I just signed on and wanted to introduce myself. I am a basket maker and woodturner working in my home studio in Central California. Although I have been doing shows on and off for over 20 years I have not been a full time artist until recently. I kn
Read more…Immediately after hitting send I realized that I had not added the descriptions/info on my new Zapp pics- prices, year completed etc. Should I just write this one off and forget Bayou City this year? I am 99.9% sure there is no way to edit my app a
Read more…Hi, I was wanting to know if anyone has participated in the Dogwood art in Atlanta before? If so how was your experience ? how was antecedence ,general mood of the crowd, ect?I paid to be judged to see if I am accepted. The festival is in April. It'
Read more…The shows have left my neighborhood but are in full swing on the East Coast, Florida and other warm climes. I just came across this article about the Estero Fine Art Show in Florida and noticed that everyone who was interviewed is a member of this si
Read more…This weekend I did my first fall festival/art fair. We set up our new Caravan Display shade (for only the second time and the first with my home made panels included), added PVC pipe weights at all four corners, cross tied it from the top front to b
Read more…I'm trying to decide which booth shot will look best to jurors. The first one with the mesh was what I used last year and got me into almost every festival I applied for, but the second with propanels is what my set up looks like now. Personally I
Read more…I was going to enter this show back in the spring but had date conflicts. It is a nice show in a charming town in NJ between Easton PA and Phillipsburg, NJ. Since this is the weekend of the show I called my daughter who lives nearby and asked her t
Read more…Anyone have any advice about these? I know they often have artists included, and since about a third of my stuff is wildlife, thought I might try it.
Read more…Every year we have worked to improve our image to the public at Art Fairs. I have used the sage advice of experienced AFI members, my great photographer Larry Berman and observations at every great Amdur Fair.
We started with a standard tent, white g
Read more…Hi All! I am Kimberly Ray of KimCreations - www.kimcreations.com
I make both pottery and jewelry and have been selling at shows for almost a year. So far, I am pleased with the results. I hope to tweak the shows I choose to do based on the experienc
Read more…Like a lot of others, I am reworking my booth for 2013 shows. Larry Berman told me I needed to raise my table height to 40” so here is the solution I came up with. It’s simple and easy to do if you are faced with the same problem. I cut pieces of 1”
Read more…I'm wondering what others think of this situation and if anyone would try to right this wrong, even if it did not impact them directly (but could impact fellow artists). I am aware that an "artist" acquaintance of mine, someone I met quite a few year
Read more…Hi everyone, I am living out in North East Iowa and have done a total of two art shows. One good and one bad. The first one was ceramics which sold pretty well and was great for me to see my first art show (Artapalooza at cedar falls). And the second
Read more…I noticed helpful feedback on another artist's booth shot, and would appreciate if I could get some feedback on mine... I recently revised my booth and booth shot, as I have recently been wait-listed on 2 shows I applied for on Zapplication
Read more…Last night I noticed that Howard Alan is using Google AdSense as part of his advertising campaign for the Pittsburgh Shadyside show this weekend. Google’s AdSense program uses web site content and the viewer’s geographical location to serve related a
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I live in South Florida, jury deadlines are coming. I would appreciate some advice about what to submit to the jury as regards to consistency. Would it be too inconsistent to submit an under water manatee painting and my other two being tropical pa
Hello to everyone! My name is Rob and my wife is Jan. We haven't done any shows yet but we are hoping to do a few next year. We both work full time but woodworking is my passion. My wife is more of a tinkerer when it comes to making things but she lo
Read more…I am considering this show and only saw one review, I would like a show mid December here in FL and this is the only one that I can find, can anyone let me know if there is another and also if they have any feedback on this one? I see that there are
Read more…Workshop on Photographing Artwork
It will be located in Pittsburgh but anyone is welcome to attend.
I'll be presenting a workshop on photographing your own artwork and a jury image review.
Saturday October 27th at the Pittsburgh Center for the Ar
First post on AFI. This is booth v3 for me. All input welcome.
(website text won't be on the actual jury image.)
Thanks!
