Anyone have experience with the Telfair Art Show in Savannah? It's run by the Telfair Art Museum so I'm thinking it might draw the fine art crowd. App deadline is coming up so I need to make a decision whether to apply. Thanks!
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It can be. It is usually packed each year, however they keep raising the price of participating and changing things around, so it's hard to say if it would be worth it. In the past it was always under one large tent; this year it looks like everyone will be setting up their own tents (I'm curious how that will work out). In the past they have taken a percentage of sales from some or all artists. Because of this, they processed ALL sales through the event. Customers would take a reciept from you, go pay, and then come back for the artwork (with a stamped reciept to show they had paid) This was a huge hassle and it made some impulse buys disappear...who wants to walk a block to wait in a long line to pay and then come back to get the purchase? This year it appears they won't be doing that (finally!)
I'm local, so I've done it 3 times and walked it a few times. This year I'll be at a show in FL that weekend, so I won't be applying.
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It can be. It is usually packed each year, however they keep raising the price of participating and changing things around, so it's hard to say if it would be worth it. In the past it was always under one large tent; this year it looks like everyone will be setting up their own tents (I'm curious how that will work out). In the past they have taken a percentage of sales from some or all artists. Because of this, they processed ALL sales through the event. Customers would take a reciept from you, go pay, and then come back for the artwork (with a stamped reciept to show they had paid) This was a huge hassle and it made some impulse buys disappear...who wants to walk a block to wait in a long line to pay and then come back to get the purchase? This year it appears they won't be doing that (finally!)
I'm local, so I've done it 3 times and walked it a few times. This year I'll be at a show in FL that weekend, so I won't be applying.