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2 Indianapolis, Indiana shows

Posted by Karla Ries on September 29, 2009 at 2:00pm
Well, I have officially gotten my art business off the ground and running. We are ArtIsRelative representing the works of myself (painter/photographer), my husband (photographer/woodworker) and my father (painter). We did two weekend's of shows back to back - our first outdoor shows and only our third shows ever.

Fountain Square was two weekends ago and Rocky Ripple was this past weekend.

Fountain Square was the smaller of the two with maybe 40 artists represented and only the third year for it. Rocky Ripple had 53 artists in attendance and it was about the 10th year for it.

Both had fairly good crowds but seemed to be more buyers at the Fountain Square show than Rocky Ripple. FS was in a black topped parking lot, RR was in a park. Weather was good for both. Both were one day events only.

We sold 7 pieces at FS (a nice mix of low end $20 to mid level $100 pieces) and 2 pieces at RR (both mid low end).

I did not see a lot of purchasing going on around me - lots of interest at the boothes but not lots of purchases.

We were happy to be in the thick of it for our first outings. Fellow vendors were friendly and I'm already running into some duplicate displayers so I'm looking forward to making friends on our local circuit.
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  • Karla Ries October 1, 2009 at 2:53pm
    Thanks Connie - I've been learning so much at this site. It is greatly appreciated. Happy to say I have two more shows lined up in the coming months along with a gallery showing with a local theatre group. I think both shows will be smaller - but it's a great way for us to get our art show legs under us more squarely and continue the rhythm we seem to have started. I'll report back on the shows to share how they go.
  • Connie Mettler September 29, 2009 at 3:40pm
    Welcome, Carla. Thanks for reporting in. There is lots to learn as a beginner as I'm sure you have discovered. We look forward to more reports.
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