I received this interesting email from the Peoria Art Guild asking me if I wanted to volunteer for their art fair. Of course, I'm only about a 3-4 hour drive away ;-)
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Is anyone doing this show coming up? I checked the website to see what artists will be there but there is no list. Anyways, I will be there, it would be great to meet up. Also, this will be my first show going solo so I would be willing to pay someon
Read more…I know I posted about this in an earlier discussion but Id like to ask ONE MORE TIME:
Does Howard Alan allow BUY/SELL in his ACE shows??
If so, how does it affect the artists/crafters who do original work?
(Im still debating about doing a run of h
Read more…Wondering if anyone has done this show? I applied because AFSB said the show doubled it's sales last year. I did Boca Museum last year. Quality of exhibitors high, sales not too great (day of set-up a nightmare). Boca is a great market for my high en
Read more…I took my first step today to get myself ready to do shows, after a couple of years gathering info and fantasizing about doing shows. Today I bought a used craft hut canopy and am figuring how I can build my own walls.
Now all I need to do is :
-B
Read more…We are just finishing packing and driving down to Louisville today. Tomorrow is set-up and the show begins Friday morning. I hope my fellow AFI members will stop in and say ... HELLO!
Booth WE-946 at the West End Baptist Church. On Fri, Sat, and Sun
Read more…I love it -- there is nothing else like this out there -- thank you for doing this ... the compliments go on and on ...
So, how does one make a sale? Close a sale? Hear that the potential purchaser identify who the item is for and then walk away?
Read more…I litterally just got out of my truck from returning from Mt Gretna, Pa Outdoor Art Show, it was my first time there and I was really impressed with the quality of art there, EXCEPT there was a booth with the dreaded stone birds. I have art friends
Read more…We were wondering if there are any indoor art shows in the midwest area. This would include Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana.
With the weather being like it has been the past two years in this area, outdoor shows have suffered. Suffered in Art
Read more…Tell us please. Many of you are heading to Louisville for the St. James Court Art Show and its sister events. This is a lovely time of the year to be in Louisville in this historic neighborhood. Tell us in the comments if you're going to be there and
Hi, everyone! I'm a painter (I will attach a photo below), and have been accepted to Art Fest Boca and the San Marco Art Festival. The first is by Patty Narozny; the second by Howard Alan.
I've read about these shows on line, and both look like they
Read more…My art show neighbor reminded me of several rules on selling art and basic manners- people should know this as common courtesy but I need to vent.
1. Don't smoke in your booth! Especially don't smoke front and center and expect people to come in.
Read more…Nels and I have been bantering back and forth about art show reviews (“Art Show Reviews – Just Curious”) and this thought came to me this morning while hiking home from church with one of the dogs. New people to the site want to know “what are the be
Read more…How I Research Art Shows – Part 2
Eureka! The Art Show Reviews site has a person, Julie Cottin, who is taking care of getting the reviews posted. That is really great news.
Before we get started lets replace the self fulfilling prophesy of “starving
We have a website at www.Articents.com that allows artists and designers to sell online, much like etsy. We hope to expand this service to also help people track sales offline as well and I was wondering if there is an interest and need for it, and i
Read more…There was an option to set up on Thursday night from 6-7, check in was easy and I was able to park next to my space to unload. Set up was a breeze, although those with RV's had a hard time getting through as the street in that part of Scottsdale are
Read more…This e-mail reflects an idea Bill Kinney at Paragon came up with and the collaboration and good wishes of all at Paragon: Bill, Laura, Denise and myself.
We thought it was important to reach out to our industry as a whole on an issue that relates to
Read more…First year show, and I was a little nervous about participating. WOW was I wrong. This was a relatively small show (74 artists minus a few no-shows) for the first year, and will likely be expanded.
Sales started for me within an hour of the show
Read more…I've read that the Belgravia section of St. James is very shaded all day by trees. I also saw that electricity is not available and generators are not allowed. I sell paintings that really need a good bit of light hitting them. My question is, do
Read more…I'm doing Howard Alan's Alexandria show for the first time in another week. My husband is coming with me to help out so that will make things easier. I've already seen that parking is going to be an issue. My first hotel choice had a garage with o
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