Does anyone have any info to share on this show? I have been accepted but don't know too much about it. I do higher end one of a kind and limited edition jewelry.
Read more…Doing Cherry Creek for the first time and am looking for thoughts on lodging for the show. The show hotel, Loew's, seems a little farther than some others on Google. For example, a Holiday Inn appears to be closer and is less cost. Any thoughts we
Read more…Does anyone have printed promotional materials to give out to your booth visitors? I have business cards only but was pondering over have some post cards printed with samples of my images. Should I place these on a table for anyone to take or I sho
Read more…What does your booth slide look like?Which looks more like your booth, the top picture or the bottom picture. I photographed a set of jewelry the other day. The bottom picture was the jeweler's jury booth image. I walked her through setting up the b
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Anyone else doing this show this weekend? I would love to meet some fellow AFI-ers :)
Read more…Life Happened. I was looking forward to doing a few art shows in May. After months of preparation, life happened. While coming back from picking up an eight week old puppy to be Xena's baby brother "Elvis," my wife Mary broke her ankle and will be la
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Do any jewelers out there have recommendations for lighting inside their display cases? Dynamic Display has really expensive ones, but I'm looking for a cheaper option. Would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!
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After a long absence from doing art fairs, I've started doing shows again so have gotten my fair share of rejections over the last 9 months... Got one for a one day show in Upper Arlington, OH and actually got the jury feedback about my work upon req
Read more…I keep hearing murmurings about this fabulous art fair in LaQuinta, CA. I believe it is near Palm Springs and occurs in March. It seems as though the City is fully behind the event and officials come out and buy art for their public art buying progra
Read more…An ongoing challenge for all of us is "crafting" sets of jury slides. I've been discussing this with a Psychiatrist friend of mine lately. Not that I'm in therapy or anything, but maybe that would be beneficial. Anyway I'm curious to know what factor
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This year I will display at least 80% of my photographic work on canvas. I have been trying to find packaging material for customers other tan plastic bags. Some prints are as large as 20x30. as long as 16x36 or as small 8x12 or 8x10.
I
Read more…I'm getting ready to spend the summer in the Northeast, and I've got only one month of show experience there (last September) on which to base sales projections.
For those of you who have sold extensively in both these markets: How would you say you
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Can anyone give me some insight into the Kipona show in Harrisburg Labor Day weekend. I have been accepted and am trying to decide between that show and a smaller show in Johnstown, Pa at the Log House Art Center. I have never done either sh
Read more…Ok. I am starting a new thread which will be on here on a weekly basis.
It s going to cover my discoveries being an on-the-road artist who does 35 shows a year on a regular basis. This will not cover my experiences at art shows.
This will be more a
Read more…I have a KD Kanopy and it's a good tent. Last year, during a couple rainy events, I noticed some small leaks in the tarp along the stiches. IRS basically new and I'm curious what folks like to put on their tents to seal stitches and spray your tent
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I recently added hand-painted greeting cards to my inventory and have been enjoying painting them immensely. My fiance suggested I learn about protecting my designs from theft. Copyright? trademark? I sign each card. The back of each card
Read more…I'm doing at least May and June of a 5x Second Saturday's show (May-September) this summer already in North Kansas City. It's free so if it goes well I'll do more dates of it. I did 4 times of it last year and it was really slow. They changed the
Read more…I just read that gas prices have doubled since January 2009 and it really gave me pause! Although I know they've been high recently, I was surprised to read how low they were a little over two years ago.
So I gotta ask: What are you doing to comp
Read more…It seems like a lot of the shows are having an awful hard time meeting their own self imposed deadlines this year.
Kohler sent out a notice pleading excessive applications on Friday and promised to send acceptances by today instead...kind of looks
Read more…Hi! Does anybody here works with encaustics? Have you bring them to outdoor art fairs? I'm curious about the heat during Summer, I'm afraid they're going to melt, should I stick to acrylics? Just curious, Thank you!
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