A fellow beading friend recently introduced me to this website. I live in Cary NC and have been doing local shows for 8 years. I'm trying to take my art a little more seriously and get into more shows outside of NC. I do hand-woven beaded jewelry and
Hi Everyone, My name is Jackie Russo, I am a contemporary glass mosaic artist. I have been doing art shows for 12 years, both love and hate them! I am happy to find a group devoted to art fairs and look forward to participating. My website is www.jac
Hi to all! I'm new. My name is Maria Mills. I'm new at this so please excuse any bloopers! My work is oil paintings. I've painted all my life but have only shown for the past year. I'm mostly a hobbyist trying to sell my work so my hobby can pa
Don't be confused by the status of your application after a show closes or even starts jurying. For example, round one or round two, etc. None of that means anything until the process is over and you receive the acceptance or not invited e-mail or it
anyone doing gold coast chicago? wondering how you feel about the location change to Grant park? My feeling is that it will not attract the same crowd and will fit into the category of a 1st year show as a result. What's everyone else's opinion on t
I’m looking for a source of black shadowboxes, mostly 8 x 10 size. I use them for small scale metal sculptures. I used to get them at Hobby Lobby, where they were reasonably priced, but they stopped carrying the style I liked. Ditto Michael’s. Now m
In December I ordered two power cords from Merchant Alliance. One of them was the wrong type. I needed to return it and since they did not have the powercord I needed I ordered it from another site when I found it wasn't the right one. I talked to th
When I exhibit my photography at shows, I receive a significant number of buyers of my small 5x7 prints that I frame in an innexpensive and rather nice for the $2.99 price IKEA Ribba Frame. I have also purchased their 8x10 frames ($4.99) wi
This past week I have received two emails, apparently from overseas, with interest in purchasing from my website. Red flags have been flying and I've been skeptical from the beginning about the legitimacy of this inquiry. This morning I received a ca
Can anyone give what to expect in general from this show. I am glad that will part of the event. I just looking for what area to avoid. Also my work is price for Chicago market since I am from Chicago should I lower the prices.
I see a number of shows extending deadlines. My take is that they did not meet their monetary projections for entry fees. I think thats a bunch of crap. Stick to your own deadlines and jury the artists that made the original deadline period! Promo
Does anyone know if you have to buy a transient vendor's license for EACH show you do...I applied to nearly 20 shows this year, so $25 bucks each would be pretty expensive.
I tried filing my sales tax for last year today, but lost my vendor's license
Hello, I'm really new at this art-fair business, but plan to make it successful. I'm wondering what people's opinions and suggestions are as far as different payment options to provide such as cash/checks/ credit, and if anyone has any suggestions or
Hello there,
this is the first time that I am trying to look at the shows I have done to see which ones were the most profitable and if I should do them again.
I did about 24 shows (I just counted them for the first time, I had no idea that I did s