Hi all; Tis the night before the Novi setup and I'm looking at Florida shows. Any thoughts you can share on Mt Dora or Estero? Good...Bad...Ugly? I've been travelling all over Michigan for the last three weeks taking in some tall ship festivals, lig
Read more…I make fused glass and started to bring my stain glass to art fairs. Right now I have tables and a tent. My tent is 10x 10 and I used two 6 feet tables. What is the best way to display my stain glass and fused glass. Please let me know and have a goo
Read more…"Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art, working is art & good business is the best art."
- Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987), Painter, Printer, and Film Maker
from Scott Fox's 365 Success Quotes
What do you think?
As one of the Senior - er ah I mean Experienced - member of this forum, I believe Nels birthday is one to have it's own discussion page. Have a fun day Nels!
Read more…Always stay on the bright side. It's tough at times and YEAH these are tough times! Its all in the numbers and percentages. Right? Look at the 20%/80%. 20% of artists make 80% of the bucks at an art fair. This could be true. But with fewer patrons at
Read more…Hello all, I am new to this forum. I recently opened a creative art studio and thought it would be best to do some market research. So, I created an online Artist Market survey. It conducts research on the current climate of the two dimensional art
Read more…This article still doesn't shed enough light on why they canceled the show, but it is very unfortunate. By my reckoning, this is one of the top ten shows in the St Louis area, maybe even top five. Letters went out to artists several weeks ago. From
Read more…I recently signed up for a juried Arts and Crafts Festival in Florida. I had to send three photos of my work and a booth picture. The contract I had to sign said there would be no commercial vendors and no buy/sell allowed. It stated that any violato
Read more…Ok are you just as sick of hearing about swine flu, excuse me H1N1, as I am? I see antibacterial containers in Target and even churches, like the one I am a member of, go as far as wanting to forgo "passing of the peace" because of some people believ
Read more…A 16' camper trailer will be accompanying me to shows this winter. I would desperately love some pointers, tips, etc from folks who travel to shows this way. Parking issues? Space issues? Let me know if you can!
Read more…Hi Everybody, I will be presenting at an art show in November (along with other Sun City Artists) and we are inside with a 9 ft oblong table - no wall space and nothing allowed on panels or on the floor. First time I've done a show like this. I have
Read more…HELP I was so disappointed to receive notice that a wonderful event, the "Across The Lake" Macatawa Fine Arts Fair has been cancelled due too few artist applicants. I believe the problem is this is a one day event - September 5, 2009 - Labor Day week
Read more…I love reading blogs - for me it is like reading the morning paper. I have my own blog - www.craftartisttips.blogspot.com - however would like to know who else has either blogs they either write or follow and would recommend to others who are craft a
Read more…Hi all! My previous discussion about communicating with buyers brought some great ideas and insights. I've taken the discussion 1 step further and created a survey to get a larger audience's response. I'm also going to offer a random winner a $25 gi
Read more…Hi All, I recently applied to a holiday boutique in to be held Dec 5th in Vernon Hills, IL. I just received an email from the organizer about the number of artists as opposed to jewelers (I am a jeweler). She said, "As of right now, we have enough a
Read more…If you followed my earlier discussion prior to the Edina show http://www.artfairinsiders.com/forum/topics/edina-show you may be interested in the outcome. I was hesitant about attending as after acceptance (and paying the $400 entry fee), I was sent
Read more…Every time I do a show the amount of artworks I bring always seems to be either an under estimate or an over estimate ... I can never seem to get it "just" right :-). So, if you sell paintings or wall sculptures, how many artworks do you bring to th
Read more…There is a new concept, or at least new to me, of having a promoters require sales receipts for goods to try to eliminate the buy/sell that has become so prevelent in our industry. How do artist and crafts people feel about this? It is happening on t
Read more…hey , does anyone care to comment on the Winterfair Show in Cincinnati ,Ohio ...Thanksgiving wk end ? I have checked the usual sources --Art fair Source , and SA...but am not finding any recent evaluations. Thanks!
Read more…Hi - We were returning from Virginia Highlands show in Atlanta Sunday night when a disturbing incident occurred. Wondered if anyone had info or ideas, We travel in our RV which weighs about 11000 pounds empty. We were stopped by the GA State Police
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