I love it -- there is nothing else like this out there -- thank you for doing this ... the compliments go on and on ...
So, how does one make a sale? Close a sale? Hear that the potential purchaser identify who the item is for and then walk away?
Read more…Hijacking threads.
There's way too much hijacking threads on Art Fair Insiders in both the blogs and on the forums. What that means is that frequently someone posts to an existing thread changing the topic midstream. It's not fair to the person who s
I litterally just got out of my truck from returning from Mt Gretna, Pa Outdoor Art Show, it was my first time there and I was really impressed with the quality of art there, EXCEPT there was a booth with the dreaded stone birds. I have art friends
Read more…We were wondering if there are any indoor art shows in the midwest area. This would include Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana.
With the weather being like it has been the past two years in this area, outdoor shows have suffered. Suffered in Art
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My name is Ingrid and I'm a college student just starting out at art shows (my first one is in October). I'm planning on buying a 10x10 tent and using metal grids as the "walls". I make wall art, so the more "wall" space the better. Any ideas
Read more…Hi folks, I'm an artist in L.A. I paint pointillist landscape paintings with big dots of paint.
I've been doing art festivals on and off since 2004. I started as a total newbie in Massachusetts. I researched the New England shows and did a few small
Read more…thanks to all who have helped me!!! to all who have contacted me via email and to those who have helped me via pay pal i have sent a thank you email. quite a number have come back apparently blocked by a firewall. to those who have not received a
Read more…Hello Everyone!
I am very excited to be part of this community. I have been searching for some time now for something like this. I finally got the idea to start my own Fine Art Photography Business, and I was researching on every single thing possi
Read more…I am sitting here reading about tents and a thought entered my mind. has anyone ever thought of painting their entire tent in their craft or art motifs? Could be very attractive (Two meanings here.) Paint away!
Read more…Hi Everyone! I want to put a banner on my ez up similar to the attached the image, covering the overhang, but my EZ up does not appear to have anything to attach it to like this one seems to.
I'm wondering if there is a trick to this, or if I'll need
Read more…Tell us please. Many of you are heading to Louisville for the St. James Court Art Show and its sister events. This is a lovely time of the year to be in Louisville in this historic neighborhood. Tell us in the comments if you're going to be there and
Hi, everyone! I'm a painter (I will attach a photo below), and have been accepted to Art Fest Boca and the San Marco Art Festival. The first is by Patty Narozny; the second by Howard Alan.
I've read about these shows on line, and both look like they
Read more…There's an update to this image inconsistency situation. ZAPP has provided me with with new information about how monitor jurors see the images. Unlike in the past where the jurors saw the enlarged images exactly the same size as we did in our profil
Read more…The jury results for the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Fair (WPSAF) were announced via email last night. They were accompanied by a long communication, detailing changes in the park and parking, setup, and the usual litany of obligations and deadlines. Bu
Read more…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
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