AS YOU MAY KNOW, I DO 36 SHOWS A YEAR FOR 37 YEARS. I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER. I LIVE IN YBOR CITY, TAMPA, ACROSS THE BAY FROM THE SHOW.
MY WIFE AND I ATTENDED THE SHOW AND FARMERS MARKET THERE LAST SATURDAY.
HERE ARE MY OBSERVATIONS, FIRST ABOUT THE C
Read more…Cherry Creek Open Jury
You may have read Brian Berkun's review of the Cherry Creek mock Jury:
http://www.artfairinsiders.com/profiles/blogs/another-shot-at-having-images-pre-viewed
If you live in the Denver area, here's a chance to sit in on the real th
These are the before and after booth shots. Larry did an amazing job of guiding me through the shoot and then fixing up all the mistakes. Thanks for all the feedback and advice from everyone!
This came through my radar this morning in a ZAPP email, of all things. I did go to the website, and looked at it briefly. It appears to be an arts focused crowdsourcing resource for artists of all kinds: performing artists, visual artists and crafte
Read more…At the start of a recent show, I found myself with three artists who were complaining about another promoter. They really raked this promoter over the coals. When I asked if they'd spoken up about their experiences, they just sort of looked at me and
Read more…I came very close to making the title of this post, "A True Community of Artists - So, Take That, Mother Nature!" However, just in time, I remembered how vindictive She could be and that I have several more outdoor shows this season! Mother Nature
Read more…The jury results for the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Fair (WPSAF) were announced via email last night. They were accompanied by a long communication, detailing changes in the park and parking, setup, and the usual litany of obligations and deadlines. Bu
Read more…On September 6, Leslie Jensen, partner and wife of artist Brian Jensen, passed away after a long battle with breast cancer. I first met Leslie on AFI where she posted upbeat stories about their life together on the road attending the art fairs. I had
Read more…Artists doing shows in the Twin Cities Area - don't take a check from a sweet little old lady named Lynn Baker-Handelman-Seigel (just remember 3 hyphenated names). I live in Florida and after spending considerably more time on it than the amount was
Read more…My art show neighbor reminded me of several rules on selling art and basic manners- people should know this as common courtesy but I need to vent.
1. Don't smoke in your booth! Especially don't smoke front and center and expect people to come in.
Read more…I have a question regarding the validity of show rankings and their value to an artist. Art Fair
Sourcebook and Sunshine Artist are probably the two largest and well-known of the organizations who provide rankings and my understanding is that they a
Read more…1024x768 or 1366x768 Screen Resolution Beware
If anyone, artists or jurors, has a laptop (or desktop monitor) with that resolution, or any device with 768 pixels in height, vertical and square jury images will be cropped off top and bottom with the
Been crazy busy preparing for my first art fair.
I could not afford a set of pro-panels so I decided to build a 9 panel/3 wall system.
The frame is made of 2x2 pine.
I used 1/4'' plywood on the face
I finished the wall and legs with graphite colore
Congratulations, Carla and Teresa, I see your work has been featured in the Lake Forester division of the Chicago Sun-Times on this weekend's show in Glenview, Art at the Glen. Hope it is a blockbuster weekend for you both.
Art by Carla Bank-
Story &
I guess I'm looking for some moral support from those of you who travel ALONE
maybe 500 or more miles from home to participate in shows. I'm single and retired;
I have the flexibility to travel, but I cannot get the courage to do so. Family and
Read more…I need a new website and found out professionaly it would cost around $800. maybe more. Does it really matter about how my website looks? I could get a simple one done much cheaper, but might still have problems like I have now. I created my own -
Read more…I've just been doing Arts and Crafts shows for about a year, so most of you have much more experience with this that I have. I've been reading blogs, talking to people at shows and making my own observations. At every single show I've done, from 1-d
Read more…I'm in Winter Park, Colorado taking a day off with extended family before set up on Friday. Sleeping in late, lounging around and writing replies on my iPad. I thought would share an experience of off season sales that happened this spring. I had ord
Read more…This past weekend I did the Annapolis Art and Craft Festival. I was extremely disappointed! I do a lot of shows in Southwest Florida. This was not the quality I am accustomed to! I have not applied to out of town shows and was excited that I was
Read more…My husband told me I'm a pain in the neck the week before a show. I guess I keep all the details in my head and fret and fuss and run around the house like a maniac...so he stays out of my way and says nice things like "what can I do to help?" I must
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