I grew up in michigan and the art shows always seemed to do very well. I know the economy is awful there and people don't have money like they did 10-15 years ago, but is it worth doing any shows in michigan or are my chances better in other states?
Read more…I am interested in applying to the show in october (but I notice they have multiple shows year round in Chapin PArk and in Market Common Valor Park.
Any prioro opinions or first hand experiences about their show(s), organization and area would be hel
Read more…Already this summer-
I did a one-day show in Liberty in June. It was decent but way too hot. kept the crowds down. I broke even on my booth fee and since it was 10 miles from home my general show expenses were negligible.
I did three months of a
Read more…And the fair is going on right now....
I am a bit incredulous that a top rated art fair would allow their email and website to go down for days. According to a posting, it has been down since September 5th.
Oh well...
It's normally a good show to vis
Read more…Okay kiddies, another big one coming up. Where will you be and what is your booth #? It is time for some get togethers. There are a bunch of shows in Chicago. Howard Alan has one in Aspen (doesn't that sound great?) and a whole lot of artists are hea
Read more…Now that I am back in Virginia I am looking at applying for the Virginia Beach Boardwalk show. The one thing that scares me is I keep hearing that it is necessary to remove all of your work at night. I may be able to get my husband to come help me
Read more…Hi Everyone,
Every show I struggle with how much to remove overnight. Up until this year I took my fused glass pieces off of the stands but left them on the shelves (unless the weather looked bad overnight). It let me set up in 30 minutes or less f
Read more…After being on the waiting list for this show two years in a row, we were invited off the waiting list late last week. At first we were excited--we were also on the waiting list for the show in Bloomington, IN, and for Long's Park, but had no firm sh
Read more…A silly question for some, perhaps, but do you measure the image area, the overall mat size or the entire frame? The medium is photography.
Pat Sarotte
Read more…Gig Harbor is a charming small town on the west side of the Tacoma Narrows bridge that connects the Kitsap Peninsula with Tacoma. It’s a town with some fairly wealthy people, lots of golf course homes and while the town of Gig Harbor only has about 7
Read more…I am getting ready to plan for shows for 2012 and I am seriously looking at the Sugarloaf shows in Somerset, NJ, Oaks, PA and Hartford, Conn. These all take place in the month of March and are consecutive weeks. My husband and I make handcrafted wo
Read more…I am a stained glass artist looking to do some Florida Shows in March of 2012.
I am interested in any input or suggestions for what fine art/fine craft shows you know to be well attended and well run.
I am planning to make Tampa my "home base" for th
Read more…Good Afternoon Fellow Artists!
I was just accepted into a show put on by Paragon Art Festivals (Fairfax, VA) and was wondering if this is promoter is a good one to do a show with?
I will be doing the "St. James Court" (St. James section) in
Read more…This is my 5th time participating in the Arden Fair. This fair has been going on for over 100 years and is held in a small artists community. The price is right ($50 plus 10%) and the volunteers are always around to help out. Load in and out can b
Read more…Evanston Lakeshore art fair is a bust. Poor layout and poor sales. Few artist amenities. No coffee!!! That is a first. No warning about incoming storm. Judges were inconsistent, some had 3-4 judges, others 2. What gives with that. Never do this show
Read more…Don't know if this is good or bad if it is true. Just trying to substantiate a rumor I heard this weekend.
Read more…Does anyone have any information about an art festival taking place in Atlanta this weekend in Piedmont Park, calling itself the Piedmont Park Arts Festival? Seems it is put on by the Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces and is for local artists (onl
Read more…After last weekend's blockbuster events throughout the Midwest (didn't you have a show?) this weekend is a little quieter while artists recoup from the last month's sales and ready their inventory for next weekend's extravaganza in Ann Arbor. A few a
Read more…I was talking to another artist during last weekend's show and we were both commenting on how many people came into each of our booths saying "I remember you from last year and bought XYZ" and then left without even really wanting to look at any of t
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