My surveys for the new Palmer Park Art Fair have been coming it. It was a beautiful show, and, the only thing that most of the artists mentioned as negative was that the wind on Saturday was problematic. All but one of my surveys came in with positive comments. The remaining one had nothing but negatives. According to this one artist absolutely everything that others said was completely untrue. Their parking was convenient, his was not. Their setting was beautiful, his was not. It goes on and on. Sigh.
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I've been invited to apply for that Pyramid Hill Show but it is always the same weekend at Art Off Pike... good to hear it is well run
Thanks. Connie, it was beautiful. We kept the artists numbers down so that each had a great chance of making good sales, we pre-sold vouchers for thousands of dollars so that there was committed spending. It's fun to work with people in visioning a new show.
Hey Mark, good on you for collecting and paying attention to the feedback.
I disagree that sales are the end-all be-all of a show. I think that intelligent, reasonable artists are able to take an objective view of the show logistics and separate that from their own revenue results. I guess the trick is finding the intelligent, reasonable artists. Just kidding, gang.
I've done a show several times in a sculpture park (Pyramid Hill in Hamilton, Ohio). It's absolutely beautiful. I've always told people that I don't really care if I make money at that show, it's just such a great weekend in the park. Seriously.
In fact, I think that smooth organization and friendly staff can make a low-revenue show a whole lot easier to bear. Low revenues AND lousy organization are a marriage made in hell.
To answer your question, yes, the perfect show is impossible. There's always somebody with complaints, which hurts when you've tried really hard to accommodate everyone all weekend long. Constructive feedback is great; whining negativity gets remembered next year.
So, how was it from your point of view, Mark? Were you pleased with how it went? What are your plans going forward? I know the weather was far from ideal.
Yes Mark, unfortunately, sales color everything.
Agree with Alison. The ONLY thing that matters when doing an art show is sales.
Larry Berman
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100
Loosely translated - his sales sucked.