Currently I am working with low funds to assemble for doing art shows. From looking around here at AFI, Good heavy duty tents are still the worse expense for equipment. Not counting booth fees of course.
I have an old canopy/tent set up for outdoor e
Read more…Armstrong Display panels for sale. I have 12 gray carpet panels and 22 white extruded aluminum panels. All are 38.5 inches wide. The gray are 7 feet tall and the white are 6.5 feet tall. They are in average shape and I am asking $50 per panel. Could
Read more…For Sale my like new Flourish TrimLine Tent. This one is the Rolls Royce of tents and I ordered it with all the options. It comes complete with both 10 x010 & 10 x 20 Canopies. Comes with awnings for 3 sides plus corners, sta bars, fittings for side
Read more…Been lurking around here for a few weeks since being introduced to this site by a fellow artist. Being very new to this, (7 shows under my belt) I love all the wonderful info I have found on this site. All the sharing, and wide range of opinions and
Read more…Yikes! The Boardwalk Art Show in Virginia Beach, which started today, closed early because of incoming storms. I just checked their website and they are listing the space #'s where there is damage to tents. I'm sure anyone at the show is on top of th
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Does anyone have info/opinion/suggestions for the Shaker Heights Art & Music Festival coming up in a couple weeks? I haven't done this show in at least 8 years and that was before they moved the site and changed the name.
I've been doing art
Read more…I'd like to add lighting to my booth. Many of the shows I do prohibit generators, so I'm looking at a battery-operated solution.
At recent shows, I've seen exhibitors using both CFLs and LEDs. If any of you are willing to share details about your set
Read more…I did a show in Philadelphia this past weekend, and my Flourish Trimline Canopy leaked horribly during a moderate rain, no wind, no thunderstorm. Just a straight rain. Now, admittedly, my canopy is 8 years old (purchased new in 2005). But I only do 4
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'The Crafts Report' magazine is sponsoring a FACEBOOK contest where they asked artist for submissions of photos for a cover contest. The staff of the magazine chose 32 of the images, one of which is my 'Winter Tree' bracelet. The
Read more…Odd Mall has a couple of venues...one in Ohio, and one in NY, I think. They are coming up with a new one in Lynnwood, WA.
I'm wondering if anyone has had experience at the current venues. I'm trying to determine if my art would be a good fit, before
Read more…I love the Paradise City shows in Northampton! They are absolutely the best in terms of sales, quality of work, and ease of set-up and take-down. There is great food, the facilities are lovely, and the organizers are approachable and caring. It is an
Read more…Hi all. I'm not an artist, but I'm the marketing coordinator for a relatively young, all-volunteer-run art fair in Michigan. I tell people that I do this because I like being around artists but I'm not creative enough to be one, so helping run art e
Read more…Got a rejection the other day to Castle Rock and was very confused by it. In the email, it had the scores from the 8 judges and they were all over the place (5-2 range on an assumed 5 point scale). I then looked at last years artists on the website a
Read more…Well this message is lovely, AFTER accepting full payment for participation in the show. Seems they would work out the details before soliciting submissions and show fees! I hope they plan to refund all applicant fees as well:
Greetings Applican
Read more…I had a very good time at the Stockley Gardens show, both financially and in terms of my own enjoyment.
That being said, there were some things artists should be aware of:
First, I got terribly, terribly lost finding the venue. Maybe that was just
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I'm new here. I'm so glad to have found this place. I'm feeling very overwhelmed. ack! I'm wondering how many of you pack up your artwork at the end of the day.Should I fill my booth walls floor to ceiling with art or keep it minimal (one to two
Read more…I could not find how to post pictures on the blog for this show so here they are.
Photos: Castle Rock butte and new Veterans Memorial
Wilcox Street booths, mine is in the shade
Court House booths
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Yikes, I am a regular Chatty Cathy this morning.
I am TERRIBLE at the financial side of my business. Just terrible. And so I have decided to stop trying to do it myself, and pay someone to do it.
If you have someone who deals with all that stuff, w
Read more…I'm looking for a way to read AFI on my Android smartphone (Samsung Galaxy S).
I've tried using the web browser on my phone to access the mobile version of this website, but that doesn't seem to work for me. It just shows a few recent replies to thre
Read more…I have a new set of tables, that turn into boxes for my stuff. I'm not happy with the walls, it was what I had in my sewing room and I thought I could make it work, but the dark green is taffeta and it wrinkles, a lot.
The idea with the dark green
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