Indiana Art Fair this weekend

Well here goes the review - from beginning to end:

Load in - tremendously well organized. We had designated times to be there - there were carts and assistants galore with wonderful attitudes. An artist could become quickly spoiled by this type of load in (and load out) treatment.

Our booth space was on the third floor of the venue with artists located on all three floors. 75 artists - there were 12 booths on third floor and the balance located on second and first floors. First floor is main level from parking garage where most attendees are going to be entering.

I was not thrilled by our third floor hallway placement - but as it was our first year I was not expecting to have prime realestate either.

There was an opening reception on Friday evening - people were very pleasant and complimentary - but we had no sales. Others around us did - so it was not a loss for all.

Saturday traffic was fair - not overwhelming - but alright. We made some sales.

Sunday traffic was very light - weather had cooled considerably so that was surely a contributing factor.

There were sales at some booths - but I didn't get a sense that it was gang busters for anyone - Fiber and jewelry seemed to be doing best. Again - I think functional art is doing better than purely decorative.

All in all - while we did not have a great weekend sales wise - we will more than likely try this one again next year. The venue alone is lovely - hopefully we could get better placement - and as we're local - we have no additional expense travel/lodging wise.

Also - made some wonderful new show friends - and that's always a benefit.

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Karla Ries February 22, 2011 at 11:13am

Well here goes the review - from beginning to end:

Load in - tremendously well organized. We had designated times to be there - there were carts and assistants galore with wonderful attitudes. An artist could become quickly spoiled by this type of load in (and load out) treatment.

Our booth space was on the third floor of the venue with artists located on all three floors. 75 artists - there were 12 booths on third floor and the balance located on second and first floors. First floor is main level from parking garage where most attendees are going to be entering.

I was not thrilled by our third floor hallway placement - but as it was our first year I was not expecting to have prime realestate either.

There was an opening reception on Friday evening - people were very pleasant and complimentary - but we had no sales. Others around us did - so it was not a loss for all.

Saturday traffic was fair - not overwhelming - but alright. We made some sales.

Sunday traffic was very light - weather had cooled considerably so that was surely a contributing factor.

There were sales at some booths - but I didn't get a sense that it was gang busters for anyone - Fiber and jewelry seemed to be doing best. Again - I think functional art is doing better than purely decorative.

All in all - while we did not have a great weekend sales wise - we will more than likely try this one again next year. The venue alone is lovely - hopefully we could get better placement - and as we're local - we have no additional expense travel/lodging wise.

Also - made some wonderful new show friends - and that's always a benefit.
- Karen Seymour-Ells > Karla Ries February 22, 2011 at 11:19am
  
  Thanks for the report, I'm always looking for something in the winter!
Karen Seymour-Ells February 20, 2011 at 7:55pm

Hey, tell us how it went!

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