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Re-entry introduction
Did my 1st shows as water colorist. Re-entered with Good Impressions Victorian Rubber Stamps. Now I'm looking for show suggestions for Letterpress prints, I design & pull on an antique press.
Read more…How often should I change out my jury images I use for ZAPPlications
I was wondering how often I should change out my jury images or can I use the same ones over and over again.
To be clear about what Im asking. I applied for Clayton 2 years ago and got in. Will they expect to see new work this year (in my submitted j
Commissioned Shows?
I was looking for some juried shows in California on Zapp and noticed that some charge a lower booth fee but require a percentage of sales as part of the vendor fee. I guess this would be good if sales were low. But does anyone know if there is a m
Read more…Hello!
Hi everyone! I am new here. I do landscape paintings in soft pastel. I am about to start my 3rd season of shows in South Florida. I do 15-20 shows on the east coast throughout the year, most of them here in South FL. Until 2 years ago, I just did 1 o
Read more…Hi from Locust Grove, GA!
My Mom and grandmother both did lots of crafts, and needle arts, so I grew up sewing, embroidering, and other crafts...Learned to knit and crochet as a young adult. When I was in my early 40's I took a basic stained glass class and learned to work w
Read more…north conway new hampshire craft show?
hi folks
Round the Fountain in Indiana
Does anyone have any information on applying for the Round the Fountain show in Lafayette, Indiana? I've heard good things about it, but can't seem to track down how one actually applies. Also, how open is it - is it grandfathered?
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Coconut Grove vs Artigras, 2011 version
This gets brought up every year and this year should be no different. Since the economic conditions change from year to year (and because I got into both shows), which one is the show to do? I've only done the Grove and I've pretty much decided to
Read more…Oklahoma City
Does anyone have any comments, opinions, etc. on the Arts Council of Oklahoma City show in April? It's a bit different in that it starts on a Tuesday and runs through Sunday. Plus, it's a commission show. I've had a couple of shows this year in wh
Read more…Shadyside 2002 Revisited
I finally got around to uploading a news clip from the 2002 Shadyside show to Youtube. It shows why the sleazy ex director lost the Walnut Street (original location) show, and then was also thrown out of the Ellsworth Avenue satellite show. http://w
Read more…Printmaker needs Help with a "Price Points" Question!
Traveling From Miami to Oklahoma City
I have recently been accepted into the Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts (April 26-May1, 2011). I have only been doing away shows (outside of South FL) for a little over a year and they have all been on the east coast (near family and/or friends). D
Read more…Need to clean the poles for my Trimline
The poles to my Trimline 10x10 are in need of cleaning. They have a while powder all over them which I guess is some kind of oxidation and the finish is really dull. Im not sure Id go as far as saying they are corroded but they could sure use some
Read more…Getting Your Sh*t Together-The business of art
Hi Everyone,
I want to let you know about some resources for artists of all kinds. I run a company called Getting Your Sh*t Together or GYST (pronounced gist) for short. GYST-Ink is an artist-run company providing information, technology and soluti
Read more…New Member
Hi everyone! I'm Bob from Little Rock, Arkansas and retired by force last year. I started drawing about 60 years ago and have had very little training. THis is amjor bummer, because I would be much better had I received good training an dnot had to l
Read more…College Applications and Digital Images
And we thought it was confusing having to prepare different image formats for some shows not using ZAPP or JAS.
I'm currently working on a set of 20 images of paintings for a student applying for nine different colleges. Of the nine, two are using s
Hi! Please help me through my first year appliying to art shows!
Hi everyone!
I'm so excited to have found you, I have been reading all the blogs and discussion and its so great to have this support system, mostly for newbies like me.
I'm open to any recommendation, suggestion, comment and advise you can give me.
Copyright Infringement on Facebook
Hi Everyone,
Wanted to share some info on a recent copyright issue I am currently having via facebook.
At the Bayou City Art Festival a visitor to my booth took high resolution images of my work, and then posted it on facebook in one of his galleries,