In preparing my jury pics for the coming year I decided to try to represent, as best as I could understand, my body of work in a consistent fashion. My present pics were made up up of the few professional pictures I had which were then made jury read
Read more…Nels and I have been bantering back and forth about art show reviews (“Art Show Reviews – Just Curious”) and this thought came to me this morning while hiking home from church with one of the dogs. New people to the site want to know “what are the be
Read more…John's booth was heavily damaged at the St. Louis Art Fair. Now we need to decide between Pro Panels or Armstrong panels (not the mesh ones) that are very similar to Pro-panels. Would really appreciate your input and suggestions...thank you!
Read more…How I Research Art Shows – Part 2
Eureka! The Art Show Reviews site has a person, Julie Cottin, who is taking care of getting the reviews posted. That is really great news.
Before we get started lets replace the self fulfilling prophesy of “starving
We have a website at www.Articents.com that allows artists and designers to sell online, much like etsy. We hope to expand this service to also help people track sales offline as well and I was wondering if there is an interest and need for it, and i
Read more…A Shot in the dark here, But I am looking to purchase a Light Dome canopy top . Just the top only, 10'x10' , prefer one with some zippers for awnings but will buy it without too. I have the frame and everything else. I will just buy a new one if I
Read more…Hi all, my name is Wayne and I'm new to the Arts & Crafts fair scene with three shows in the last four months under my belt. I'm employed full time as an engineer in an aerospace company and Fine Art Photography is my passion. All my friends and fami
Read more…I've seen some artists at artshows hang what look like vinyl banners in their tent to showcase their artwork. Where do you make them? I've looked at Kinkos but don't like what I see. Any suggestions on where to make them or how to? I've got some idea
Read more…There was an option to set up on Thursday night from 6-7, check in was easy and I was able to park next to my space to unload. Set up was a breeze, although those with RV's had a hard time getting through as the street in that part of Scottsdale are
Read more…I am resigning in a few days from my "full-time, paycheck" job, to take on the "full-time" job of nurturing my Photography business. I am so grateful for this site, because it offers me inspiration and the feeling I can oly get from like minded peop
Read more…When I got into this business five years ago I had no expectations of traveling outside of Florida, so it made sense to call the company "Wild Images Florida". Now, I'm spending about a third of the year or more outside of the state, primarily in th
Read more…I am hoping to find other artists on this site who use a Showoff to discuss how to set it up since the instructions which came with it are very poor.
Vince
Read more…I'll be attending the St. Louis Art Fair, September 7-9, and have a room in the event's host hotel. Anyone want to share? Please contact me: connie@artfaircalendar.com
Read more…I create original artwork on canvas. Some is framed, some is not - but either way, I manage to ruin at least one piece - even tho they're wrapped in foam or bubble wrap. If I could buy some large padded bags or "envelopes" for my work - it would be s
Read more…I'm overwhelmed w/information regarding PCI compliance and credit cards! I've only taken credit cards for a year and use a 'knucklebuster' @ approx $30/month. I just got hit w/ the PCI fee and was wondering if the Square or Intuit are PCI compliant
Read more…Does anyone use a 10'x15' trimline? I love it when I show with a friend and we do a double trimeline booth, but we only do that at a few shows. I don't think I can fit or deal with two trimlines on my own. So I am thinking about getting a 10'x15'
Read more…The Virginian Pilot ran an article about Mary Haase today. After over 20 years as the director of the Ocean View Art Show, Mary is "retiring". Wherever I've gone, when I mention the Ocean View Show, the first question I'm asked is "is Mary still ru
Read more…This e-mail reflects an idea Bill Kinney at Paragon came up with and the collaboration and good wishes of all at Paragon: Bill, Laura, Denise and myself.
We thought it was important to reach out to our industry as a whole on an issue that relates to
Read more…Juried Art Services - How the Jurors See the Images and Score
I've been posting about the ZAPP preview as juror mode and it's issues. In all fairness to both jury systems and the artists using them, it's time to show artists how JAS works and the pote
