Well, 2013 was my second year in the art fair scene and it has been a remarkable year indeed. First off, my sales have been 11 times what they were my first year. Yay! I hit my first 1K day at Crocker Park (Westlake, Ohio) on Saturday. Too bad the Guild killed off that show...
I earned two ribbons. One for Photography at the Crosby Festival of the Arts in Toledo, Ohio and my second ribbon was from a purchase award by Wee Kirk Preschool in Mundelein, Illinois. So I guess I am an award winning artist...
I have created an address file for people who signed up to be on my mailing list. That is something that did not happen in 2012. But this brings me to a decision for 2014. To get into even bigger shows. I will be applying for the Ann Arbor fairs. I live in Washtenaw County anyway.
I also learned something from 2013, that the jury was confused by images of Lego minifigures with landscapes. In 2014, I will keep my jury images constitant with Lego minifigures or classic Fisher Price Little People. That portion of my sales (the minifigures and Little People) is 85-90% of my total at fairs. So the other work in the booth has been getting less and less booth space.
Also, I did have a few commissioned pieces from my Etsy shop. The shop on Etsy helps with the winter months when I do not have fairs...
If I make four to five times what I made in 2013 from the fairs in 2014, I will be very, very happy! Now it's time to get my inventory up again and prepare new images for 2014. Best of luck gang in 2014!
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I don't really have any firsthand info. about this, but that date in August in when the Guild usually has the Levis Commons show in Perrysburg, OH
I just noticed Crocker Park on the Howard Alan website - evidently he is taking it over from the Guild - don't know if it's the same dates.
P.S. Good luck with Ann Arbor!
Congratulations, Scott! It's so uplifting to hear some good news about the art world...Happy Holidays!
Wonderful to read such an upbeat report. Have a wonderful holiday season.
Way to go, Scott!!!