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Can I Bring New Work After I’ve been Approved for a Juried Show?

This may be a dumb question, but I’m doing the Neptune Festival in Virginia Beach in a couple months. The information packet says can’t bring work outside the scope/style of work submitted and juried, or work not submitted with photos. 

Does that mea

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My other booth shot

While I'm working to tweak my photography booth shot, here is one of my paintings.  I show work in a variety of sizes.  Should my booth shot reflect that, or should I reshoot it without the small pieces and just give the bigger ones more breathing ro

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Ethical Items at Art Fairs

I was recently in a disappointing art fair (sales were very low and there was little to no advertising of the art fair). I do paintings for art fairs that I consider fine art and I was a part of this art fair because it supposedly emphasized art, not

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To Group or Not to Group?

I have a tendency, when I am setting up my booth, to group paintings into arrangements that I would like on my own walls at home. My dream, of course, is that someone comes in and buys the whole grouping, but beyond that, I tend to group pieces toget

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Landscape After Landscape After Landscape

A neighboring artist's son volunteered to watch my booth for a bit on Sunday, and so I took a short walk through the show at Westport, CT. What I saw really got me thinking. 

Booth after booth displayed landscapes. Landscape after landscape after min

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Does an artist sign the mat "original" on an original watercolor as you sign limited edition prints?

We are learning as we go in our new art business.  We are matting and framing an original watercolor.  Should my daughter, the artist, sign and title the mat as she does with Limited Edition matted prints.  If not, what should we do.  Just mat and fr

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Westhampton Beach Festival of the Arts

Has anyone done this Hamptons show before?  I'm going next weekend and hoping to find some good buyers.  I checked out the area a month or so ago during ArtHamptons, but I have no idea what to expect from an art FAIR there...   Any tips?

p.s.  I'm a

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Art Fest Boca vs. San Marco Art Festival

Hi, everyone! I'm a painter (I will attach a photo below), and have been accepted to Art Fest Boca and the San Marco Art Festival. The first is by Patty Narozny; the second by Howard Alan. 

I've read about these shows on line, and both look like they

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Advice Needed on Florida Shows Starting in October 2010

Hi, All.  I'm moving to Florida (between Ocala and Gainesville) in mid September and need to start up right away with shows.  I don't really know where I belong show-wise, either.  I asked once on here about juried art shows and was told that my work

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New to the art fair insiders

Hello,

 

I'm new at showing my work at art fairs and not sure how to go about what to buy to set up a booth. Anybody out there that can send some pointers my way.  I'd greatly appreciate any information you might be able to send my way.

 

Thank you,

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A couple of questions from a kind-of newbie to art shows

Hi I'm new here and I'm new to doing art shows/festivals -- although I did wholesale shows (BMAC, etc) for years and now do Portland Saturday Market, OR, every weekend - and have on and off for 16 years. I've done some really nice shows in the Pacifi

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New to Art Fairs

Hi,  I am new to the art fair scene and was hoping to get some tips from the pros.  I sell large acrylic paintings on gallery canvas.  I need some suggestions on how to display them. Wire vs panel walls?  Where can I rent/borrow these items?  I am he

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Protecting Paintings during Transportation

A few weeks ago someone commented in this forum about a new product called "art bags" or "art pacs". They were designed to protect artwork during transport. It was NOT gallery pouch. I can't find it anywhere. Does anyone else remember, or know of thi

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having a variety

Hey all. Just had a question about sizes of works. I've noticed this year that I am moving my smaller works. I don't know if that is just my prices or because of lack of $ by the customer or both. I've gone to making more 10x10 Oils and find I can do

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