October 24 & 25
Miami, Florida
Presented by: Unlimited Sales Group Inc.
125 Artists
Deadline: August 1
Application Fee: $25
Booth Fee: $395
The Falls Festival of the Arts is free for consumers. There is no other art festival near this event located only 5 minutes from some of Miami's most affluent neighborhoods. The Falls is one of the largest open-air shopping, dining and entertainment shopping centers in the US, featuring more than 100 stores, restaurants and cafes including Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Regal Cinemas, American Girl®, and The Fresh Market among others.
125 artists in 12 categories from around the US and south Florida will exhibit. Supported by a $50k plus advertising and marketing campaign as well as the Falls extensive support insures great crowds of over 10,000 in attendance.
Apply: https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=4071
Contact Person: Mario Pi
Comments
sure, Dan ... connie@artfaircalendar.com
Dan, I keep thinking about your opinion here on this. I understand your skepticism, would you or anyone else who lives near think of contacting the organizer and telling him about your background and serving as a consultant? If we need new shows and we need them to be good, people who are new to our particular business can really use good input.
Twice I actually got employment as a consultant (and really I wasn't looking for a job) when I called a new show organizer to ask questions about their plans. I was pretty surprised at that. The smart ones know they need to know more. Just an idea.
Thanks Connie. I don't go to many shows anymore, too much of the same thing at show after show. It's interesting that I don't think there are that many shows close to Miami and Dan, who lives there also, thinks there are too many. I guess when you come from Amdurland, you are used to living within an hour of 20+ shows a season.
Thanks for chiming in here, Geri. You would be the resident expert on this region. I know this is a good shopping area and the demographics are there. Yes, they are also going to Coral Gables ... not a bad neighborhood there either. I hope it works.
Dan, the same group that is doing the Falls show is doing the Coral Gables show. Considering it is a bedroom community, if there is any interest in art, the show would do ok, the population is there. I didn't understand the layout since it seems to be in the parking lot along 136th and not within the mall.
The Palmetto Bay show was that time of year but it was ruined by moving it out of its original location. It was doing well until then. I totally agree about the Pinecrest Gardens show, I haven't gone in years. Too small and not the best in quality.
I have to respectfully disagree with you about saturation. I wouldn't compare Art Basel to any of the shows that are usually discussed here. Art Wynwood is closer to Basel. The couple of times I went to Art Deco weekend, it was more like a flea market. I wouldn't put Coconut Grove in the same category as Basel. Or any of the other shows I mentioned above.
I'll give them credit for positioning themselves after Las Olas to get more artists that may venture down to Florida early.
No repros allowed. Zapp info doens't show award package, but info states show has them.