Art on the Mall 2014

Well, it's been another successful one day show. I beat my last year's totals by about $50. But this year more people came through my booth because I requested a different booth location. I put last years map back into this post because I changed from booth 53 to booth 14. While no framed pieces sold, but just a lot of 5x7s and 8x10s plus postcards, that means that I had higher traffic though my booth this year.

Art on the Mall is produced by the University of Toledo's Alumni Association. Yes, my $100 booth fee as always a donation to my Alma Mater. The volunteers there are great and I really like this show. A volunteer would come into my booth and offer water or a soda of let me take a break. The were like clockwork about ever hour. Since it only runs from 10 AM to 5 PM reaching nearly $900 is a successful one day show. Maybe one of these years, I break the $1000 mark. But my sales totals have gone up each year. Plus I had three orders that I need to ship. Yes, three orders of stuff that I did not have in my booth. 

One patron wanted a fireman shot. I showed her my flickr stream (https://flic.kr/p/a2SnTY) and she purchased a print right there. I think that is pretty cool...

Please keep in mind these shots of the fair were taken well after 4 PM, There was a thunderstorm in the area around 3 PM and I think after 4, the scene was mostly dead.

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Our brick in the Alumni Pavilion...

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  • Thank you Teresa! Yes it an easy drive from Ypsilanti too!

  • Hello Scott,  I like all the reviews you have been writing!  I was at the UT on the Mall show too.  I was at booth space #34 with framed collage art, and I had good traffic.  I did OK, ... good enough.  I can probably optimize things for next year, like have more "art prints" and more small things.  It was well run and an easy drive from Detroit where I live.

  • Thank you for the critique, Scott, and congratulations...again.  My mother went to U.of T. and I was born there, may have to visit the art fair next year and the zoo and the museum...all great!

  • Thanks Scott for the review.  I have always wondered about this show.  We have it listed on the Art Fair Calendar but I have never heard anyone talk about it.  So, I am glad to know something about this show.

  • For a storm at 3, and a one day show, it sounds like you did alright.

  • Hello Greg! My friend and I were expressing the layout of the show and my post last year hit the mark. http://www.artfairinsiders.com/profiles/blogs/art-on-the-mall-artis...

    The show may be reconsidering where to place the food court...

  • Thank you for the post! I've been in spot #77 for the past 4-years and each year I've done worse than the previous year. This year I hit an all time low and had about $200.00 in sales (Last year I did about $650.00) which pretty much means I broke even which is definitely NOT where you need to be at financially. I do have cards, prints for $10.00 and low priced items along with my paintings with average around $200 in the middle. If I end up doing show #6 next year, I'm definitely going to request a new spot. Very frustrating. (link to my "Starving Artist Greg" facebook page if you are curious what my work is like-- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Starving-Artist-Greg/188893337202 )

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