that it's been going on fo quite a while, just don't have any idea if it's a good show or not. I do wearable's.
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I am organizing the first art show of its size in our area, and would like some input into how you select your judges who can review artwork, photography, jewelry, pottery, leather, metal and wood working. Who do you call upon who can judge the quali
Read more…Of the twenty-five or so photographs that I have on my booth walls, there are about four that I consider "slow movers." I'd really like to see these photos go, because I'd like to replace them with newer work, but I can't afford to just take them do
Read more…I have a Trimline tent with the mesh walls and progallery covers. I would like use a cable hanger system for attaching the prints on the walls similar to the one sold for the Propanels (http://www.propanels.com/hanging-systems/).
I have searched all
Read more…We can use some feedback on our booth. We don't seem to have the number of sales that our work should be getting. Something is wrong, either the booth, the prices or ???
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