I have a Flourish Trimline Tent with StaBars. It cost $1,050 when I bought it. I used it for three shows, and it's been in storage ever since. I don't think it's even been rained on. I'll sell it for $500. It also includes four weights for the f
Read more…I just got accepted to the Miami/brickell festival of art that's taking place on the 20th-21st, i have not heard that much about this show so I was looking to get some thoughts on it. Is it worth driving for? how good is the previous crowd? Thanks
Read more…Seeking opinions & discussion on the value of doing Fine Art Shows during Holiday / special event weekends. ie. Memorial day, Labor day, NYE, 4th, Superbowl etc.
Specific to the Fine Art as Crafts may be a bit different due to price points etc.
Pros
Read more…Hi Everyone,
I got a post card in the mail a day or two ago about a show, and I am sure they must have bought my name off a mailing list because I've never been to Chicago. But it made me curious.
The show is One of a Kind Show+Sale Chicago. I lo
Read more…Suzanne Ens,
I am not sure you are still participating here but I have a question about your review for the 3 Rivers show in Covington, LA. (The review was written 3 years ago and appears in the show review section.)
I am still a relative newcomer to
Read more…Is there a simple way to get a good photo of your art for reproduction. I have called about scanning but can be expensive. Do you have to have lights and digital camera. Has anyone used iphone 5 or 6 and been successful getting a color correct im
Read more…Does anyone have good tips for closing a sale? I like talking to people, I greet them when they stop by my booth and I am friendly and helpful and knowlegable. I have a great product, I think (custom coloring books and hand-poured crayons) and my pr
Read more…I've heard great things about shows in the Midwest, and after a three-show tour in June, I can say that at least some of those statements are true.
I live on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, so the Midwest is a drive for me, but I thought that if I got
Read more…Lee and I just did the Hot Works Boca Raton show last weekend (160 artists). While there, we learned there was another show going on at the same time down the road in Deerfield Beach. I cannot locate a listing of the 125 artists that participated, so
Read more…Hi again everyone,
Sorry to clutter the forum, but I have a ton of questions... As I said in another post, I'm completely new to fairs and I'm about to start sending out applications in July for a couple of Fall festivals. I'm worried though that my
Read more…Hi All!
I'm a complete newbie to fairs (I'll be doing my 1st event on July 4th at my tiny town's little festival) and I'm wondering what the minimum is as far as pieces I need to have to show at most of the moderate to good fairs (I do wildlife draw
Read more…This is my first Chicago show, and I'm not at all familiar with the area. Is this a safe area? Do they have overnight security? Any info will be helpful!
Thanks!
Read more…I make jewelry, mostly fused glass and metal clay. (I have strung jewelry on my website too, but I don't normally put that out at a decent art show.) My low end pieces are glass pendants and pieces made from copper or bronze metal clay. My high en
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We are doing our first Tempe Festival of the Arts this December. We got a booth directly across from a nice public parking lot, and would like to go early to park our trailer and truck, then leave the trailer there for the entire show.
Read more…Has anyone done this show who is willing to share some pointers? Is it worth it? What genres sell, don't sell? Are there good and bad locations? Price points? Any info thankfully received!
Read more…The Brandywine Festival of the Arts takes place in a beautiful, shady park in Wilmington, Delaware. It's a pretty cool show, with good karma, and while I didn't do well at the show, I have some promising commissions from it.
The show has a $5 gate f
Read more…Hello everyone!
Has anyone done this Frank Mcguire show since 2011?
~thanks for your input~
Read more…Yikes, I am a regular Chatty Cathy this morning.
I am TERRIBLE at the financial side of my business. Just terrible. And so I have decided to stop trying to do it myself, and pay someone to do it.
If you have someone who deals with all that stuff, w
Read more…Mid July, John Michael Kohler Arts Center. It’s been a number of years since I did the show, so I don’t know what gets the best traffic. They said on their email that “booth locations have not changed since last year,” but that does not help me a lo
Read more…I am a potter and work in both stoneware and porcelain. I carve images of foliage and animals through layers of colored slip onto stoneware, and I apply slip ( like decorating a cake) in foliage designs onto porcelain. This makes two distinct "lin
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