I need help from my new art community! Im just getting started and have done mostly indoor shows but i want to branch out but i dont have a "real booth" im looking for advice and to purchase what i need to e started!!! thanks for any and all offers t
Read more…A book that I highly recommend to newbies and veterans alike is Maria Arango's terrific volume, The Art Festival Guide: The Artist's Guide to Selling in Art Festivals.
Self-published on Lulu, it's available either as a paperback or as an ebook. Writ
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My name is Ingrid and I'm a college student just starting out at art shows (my first one is in October). I'm planning on buying a 10x10 tent and using metal grids as the "walls". I make wall art, so the more "wall" space the better. Any ideas
Read more…Hi Everyone! I want to put a banner on my ez up similar to the attached the image, covering the overhang, but my EZ up does not appear to have anything to attach it to like this one seems to.
I'm wondering if there is a trick to this, or if I'll need
Read more…I do paintings and prints, from 8x10 up to 18x24. Guessing I should have bags for the smaller stuff? For larger stuff, should I maybe wrap in craft paper or something? Any tips on where to buy some bags cheap or not in huge quantities?
Also do I nee
Read more…Hi everyone, I'm new to the site, my name's Jenni. I do acrylic paintings and am doing my first art fair in a month. I've gotten a lot figured out just from reading on this site! Not really sure about locking my tent though. I have an 3z up with 4 wa
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Just wanted some info regarding obtaining insurance for shows - per show rather than for an entire year. Anyone with any policies they really like, and/or agents? Any info is appreciated. Thanks.
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I'm Laura and I'm so glad to have stumbled upon this site! Thank you to the veterans who have offered up such a "digestable menu of advice". While I'm not new to the passion of art, I am new to vending. My first show, a local event called
Read more…Hey Everyone; It's Allison,
I've decided to make the leap and try for art festivals. It looks exciting, fun, and a lot of hard work. I'm up to it.
I am mainly painting fine art oils depicting wetland/shore birds. I will also have giclees for sale a
Read more…I was trying to decide witch art fair to go to Wisconsin or Ant Arbor. Im whanting to start selling at art fairs next year and I was going to do a little bit of reaserch (I do wood media Furniture, boxes, etc.). I noticed that there was not many Arti
Read more…I do mosaic work in a sculpture form..I want to include some framed flat work in my display. I do not know how to make frames...am I allowed to use bought frames for my work in an art show?
Read more…Aloha, We are a group of ladies from Maui, Hawaii and have just been accepted into the Gulf Shores Shrimp Festival. We design silver jewelry and incorporate sea glass and shells into many of our pieces. We were wondering if anyone can tell us abou
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In the past I've done a number of wholesale trade shows, where pipe & drape were provided and a few art fairs that were also inside so I never bought a tent. So after a couple years of dealing with
Read more…Called Flourish and bought a new 10 x 10 trimline canopy, awning, and mesh walls. I can't wait till it gets here! My first buy. Now I have to find a good fair to attend.
Read more…Can anyone explain how to make photos of art for submission. Do you need a professional to take photos? Do you have to have photoshop or a way to format the image or just a good camera. I have a Canon ES. Thank you!
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I'm a complete newbie, and I have my first art fair coming up in two weeks time. I work in stained glass and jewelry mosaics, and I'm just wondering how much stuff to take. I have everything from large glass panels (priced from 95.
Read more…I've been absorbing everything I can form this forum, trying to plan for the 2013 season as I have missed most of the boats for this year. I am bothered by a seeming paradox. One promotor states explicitly on the wesite that all components of jewelry
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First time posting. Like many others, I am proud of my work and my friends always tell me how wonderful it is. But you know what they say about starting a new venture, 'never move forward based on your mother's opinion'!
I design and build wo
Read more…Hello AFIers. I will be participating in my first season of shows. The Columbus Art Festival will be the first one, and I will be participating as an "emerging artist". If anyone would like to stop by and give me any advice I would greatly appreci
Read more…What is our opinion on booth rugs or carpeting? More professional or more of a pain? Preferable, or no?
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