Hey Everyone,
I am new to Art Fair Insiders and am excited to be part of such an incredibly knowledgeable and talented group!
Personally, I am an active outdoor enthusiast and my artistic passion is capturing the magnificence of the the beauty around
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I applied to this Festival (takes place on Labor Day weekend each year for the past 40 years or so) and was not accepted. I did some research and found that the jewelry jury consists of one (1) person only. Does anybody have any experie
I am pretty new to the art fair scene . I have been trying to research and choose shows to apply to for next spring. Many of the show descriptions will have an approx number of visitors expected . Sometimes this number can be large , like 80k to 1
Read more…Although I have been doing art shows for over 20 years, I am still learning. With all the discussions about B/S getting into " juried shows" , including sone pretty high caliber events, who are the jurors? Are they doing their job? Are they paid to j
Read more…Looking for 10-15 Artists (or more) with Frugal Art Fair Ideas for a Blog Posting Project!!
Join me in sharing Frugal Art Fair ideas in a weekly post on my blog and yours! (Plus an ebook at the end with all the ideas put together in a great format to
Hello All,
I'm Laura and I'm so glad to have stumbled upon this site! Thank you to the veterans who have offered up such a "digestable menu of advice". While I'm not new to the passion of art, I am new to vending. My first show, a local event called
Read more…Sorry for posting this so late -- I keep trying to take some time off, it is summer after all.
I'm thinking a bunch of you are headed to the three shows in Minneapolis this weekend? Are you one of them? Let us know in the comments below so you can m
Read more…Does anyone have any ideas on what to make or buy to hold greeting cards. I want to be able to display them hanging up on my pro panels and not on a table. Any suggestions that would help would be great.
-Thanks
Read more…I've already searched this site for previous talks about Facebook and there has been a lot of really good tips and suggestions. I just started my Facebook page and so far the participation has been minimal, but I'm going to stick with it.
I was wond
Read more…I've just been doing Arts and Crafts shows for about a year, so most of you have much more experience with this that I have. I've been reading blogs, talking to people at shows and making my own observations. At every single show I've done, from 1-d
Read more…I have a question for those that have been around the biz a bit... I applied for a show in mid June, and the notification date for the artists was for mid-July.
I read on the show's website that the notification date was switched to July 30th, ev
Read more…Overall I think Zapp is great but there is one issue that drives me nuts. I research shows year round. Zapp wipes their slate clean after a show has taken place, as if it does not exist. Often I hear about a show that I would consider applying to aft
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And when I awoke, I thought today might be a GOOD day ..... then, as I sat down at the computer to check to see if I have again won some unheard of lottery in Europe worth $27 million, or some unknown citizen in China died and my name was randomly se
Read more…Hi, I'm Barbara. I'm new to all of this..new to this forum, new as a crafter (started in April 2012 when I retired, although I used to do occasional projects for fun), and new to craft shows (my first is coming up in 11 days!).
I retired early (I'm
Read more…Artists doing shows in the Twin Cities Area - don't take a check from a sweet little old lady named Lynn Baker-Handelman-Seigel (just remember 3 hyphenated names). I live in Florida and after spending considerably more time on it than the amount was
Read more…Today, I was catching up on my online reading and I came across an article Larry Berman wrote on his blog site. http://bermangraphics.com/blog/zapp-images/. In the article he claims there is a distinct disadvantage to having vertical or square imag
Read more…I am starting to look at application for 2013 and have noticed this highlighted image requirement:
"We project our images at our jury using state-of-the-art projectors direct from the exact electronic files submitted by the artists."
Okay, but this y
Read more…While waiting for the Uptown Art Fair (Mpls) reviews (Loring Park and Powderhorn too) from this past weekend, here is the news I have so far:
This was my first time doing Uptown. I had visited it one other time about 8 years ago when it was so hot we only walked about 1/4 of the fair. I had been told mixed things about uptown, "it's not what it used to be", "It is hard to sell anything hig
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