Hey All,
While preparing for day 2 of the Lill Street Craft Fair, thought I'd share how day one went.
Setup - Setup was pretty smooth, albeit early. We all had to be there by 7:30 AM but the show didn't start until Noon. The neighborhood where the s
Read more…I use various thicknesses and firmness of high wool content felts in my saddlery work. I have always stored it rolled on racks in a dark corner of the studio. Last winter I noticed "sand" in the thinner felt and thought at the time I must have rolled
Read more…Just got a letter from the Monument Square Art Fair (Racine, WI) that after 50 years the show was ending. Both my husband I have done the show in the past, and while we haven't exhibited recently, I still have fond memories of the show. However, th
Read more…When I first started making collage, I was experimenting and not spending a lot on framing, although we did do the dust cover and wire hanger thing on the back. I had people ask if they could buy the work without the frame which was not possible beca
Read more…Today while at a show I wanted to post an update to our business FB page. FB used my personal profile picture, not our business profile picture for any update I wanted to post. Any suggestions on how to be able to use the business picture?
Another
Read more…I know some folks are doing well and god bless them. Frankly I'm tired of paying for so much up front only to have buy/sell next to me and having the organizers say,"well we won't have them back next year". Here's the news," I'm not coming back eith
Read more…I know there have been a lot of discussions about the square, but I just wasn't sure if it was right for me. I've had my merchant account with my bank for over 25 years and sometimes change can be hard. However after reading everything I could find
Read more…JAS has a different policy than ZAPP. Though they both allow you to change images in the application after submitting it, ZAPP makes you jump through hoops by contacting the show and asking them if they will set your application to incomplete or exce
Read more…My old friend potter Jerry Berta just keeps reinventing himself. A studio Artist since 1975, working in Sculpture, Ceramics, Neon, Painting, and Collage, entrepreneur as a restauranteur owner of Rosie's Diner, licensing agent and recently back to co
I am a pretty easy going person that doesn't let most things bother me, but this one does. Most shows say unload and get out for set up, and take down before you bring in your vehicle. The ones that enforce these "rules" make life easier for everyone
Read more…I'm curious about the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Holiday Art Fair in mid-November.
I sell more expensive jewelry and am wondering if this show is worth a try.
Read more…I'm looking for the most CURRENT, up-to-date info. on the best, most efficient method of taking
credit cards as payment. Until now I have only taken cash / checks. It seems that more
often customers expect you to take credit cards -- so I'm try
Read more…I have now received two tips (I did not give a reduced price) - a dog walker ordered five dog leash hangers and paid me a $100 tip and last week I completed a customized dog leash hanger with two dogs and two hooks/two crystal door knobs and received
Read more…I went to check it out this past weekend to see if this is something I want to do in the future. Those of you who did the show, how did it go sales wise? It seemed like a whole lot of looking but I wasn't sure how much of that was turned into sales?
Read more…I recall someone posting that they were hoping for Square to offer an option for discounts. The newest update has it. You can make a list of different discounts and just apply it to the sale as an item and it does the math. Just an FYI.
Read more…Hi--I've been a member here for a couple of weeks, but haven't posted anything, so I thought I'd introduce myself. I work in 2 media. I've been a rugweaver for a long time, and have been doing art festivals for 12 years or so showing the rugs. In
Read more…I’ll be doing this section for the first time. And yes, I have been in several other sections in the past decade and half or so.
I usually think the northern end (closer to Magnolia) is better than the southern (closer to Hill Street), but have not
Read more…Greetings To all in the artist community. I have just joined Art Fair Insiders and the people who run your organization thought it would be a good idea to introduce myself. That brings us to this blog entry.
First and foremost, I need to say that I a
Read more…I had three different people at the last show I did what to talk me down on price. I just wondered what you do when you find yourself in this situation. One was a lady that wanted to know if I would take $10 off the marked price. I told her no, I ha
Read more…When: July 14, 2012 - July 15, 2012, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Where: Virginia Beach Town Center, 222 Central Park Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Festival of the Arts is a unique show featuring a culinary contest, restaurant tastings, fine art, and much
