Hello all,
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!
Read more…Hey all, I just returned from a long trip and noticed my plastic notecard boxes are badly worn where they have rubbed together during the trip. I take about 80 boxes. I suppose i have to seperate them with cardboard or something, but will that do
Read more…We will be heading out for the land of tornados later this spring. So, just for chuckles, last nite, I googled driving and tornados.
Several sites suggested that you are suppose to abandon your vehicle, (it offers no protection) and go lie in a low
Read more…I'm going to be doing my first ever arts festival memorial day weekend (Dallas Artfest...which from what I've read on here hasn't been a great show for some people...hopefully it will be a good learning experience at least?) Anyway, I had been assumi
Read more…I'm doing an out of state show in NY (I live in Tucson AZ) and since I still work fulltime, driving the 3 days isn't practical. My folks live in the next city so I can stay with them and ship things to them as well.
Does anyone have any advise on w
Read more…Did anyone else see the notice that Beaver Creek reopened for applications? The new deadline is June 1, which is only a few weeks before the event. In light of recent discussions about deadlines being extended, I thought I'd bring it up. What the hec
Read more…I'm getting ready to do my first show of the 2011 season and just wondered if any other oil painters could tell me how their print sales have been this year.
I'm thinking of getting 5 x 7 prints that I'll double mat to fit an 8 x 10 frame (I'm not
Read more…I'm thinking about my trip to the Des Moines art fair. I know it's early yet, but I'm wondering about crossing the Mississippi. I'm driving from Florida. My plan is to head north from Atlanta, go through Bloomington, IL. Drive to Hwy 80 in Davenpor
Read more…We're off for 19 hours of trekking west to be part of a great adventure. Sounds like Horace Greely, does it not. Follow us on Twitter @daltonpottery. We will also update from the show.
Read more…Has anyone done this show in September? I'm trying to decide between that and Atlanta Art Fair in Piedmont Park...suggestions?
Read more…One Showing Only If anyone is interested in the Grateful Dead, they are showing the Grateful Dead Movie at theaters all over the country on April 20th at 7:30 - one show only. The Grateful Dead Movie was originally released in 1977. You can read mo
Read more…I have decided to get back into shows again and I found this wonderful site surfing the web. I am looking forward to researching the wealth of info that is available. I am sure it will be very helpful and valuable, much better than the school of hard
Read more…I currently have a store and forward, which it looks like i will need to upgrade. I am looking into a smart phone reader. Does anyone have any advice? which are the best? Also, I know you need wifi for these, has anyone had an issue with no wifi avai
Read more…Hello everyone, my name is Brock E. Eddleman and I am a glass artist from Bloomington, IL. I have been working with glass for about 12 years now. I first developed an interest in lamp work glass when I went on Grateful Dead tour and saw all the great
Read more…I have heard the words "Rotating the Artist" several times now and I'm hoping there is no truth to this. We pay to be juried into a show and when I heard this...I was just blown away!
Has anyone else heard the phrase "Rotating the Artist"? Tell me it
Tomorrow begins the six day festival in downtown Oklahoma City, reputed to be one of the "big ones". My impressions may be mistaken, so bear with me, as I've never participated in this one. As I understand it all sales go through a central concession
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