Hello all. I joined Art Fair Insiders a few days ago. I am a woodcrafter making anything from toys to pens and whatever else I feel like making at any particular time. I also have been doing some custom work for a company in D.C. that markets high-en
Read more…Ellen and I just got a brochure from the illustrious Howard Alan consortium. It seems now, that Mr. Alan, in challenging times. has decided to escalate his booth fees up to $475 for a number of his so-so 2-day shows. State Street in Ann Arbor just
Read more…Has anyone participated in this show before? Comments?
Read more…has anyone done this show? comments?
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nancy gordon
pet collage paradise
Hi, All
I'm looking at the Downtown Denver Arts Festival and the application on Zapp wants my Colorado driver's license number. I'm cautious about giving it out as there is a lot of personal information that can be gleaned from that number.
Is this co
I am comparatively new to doing art fairs and have a couple of questions that I thought the pros out there may be able to answer. I have been concentrating on painting musical works. Two things concern me however. Because all the works in my booth
Read more…My first show this year is in a geographical location where I have never shown before. I have no mailing list there whatsoever. Although I understand the show itself is well advertised, I'd like to do some extra advance marketing if possible---on as
Read more…I was asked recently by a person, "what kind of artist are you?", and with my usual squirming around this common question, replied, "I paint, and I sculpt, and I am into wood carving, wire art, art furniture, ceramics,......I guess I am an Attention
Read more…I am pleased to find this site and appreciate that it is still in its infancy. I will endeavor to entice my artist friends to join up! I began weaving wire to make jewelry as a hobby eight years ago and it has literally taken over my life. I now wor
Read more…Just curious... do many art fairs in the Midwest offer free RV overnight parking?
If I could save lodging costs I might just get a used RV.
I thought I remembered one fair that I attended having this amenity. (cant' remember which, but it wasn't publ
Read more…I'm needing advice on which Midwest shows are the best to sell at. Here's one dilemma now:
I'm planning on doing a number of shows and need advice. There's two shows on the same weekend Labor day, the Oakbrook Art Show and the one in Lake Forest
Read more…Hi everyone,
I'm new to Art Fair Insiders. I just wanted to pop in and say "hello!"
I'm a fiber artists who primarily works with traditional feltmaking techniques (wet felting, needle felting, and nuno felting). Although, I have been branching out in
Hi, does anyone know where to look online for professional looking booth displays. I have seen people use some nice fabric covered cubes. This would be displaying jewelry. I have been using 3 tables (nicely covered) with risers but I don't think it l
Read more…Remember that the Columbus open jury is this weekend.
I just received an e-mail from St Louis and they will be having their first open jury March 18-19.
For more information, contact Laura Miller at 314-863-0292 or Cindy Lerick at 314-863-4485.
Cindy
Read more…This may or not be a good sign of things looking up, but I thought I'd pass it along anyway - This weekend the Virginia Beach Convention Center is holding a 3 day Home and Garden Show. They set up a display in the lobby for local artists to display
Read more…I was just wondering how many people hate writing artist statements. If I were good at writing I'd be a writer. And a lot of the statements I've read just look blown up and pretentious. And isn't your work the statement? If you have to explain it may
Read more…The snow is melting and the shows are starting up here in the northeast. We've done five shows so far and the results are good. We did as good or better than the same shows in 2009, so that's a big plus. One show, the Connecticut Flower Show, was my
Read more…Dear Seller,
I am interested in the immediate purchase of your item and will be make payment via cashier check/money order, my private shipping company will handle the shipping, but before payment will be made i need to be sure of who i am dealing wi
I did it once, maybe 15 years ago. I had an orphaned booth and did badly. A few artists were stuck in a small field across a street from the rest of the show. That turned me off and I never applied again. But I’d gone to see it the year before, just
Read more…Having never done it and heard all about it, I'm having a hard time finding info on it/dates. I know it's in Grand Haven, but I'm not sure how to go about getting the info/application for it. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
