Every time I do a show the amount of artworks I bring always seems to be either an under estimate or an over estimate ... I can never seem to get it "just" right :-). So, if you sell paintings or wall sculptures, how many artworks do you bring to th
Read more…There is a new concept, or at least new to me, of having a promoters require sales receipts for goods to try to eliminate the buy/sell that has become so prevelent in our industry. How do artist and crafts people feel about this? It is happening on t
Read more…hey , does anyone care to comment on the Winterfair Show in Cincinnati ,Ohio ...Thanksgiving wk end ? I have checked the usual sources --Art fair Source , and SA...but am not finding any recent evaluations. Thanks!
Read more…Hi - We were returning from Virginia Highlands show in Atlanta Sunday night when a disturbing incident occurred. Wondered if anyone had info or ideas, We travel in our RV which weighs about 11000 pounds empty. We were stopped by the GA State Police
Read more…Here's something I haven't come across personally, but I watched it a few weeks ago. Two exhibitors had set up on Friday afternoon. They were completely set up before they left so all they had to do on Saturday was unlock their registers. They were
Read more…Listen, it is natural that people love to mingle and talk about their last art fair experience. I truly get that. However, why does it have to be as soon as you pull up to your booth space and start erecting the canopy and unloading the first thing p
Read more…Hello Everyone, I've just been accepted to the Zona Rosa Art Fair in Kansas City, MO. It's a high-end white tent event, and this will be my first foray into this type of fair as an exhibitor. I have my canopy, walls, tables, covers, actual jewelry d
Read more…Hi Everyone! I'm new here at this wonderful site, and I have a question. What color are your studio walls? I'm moving from my itsy bitsy studio that I share with my daughter's 20 pair of shoes AND a giant green plant that likes to hog the light. My n
Read more…Montrose Arts & Crafts Fair in Montrose California, it's turning into a flea market. The booth across the way was selling import & export items from Africa. This is an expensive juried show! A lot of the seasoned art vendors around me told me that ma
Read more…I see discussions where some talk about "artist friendly" shows. Now I've been doing shows for a long time and I would love to know what that means to others here. Just what is "artist friendly" to you?
Read more…Artfest Fort Myers is streaming their jury starting at 9:00AM Friday October 2nd. http://www.artfestfortmyers.com/page26/page26.html If the link doesn't work, you can access it from their home page: http://www.artfestfortmyers.com/ Larry Berman Di
Read more…Wow, what a valuable forum! I started the show circuit last year and am still struggling to find my niche. In an effort to draw more attention to my jewelry, I want to buy a few spotlights. They need to be clampable and easy to manipulate. Do you all
Read more…Spend the morning with Bruce Baker and Larry Berman. Bruce Baker and I will be doing a three hour seminar at the ZAPP User Conference on Friday morning August 21. We've negotiated a lower $70 one day price with ZAPP for our seminar. Both Bruce and I
Read more…I am an Art Fair newbie and want to know if it is common practice to apply to more than one show for a particular weekend in the event that you don't get into the one you want the most. Please reply Thanks!
Read more…You may have seen these before but they have many variations at TARGET. Art prints, photographs and more that are mounted on a very thick (2" or more), light-weight, presumably a wood hollow-core frame. They are very affordable and I am sure they are
Read more…Hey everyone, I've come to realize this has been touched on before by Ron and I apologize for the repeat. I think the the idea behind this post was more about what can be done when you get put into a "perceived" bad spot than complaining about the p
Read more…I am interested in joining BOUNDLESS GALLERY online gallery to market some of my work. Does anyone have any experience with them? Opinions? Thoughts? FYI, their site is https://www.BoundlessGallery.com My one main concern is their lack of an adequa
Read more…When you travel to an art fair, one way to increase your visibility at the show and increase your sales is to have a social event prior to the fair opening. Contact a local event planner to gain access to information about local artist groups. Using
Read more…There was much discussion on how an artist had atrocious behavior, now how about the customer. The last two weeks for me drove me crazy. At Art Beats and Eats I had more people than ever before criticizing my prices, prying for info on how to do work
Read more…Galleries that want money (a huge sum) to show your work, galleries that expect you to ship artwork to them at your expense, and of course they expect a commission if the artwork sells. Did you receive emails from galleries as Agora or Ico? Beware! R
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