Hi everyone. I'm Julzz from S.C. and I am a face & body artist as well as a spray painter. I see most of you are from up north, so I don't know if this group can help me, but any feedback would help. Does anyone have any ideas/advice on getting approved to perform spray art at an Art Fair? I want to do it in public, but am not sure how to start. It has a lot of paint fumes, but dissipated quickly in an outdoor setting.
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Oh, it doesn't overspread past my table....very controlled. The fumes are the Mon thing that may get folks worried. I can always paint at home and simply display them for resale, but folks love to watch it being done....
I've seen glasswork demos involving a torch that are set up in sort of an acrylic booth within the booth for safety, maybe you can do something like that?
As a glass artist I wouldn't be that worried that any drifting paint would harm my work, but I would be very concerned about my canopy and displays. A little bit of fine mist would be a nightmare to clean off.
As an exhibitor I would not want my neighbor to have paint fumes emitting from his/her booth. I wouldn't be able to keep my customers. And I can't imagine what fiber artists would do.
The only solution I see right now is heavy sides on your canopy and some sort of vertical exhaust fan so the fumes don't bother your neighbors.
Thank you. I was wondering how to go about it. The artists in NYC who do it just set up on the sidewalk, but they have no one directly beside them who would be effected. I was thinking maybe doing it only at 'Art in the Park' type venues and trying to be placed so it wouldn't effect other vendors.
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I've seen glasswork demos involving a torch that are set up in sort of an acrylic booth within the booth for safety, maybe you can do something like that?
As a glass artist I wouldn't be that worried that any drifting paint would harm my work, but I would be very concerned about my canopy and displays. A little bit of fine mist would be a nightmare to clean off.
As an exhibitor I would not want my neighbor to have paint fumes emitting from his/her booth. I wouldn't be able to keep my customers. And I can't imagine what fiber artists would do.
The only solution I see right now is heavy sides on your canopy and some sort of vertical exhaust fan so the fumes don't bother your neighbors.