Hi everyone, I am considering doing this show, my work is in the wood medium category, any info on this show will be welcome. Thanks in advance for all your advice and input.
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Here's the link to the web site: http://www.craftsatlincoln.org/. There is nothing about not having booths around the fountain. In fact, most of the pics of the show at the web site are on the plaza area where the fountain is or was.
I knew there was a good reason why I didn't do the show anymore. The booth fee is $720 for a 10 x 10 AND they charge a 6% commission. If I did the show I would have to add that to the price of each piece.
I did this show when it first started and it was a great show. In fact, I still get an application with an automatic acceptance. This is how far back I go: At first, we had to take down our booths on Saturday night and then set it up again on Sunday. And, I still did the show. Thankfully, that didn't last very long. I read the review of the show and it's too bad that they took the booths away from around the fountain. That's where my booth was, around the fountain facing the Metropolitan Opera House(or is it called the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts) facing those 2 Chagall's. Sales were good and there was always celebrities that would come into my booth. I remember Lena Horne and Warner Klemperer (Col Clink on Hogans Heroes). The show is right next to Julliard and the area reeked of culture and the arts. We could stay at the Empire Hotel, which was right across the street from the show and the rates were really low, for New York. In those days, costs were low enough that even if you didn't do that well, it was like a paid vacation in NYC. I always hung around to go to the Metropolitan Museum and the MOMA, catch a show, and eat at the Carnegie Deli.
I would love to do another show in New York. I used to go there twice a year. I think Richard Rothbard has the right idea with his holiday show. But, here's my problem. Doing a show in New York has a real down side, in that, if you don't do well, expenses will kill you. Gas prices are up, again so getting there is a problem. Hotels are not cheap anymore. You have to pay to park your vehicle. And, there is no guarantee that you will sell anything, no matter how good you are. New Yorkers are used to being exposed to really excellent art work all the time. On the other hand, if you are good, you could do really really well.
After reading the review from the link a couple of things stood out. 1) There are no more booths around the fountain and there are no more posters plastered everywhere in the city like there used to be. So, you either have to know the show is there, or stumble upon it, if you are a customer. 2) The reviewer said that the quality seemed to be down. That is the trend all over, but, at this show, really good artists used to do it every year. So, this tells me that they either aren't doing the show anymore because of poor sales or have dropped out altogether.
I really can't address whether to do this show or not. If you could find someone who has done the show recently and talk to them, you could get a better perspective. All I know is that it used to be great and a lot of fun.