The Montclair Art Museum (Montclair, NJ) will hold it's first art fair, Collecting Art: An Affordable Art Fair, June 11 and June 12. This will be in conjunction with the exhibition Warhold and Cars: American Icons and there will be 12 vintage Cadill
Read more…Anyone? This is supposed to be a festival with classic cars, and has traffic of about 50,000 in one day. It is juried, with local galleries participating this year. What do you think?
Read more…From the Kansas City Star:
"After a run of 22 years, there will be no Hidden Glen Arts Festival in Olathe this year.
The volunteer board members are asking for suggestions and help in deciding whether to bring some version of it back in 2012, they sa
Read more…It is going to take me a while to navigate my way around this site. Thanks in advance for all of your patience.
Has anyone participated in the Thunderbird shows in AZ ? I have tried in vain to find any artist info or pictures to see if my stuff would
Read more…Hi everyone -- another big weekend coming up. Where can we find each other -- Salina, KS? Old Town in Chicago? Flint? Omaha? Jackson? Annapolis? Crocker Park? Tell us below.
I just sent out another wave of "Red Dot" bumper stickers...let me know if y
Read more…We all want to know. Will you be my neighbor at East Lansing or Old Capitol, Broad Ripple, Fine Art at the Village, Reston, Long Island or Tulsa?
Read more…It has come to my attention that many people don't really know what this means. They assume the definition based on the words.
If you think this means "a place where people are" you need to educate yourself.
"Public Domain" for our purposes refe
Read more…Memorial Day weekend in Virginia Beach..... there is a wonderful little art show on the Boardwalk at the oceanfront. The art show is part of a surf contest - and most of the art has a beach theme.... but not all.
So far, the organizer, Jodie Woodw
Read more…I watch everything- from what shoppers are carrying to displays to artist interactions with customers - you name it, I mull it over.
Now, I see artists who are in jeans, some are in dresses. Hell, there was one dude I am quite certain hadn't bathed
Read more…Hi, I am looking into this show and would love any information about what type of show it is for artist. I have not been able to find much info on it so looking for first hand information from artist that have either done it or heard of it. Its in Mi
Read more…We will be participating in the NW Folk Life festival this weekend that allows street performers / buskers to roam and perform as they choose, as long as they follow some common sense rules. This can add some color and entertainment and usually is n
Read more…I am going to be there - I am lucky I live here, so it's an easier show. Anyone else attending?
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Wow, just started really considering that it will cost over $1500 to pay the booth fee, hotel, van rental, gas & meals for St. James 1300 association. My booth is on 3rd St. and doesn't really look like it faces the rest of the show....I'm not sure w
Read more…There's been a lot of discussion amongst jewlery artists, as well as other media, about where different types of artists belong. Do "stringers" and wire workers belong in a fine art fair? Fine crafts? or "simply" Arts and Crafts? Ordinarily, I would
Read more…In the last week I have read some serious GLOOM and DOOM on AFI!
A city doesn't want an Art Fair held on it's grounds: let's all ban the fair for a year and see how they like it!
The price of gas is so high: tell me if these fairs will make me mo
Read more…I'm new here and not sure if this is the right forum (or if the topic has been done to death. I did try searching before I posted!).
After seeing photos of the horrible storm at the Columbus Arts Festival last weekend, it occurred to me that having a
Read more…I've been lurking for awhile and wanted to post a question...
What do you do when you realize you've made a mistake agreeing that you'll allow a gregarious friend to help you in your booth?
I had a friend who graciously volunteered to 'help us ou
Read more…I still consider myself a rookie at art fairs and got into Ann Arbor, the Original this year. I've had people tell me it's overwhelming, a monster, and exhausting. I'm getting nervous. Maybe people just like to exaggerate.
We are in a booth space
Read more…If you aren't doing an art fair this weekend you must be dead! (or saving your work for the fabulous June shows, I mean even more fabulous June events later in the month). Will you be in Kalamazoo, Cincinnati, Columbus, Chicago, etc.? Tell us about i
