It is going to take me a while to navigate my way around this site. Thanks in advance for all of your patience.
Has anyone participated in the Thunderbird shows in AZ ? I have tried in vain to find any artist info or pictures to see if my stuff would
Read more…This is weird. I can't copy and paste from Word docuament into the boxes here. I'm a bad enough typist that I try to compose all longer answers in Word so as to use the mulitude of autocorrect options I have set up on there.
I have before: but now
Read more…Hi everyone -- another big weekend coming up. Where can we find each other -- Salina, KS? Old Town in Chicago? Flint? Omaha? Jackson? Annapolis? Crocker Park? Tell us below.
I just sent out another wave of "Red Dot" bumper stickers...let me know if y
Read more…Are you a fan of this site? An active member of the Art Fair Insiders community?
Do you find valuable info and friendships here that help your business?
Or, maybe you're even addicted to the forum??
If that sounds like you, we'd like your help.
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Read more…Hello All. I'm new here and I have no idea what I'm doing with art fairs yet. I've signed up for one in August and have the art and the easy-up and that is it. I may chicken out for this one if I can't figure out a tasteful way to display my art. Jus
Read more…Just found this site while looking for some information on an upcoming art show that I'm attending. Unfortunately the reviews I've seen for the show look bad, but on the upside I found this site and it might help me in making future decisions. Anyway
Read more…We all want to know. Will you be my neighbor at East Lansing or Old Capitol, Broad Ripple, Fine Art at the Village, Reston, Long Island or Tulsa?
Read more…I wanted to write a short note and introduce myself to the group. I have been a licensed massage therapist for 20 years and touched clay only 2 short years ago. As my mentor, Worley Faver, told me............the clay touches you. And BOY did it!
Read more…I am just getting back into doing shows and signed up for one that's only a few weeks away. I am just now realizing that it requires all artists to ' completely cover the entire space your display covers and anywhere you or your display or your gues
Read more…My newbie mistake was to go with the cc processing company my bank suggested. I opened a seasonal account and there are no fees for stopping and restarting. I have however been unable to reactivate the account. I have be told by two different departm
Read more…As the question is asked so often..."Which booth should I get?" and each brand has its defenders...
And as weather seems to be a major factor this year, I thought a thread showing booths in weather would be helpful.
Here are 2 photos I took at Bell
Read more…Just wondering what artists do when you get a bounced check for your art work after a fair & you've left the city... beside calling the individual & asking them to give you a money order or credit card number to pay for the art work ...if they pick u
Read more…I'm flying to Denver for an indoor show over Labor Day - and I want to rent some display panels for hanging my art. I use graphic display grid wall normally - but I live in Virginia, and just don't feel like driving for this show.
If you are willing
Read more…We are preparing for a 1 month road trip, our first that will be that long, and I'm wondering how other artists deal with the mail while on the road? I'm looking at some of the services offered to "snowbirds" to see if those would be effective. Our b
Read more…Memorial Day weekend in Virginia Beach..... there is a wonderful little art show on the Boardwalk at the oceanfront. The art show is part of a surf contest - and most of the art has a beach theme.... but not all.
So far, the organizer, Jodie Woodw
Read more…I watch everything- from what shoppers are carrying to displays to artist interactions with customers - you name it, I mull it over.
Now, I see artists who are in jeans, some are in dresses. Hell, there was one dude I am quite certain hadn't bathed
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I began a thread earlier this week titled Friends as Booth Sitters. After much discussion, I realized it would likely benefit many folks to pass along a tip sheet to their zealous booth mates. Regardless of how much time they're helping you, I want
Read more…Three Booths I had an artist at my house today setting up their display for me to photograph. They needed three different booth pictures. One for the regular shows that they apply to, one for Howard Alan's "B" shows (they want a different booth pict
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