Call for Artists, Making Money at Juried Art Fairs, Craft Shows and Festivals
Started this discussion. Last reply by Carla Bank Dec 27, 2012. 19 Replies 1 Like
Posted on August 9, 2017 at 9:00am 4 Comments 5 Likes
Posted on July 12, 2017 at 8:00am 5 Comments 2 Likes
If you jury into this show and are accepted, plan on bringing plenty inventory.
Melanie Rolfes has already written a thorough blog about the nuts and bolts about the show.
I will try to give unique insights:
Posted on June 30, 2017 at 11:54am 2 Comments 4 Likes
Posted on June 29, 2017 at 11:41am 2 Comments 2 Likes
Posted on May 16, 2017 at 3:00pm 8 Comments 3 Likes
I put this show among my top seven in the USA.
Only 130 booth spaces, with more than a thousand artists applying.
This was my third time in. It was also my best one there, although it started off scarey.
First, a little history.
In the eighties, when I started going away for five months to do shows in the Midwest, I always stopped in Greenvillle.
I had a solid glass artist buddy named Loren Marshall who lived there.
In those days I was lugging a 21-foot…
Posted on April 28, 2017 at 3:30pm 4 Comments 0 Likes
Posted on April 27, 2017 at 8:00pm 15 Comments 7 Likes
Posted on April 11, 2017 at 2:30pm 8 Comments 2 Likes
This is a very labor intensive show to do for setup and tear down. It is held on the grounds of a scenic park on a bayou in downtown Tarpon Springs. It is fenced off and they charge a $5 admission.
There are only three entrances to the show where vans can park and offload. Otherwise you are carting work from the van parked on the side streets, sometimes as far as two blocks away. It is one giant clusterfuck for the 200 artists there.
It might be worth it if you were…
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