Well folks, it has come to this - info forwarded from "a friend", or possibly "a friend of Disney"... or in other words "The Festival of the Masters."
It seems this is a first come, first served situation with lots of protocol, including:
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Lately, you hear a lot of artists talk about making expenses or not making es at a given show. I find it hard to define what they mean by that. Let me explain. Let's just assume that your total expenses to do a show are $800.00. That is show
Read more…We are the optimists.
Each show, we think - this will be the one. This will be the one where I sell everything. This will be the one that breaks all the records. This one is going to be great.
Then the show starts, but the crowds don't come.
Well,
Read more…I'm trying to decide if I should switch from my old terminal to square. In talking to one company they told me there is a cease and desist order on square in Illinois due to improper/illegal usage. Has anyone heard of this or is he just trying to ge
Read more…Hi, After reading about the devastion last weekend at a show, I am thinking about buying the artist's insurance advertised on AFI, does anyone have it or other insurance. I'd like to know what your thoughts are. I worry about my stock, equipment, car
Read more…Hi Friends I have a possible theory that I am forming about shows in college towns. I have done 3 this year and am in the middle of the fourth right now. What I am consistently seeing is that they underperform in terms of sales. As of today, I have b
Read more…We have had trouble with lack of cell signal in remote festival locations and so have used the old knucklebuster for credit card payments for years but I'm tired of the monthly fees and the yearly compliance charges. So I'm looking into switching cel
Read more…Yikes, I am a regular Chatty Cathy this morning.
I am TERRIBLE at the financial side of my business. Just terrible. And so I have decided to stop trying to do it myself, and pay someone to do it.
If you have someone who deals with all that stuff, w
Read more…THis weekend I did Court the Arts show in Castle Rock, CO., which I will review later. Either I hit refund rather than cash sale on my iPad or there was a glitch but a $61.50 card sale amount went in as a refund. I called Aprivapay Saturday night and
Read more…I'm currently getting some some of my paintings photographed. I noticed that on his website it states "all images copyright his name." In some quick searching I noticed that he probably does own copyright on those images. Does this mean he can reprod
Read more…Anyone else concerned about this legislation that's making it's way through Congress? Reporting taxes for all online sales? For the last few years we've had 25-50 sales a year that are outside of the normal states where we participate in shows and
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We are doing our very first show ever at Lubbock and are told we need to obtain a sales tax license. Rather than search around 10,000 random sites, anyone have any info on how to do this? Also, we were wondering how the booths are set up (w
Read more…A topic of discussion among younger saddlemakers and leatherworkers has always been about how to price work. At art shows I often look at other mediums and wonder how the artist came up with their prices. I am very interested in this topic outside of
Read more…This is primarily for artists doing shows for the first time. I just finished all the applications for my summer art shows, eight total. All are in Colorado from May until September and one is in Kansas. About half were Zapp applications and the othe
Read more…An AP article in the Denver Post this morning had the following regarding recovery for the Great Recession: 1. Household wealth: recovering to just 2 % below 2007, 2. Retail sales - increased willingness to shop, eat out, vacation, 3. Foreclosures -
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As I am preparing for my show season starting in a few weeks, I am nervously jotting down everything I think I will need while at shows. This lead me to the question: What do some of you who do a lot of shows consider essential items to hav
Read more…I am putting together a presentation on sites that really do a nice job of showcasing artists work on their sites and am looking for some suggestions from you. Are there any exemplary ones, shows that do an excellent job on this?
Read more…I'm being told by a CPA that I'm supposed to send out 1099 forms to any show I pay over 600 dollars to be in- anyone EVER heard of this? Called a big show and got their tax # and they said no one has ever asked for it before to send a 1099. Is thi
Read more…I just read read "How Many Shows in 2013" which got me thinking again about fees this time of the year. Here is the question for folks that say apply to over 50 shows a year. If the jury fee is $20 that's $1000 out of pocket. If you plan on being acc
Read more…Here is your opportunity to help improve our business. Fewer and fewer shows have it in their prospectus that an application is a commitment to show, but there are still shows that once they get your payment it never comes back regardless of your sit
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