Location
Carmel, IN
Your Medium
Oil
Years in the Art Fair Business
14
First show ever
The city museum in veracruz, México
What are the best things about art fairs
Selling
Who referred you to ArtFairInsiders.com? Please be specific.
Founder it myself
Comment Wall
You need to be a member of Art Fair Insiders to add comments!
Comments are closed.
Comments
Run.. Run as fast as you can away from this show. The people who run it are lovely. And yes they treat the artists great and have breakfast and lunch for you. What they are missing is customers. They hold it in a YMCA in an industrial park
The booth spaces are great and the location is nice inside.. but if you don't know it is there you won't find it. 2013 was the second year and I swear I could hear crickets chirp. Some people packed up on FRIDAY night which was the preview party night. Yea, most of the patrons didn't even show up for the dinner let alone buy anything and from what I understood many of our donated items were bundled into baskets and they still didn't all get sold.
As I talked to vendors who were returning vendors they said last year was better than the first year.. I said wow how bad was last year. I would say a few vendors made money, those would be local people who had friends/clients coming to pick stuff up. I broke even and I drove home to sleep each night. Some people were in the hole.. a lot... I don't know that anyone bought stuff that was big. I think the furniture guy took everything home he brought. I sold mostly items under $40.
I have expressed my opinion in a group and was told.. give it time.. it is a new show.. etc etc etc but seriously the booth fee is way too high if you have no customers. I wouldn't do it again FOR FREE...
Now the Oldham Arts Association is well respected in the area and they do have some good shows.. but I don't think this one is ready to be in that catagory.
Welcome to Art Fair Insiders, Magdalena. I'm pleased to see you here and look forward to having you as part of our community.
When you have a chance, please add a photo of yourself and stop by the Discussions" area to introduce yourself to the rest of us. We all look forward to your participation here. Also, visit the "member map" and add your location. We have a lot to offer one another, experienced and newbie alike. Let's make this a dynamic site!
Many topics have already been discussed here before you joined us. You might like to try a search of your topic before you post your question. Just put your topic, canopy tents, jurying fees, Ann Arbor Art Fair, etc, into the search bar at the top of the right side of the page. You might be surprised that someone has already asked your question.
We also ask that all new members take a few moments of their time to read the code of conduct. You will find it at http://www.artfairinsiders.com/page/code-of-conduct. There are a few guidelines that all members will need to follow because , as in any social community, we all need to work together.
Best wishes,
Connie Mettler
p.s. The best way to make this system easy to use is to click on the "Follow-Email me" link at the bottom of each Forum discussion that interests you. That way the system will email you automatically whenever anyone responds. It's a great time-saver.