Connie Mettler

Your Medium publisher of ArtFairCalendar.com & ArtFairInsiders.com; art fair organizer and consultant

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Fort Wayne, IN

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publisher of ArtFairCalendar.com & ArtFairInsiders.com; art fair organizer and consultant

Years in the Art Fair Business

First show ever

Royal Oak, MI, and the following weekend the State Street Show in Ann Arbor. Baptism by fire!

What is your website?

https://artfaircalendar.com

What are the best things about art fairs

When you go home with fat pockets.

Best show ever and why

Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair 2001 - best sales ever at an art show, lots of money flowing in the streets of Ann Arbor. We went home and paid all our bills!

Worst show ever and why

As beginners, grasping at anything, got talked into an "art show" at Boysville, a fundraiser at a rural boy's reformatory. The first day we pocketed $5 in sales. Instead of spending the night we cancelled our hotel reservation and went home.

Who referred you to ArtFairInsiders.com? Please be specific.

I started ArtFairInsiders.com to build an online community around the nation's art fair business so artists and others could connect with one another for mutual support and fellowship. Here is a recent interview "about me" http://boomerwizdom.com/2012/07/connie-mettler/ Another one on Barney Davey's Art Business Blog: Art Fair Insiders - Connie Mettler - the Real Deal: http://www.artprintissues.com/2012/08/art-fair-insiders-connie-mettler-is-the-real-deal-.html Learn more "about us" at this link: http://www.blubrry.com/kjmastaw/745687/connie-mettler-art-fair-calendar-queen-may-212010/ Here is my story in the ZAPP News, 8/1/13: Industry Spotlight: Connie Mettler, Creator of ArtFairInsiders and ArtFairCalendar https://www.zapplication.org/news_post.phtml?post_id=507

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"Thanks Mark for referring Laura Higle to Art Fair Insiders. We appreciate your help."

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Anne Knife September 19, 2022 at 3:00pm

Thank You for reaching out!
Leslie Miller August 14, 2022 at 10:14pm

Thanks so much, Connie! This is a fantastic site...
Karen Deans May 31, 2022 at 7:29am

Thank you, Connie!
Leah Gillette March 27, 2022 at 7:40pm

Thank you Connie for reaching out. Blessings!
Jason Weiss March 27, 2022 at 12:59pm

Thanks for the note Connie! Look forward to diving deeper into the wealth of knowledge available on the site. Cheers!
Janice and Ed Albert March 26, 2022 at 11:24pm

Thanks for info, very helpful.
Raymond McCoy January 24, 2022 at 2:09pm

Hi Connie, Thanks for the welcome to this site. I'm grateful for all the information available to members. Working diligently to be prepared for a great fall season, 15 wood sculptures and a dozen photographic prints in various formats. I love creating my art and since this is my first effort at doing this I'm being optimistic about the potential returns from my investment.
Thanks again for reaching out. Hoping the best for everyone involved.
Debbie Talman January 24, 2022 at 12:51pm

Thank you for accepting me to this page. I am sure I will learn a lot and look forward to everyone's posts.
Richard L. Sherer January 17, 2022 at 1:08pm

I'm 78 and doing great. Just finished cutting up large 40" ponderosa pine for firewood. Several Suburban loads of rounds and blocks split with 8 lb. sledge and wedges. Glad to hear you are still active too. I got behind on work this summer and am just now shipping out three summer trick saddles. I have 3 September, 3 January and 2 stock trick saddles in the works now that I hope to finish by June. Oh, and then there is that roper I started in 2007 that is slowly getting done. Business is good for me, but inflation and shipping are driving up cost of materials. I will be applying to two Estes Park shows, Carbondale, CO and Golden, CO this week. I had inventory all set for 2020, now I need to get it sold. Jean had a hip replaced but is doing fine.
Best wishes,
Dick.
Sayeed Syed October 13, 2021 at 8:55am

Hello every one, I live in North Jersey, i am self thought artist, most of my art is on canvases. Oil and acrylics. I would like to take part in art shows, Like to get advise from experts, which will good art show either in New Jersey, Connecticut, New York or in Pennsylvania. Thank you so much for your help