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Greetings~

I'm a jeweler and I've been doing shows for many years, just like to see what everyone else is experiencing out there.

New Member

Hello everyone.I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Tom Baron. I live in Clermont FL, and my medium is glass; primarily fused dichroic. Although I've been working in glass for over 30 years, my 1st show was in October Lady Lake. I followed that up with

Costs of Fairs

I am new to art fairs and live in Texas.  I have noticed that the fees for a lot of fairs is quite expensive.  Are there there fairs that do not have high booth fees for newbies?  I am also trying to find the cheapest way to set up tent with mesh pan

Costco Partners with Corbis - more competition for art shows

More competition for art shows.

 Costco has partnered with Corbis to offer over 20,000 images of fine art, photography and illustrations to create wall décor. The cost of having these images printed is the same as if you were having your own images p

In need of software to edit photos to put on Zapp

I am in need of a software program that is inexpensive and will easily change the format of my photos to fit Zapp's format. I use to have Photoshop 6 on my computer and it worked very well for my needs and was easy for me to use. However it had a vir

My new favorite thing...

Shows that let you know you're in right in the subject line of the e-mail! No more holding your breath and having to read halfway through to find out. It's right there. Kudo's to shows that do that for us!

Advisory Commitees at Art and Craft show's, is the standard practice

I do a big show in the Phoenix, AZ area in March and December.   Years ago one of the director's of the show (no longer with the show) put together some sort of committee of about 20 artists  for the purpose in weeding out buy/sell .    A lot of my f

St Armands Circle or Ft. Lauderdale Museum Show

I am suddenly left with an open weekend in January due to a very unexpected rejection. I cannot do a Sat. morning setup alone (and all my friends are on to me). This leaves me with a choice of the Ft. Lauderdale museum show (a long haul for me) and t

Hello!!!

Hi everyone! My name is Tonya. I have been selling my goods at craft shows for 20 years but not on a consistent basis. I do love craft shows and love meeting new people! I crochet everything I can & do have a home business that is a traveling stuff a

Northern Virginia & Virginia Beach Christmas Market - EMG Shows

Hello Everyone! Just checking to see if anyone here has done the Northern Virginia Christmas Market at the Dulles expo center in Chantilly and/or the Virginia Beach Christmas Market at the VA Beach convention center. This is the first time that we wi

Table for your Booth

For artists who keep a table in their booth to display smaller work or use as a desk to write up transactions. Target has a folding table that I've found to be the perfect size. It's 20"x48". I have a number of them at home for laying out artwork to

austin city art

Has any one done the austin city arts show in april.  I live in colorado and am wondering if it is worth the trip.  any ideas?
thanks
Dana

Photographing a photo??

When submitting a photo of a "photo printed/stretched/gallery wrapped on canvas" to be juried, would I submit the actual photo or a photo of the canvas?  I do macro floral photography which is then printed on large canvas, stretched and gallery-wrapp

Can anyone recommend a hotel for images art show New Smyrna Beach

Can anyone recommend a hotel  for images art show New Smyrna Beach, last year we  had to stay in  Deland to find a decent reasonable hotel ...I don't want to drive that far thanks lisa

Booth photos without buying a canopy first

I’ve only done indoor shows without booths to this point.  I’m saving up to get a good canopy, and had planned to just rent one for the first few shows I do.  That presents a problem in getting a good booth pic.  Any ideas on getting a pic without ha

fort worth arts festival question - renting a tent

I am thinking seriously of renting a tent at the Fort Worth show, mainly for space in my car. Has any one else done that? And how are they?

Arizona Fine Art Expo

I just found out the Fine Art Expo has cancellations and am kicking around going out there.  Is it worth the $2500 booth fee plus an RV site for the 2 months?  Has anyone done it?  I'm a realistic oil painter of nature.  Thanks for any insight!

Hello

Hi Everyone.  My name is Jeff Mack.  My primary media is jewelry, and I dabble is a few others.  I'm from the Omaha area.  My first experiences with art and craft shows was centered on smaller craft shows, and I found them frustrating.  Talking to so

Fort Worth Main Street Booth Locations...

looking for a used Trimline or LightDome canopy within Chicago or Milwaukee area.

I'm trying to budget for the 2011 season, and there is no way my old EZUP will be part of the picture.  Please email me at amy@heartfirestudios.com if you know of anyone looking to sell off a better quality canopy.