Well, after a great Friday nite we were expecting big things on Sat. For most of us, we got the big fizzle.
Lite crowds, walmart dressers, most were not even browsing. There were a few isolated successes, but for the majority of us it was slim pickings.
It was eerily quiet by 4:30 with nary a buyer in sight. We pray for better today, because this is not a Monday show.
BTW, Connie, it is a big deal that Mr. King, he of being the Lord-high director of Des Moines, can't find the time to stick up for artists who were impugned by the article in the paper earlier in the week where the reporters told customers to definitely ask for discounts from the artists. What a load of donkey dung that is. Mr. King should have been back at them in a heartbeat.
Sadly, he was MIA. Gotta keep his head down low and count the moola. La La La.
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Hey Valerie. First off, I know it is a public forum and I will stand by what I said. Sorry if you disagree with me about the Walmart thing. I call it as I see it. Also a quick survey among fellow exhibitors showed my assessment of the crowd was bang on. All you had to do was look at the shoes people were wearing.
Eh, this is where I have to post always watch what you say on a public forum. As an artist who lives nearby and shopped the show the wal-mart dressers thing is kinda insulting. Was there around noon, and the show certainly didn't look like that. Casual, yes. Wal-mart, no. It's a dusty, pebble filled area in a park---do you expect cocktail dresses and heels?
My little mini-review: With baby on the way no major purchases for us this year for a change, but Vicki Banks has gone on my must have list---amazing bronze sculptures! I was delighted to see Darrin Hoover there too. I bought my husband two of his pieces at another show and had been hoping to show him the rest of the collection. Other highlights: Michelle LaLonde--I've never seen accessories quite so sleek.
Hopefully the show went well for everyone though Sunday. It was far nicer weather this weekend than I've seen the last few years.
I hope today was better for you Nels.