Call for Artists, Making Money at Juried Art Fairs, Craft Shows and Festivals
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Brian Billings
- Gilbert, AZ
- United States
- Acrylic
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- Your Medium
- Acrylic
- Years in the Art Fair Business
- 5
- First show ever
- Fountain Hills, AZ
- What is your website?
- http://www.billingsabstractart.com
- What are the best things about art fairs
- Talking with peaople about my art and meeting other artists.
- Best show ever and why
- Tempe Festival, big crowds and lots of sales.
- Worst show ever and why
- Fountain Hills, lots of buy/sell and lots of poor quality crafts. Next to me was a vendor selling pvc pipe marshmallow guns and another selling wind socks.
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Can festival goers handle more creativity?
Posted on March 24, 2014 at 7:47pm 13 Comments 0 Likes
As an artist, my brain is always coming up with different ways to create my paintings. I enjoy going to museums, gallerys and of course art fairs whenever I can and of course the fairs I'm attending. I notice a huge difference in the art you will see in a NY gallery compared to an art festival. In a New York type gallery you will see off the wall and extremely creative art, but at the festivals it's the same ol process. Sure it may be a different image or even a technique, but nothing really…
ContinueWhat about glass?!
Posted on March 3, 2014 at 11:22am 4 Comments 0 Likes
I paint on multiple layers of plexiglass to give the art a 3D look. The finish pieces have 4 layers of plexi with spacers between them and are about 1" thick. They look awesome, if you can see the work past that glare! The glare is bad in the house and can only imagine how bad it will be in my booth outdoors. I'm looking for a non-glare glass or acrylic product for the final layer to protect the work. I have looked at non-glare acrylic, but the one I tried is only clear if it's directly on…
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Welcome to Art Fair Insiders, Brian. I'm pleased to see you here and look forward to having you as part of our community.
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