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Posted by lori kay on September 23, 2010 at 8:30am

This past weekend I exhibited at the Atlanta Arts Festival in Piedmont Park. Nancy and her volunteer staff could not have run a more organized event. What could have been a very hectic setup was tightly controlled by the staff and went very smoothly. The artist hospitality tent was kept manned and stocked at all times, booth sitting was available (they were quick to show up), the judges were visible and interactive. At most times the crowds were large but my neighbor said they were off from previous years. Only two negatives, artist parking was a bit of a haul but if you were savy you could find alternate parking, and the heat(10 degrees above normal) not really much the staff could do about that.
Now the meat and potatos, sales. I'm a jeweler (metalsmith) $20 to 500 price points and my sales were 15 times booth fee (you figure it out). Average sales were in the 50 to 100 range so if you didn't have something to offer in that range you perhaps didn't fair as well. My neighbors, a potter and a printer were not happy with their sales.
Overall a very well run show that I will definately do again if they will have me.
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  • Bill and Jon Slade September 23, 2010 at 6:59pm
    And that is what makes our world go round;; Day and Night reviews of Atlanta--a logistical load-process nightmare-- see my review-- Glad someone made money-
  • kanchana Nerato September 23, 2010 at 6:44pm
    I did well there last year, did well there this year, love how the show was organized - price point is about the same with Lori. Will apply again.
  • Beverly Smith September 23, 2010 at 5:39pm
    I live in Atlanta and visited the festival Sunday afternoon. It was incredibly hot and humid and the crowd didn't seem very enthusiastic, but I realize I did go near the end. Most of the packages I saw were the "give away" bags from commercial vendors. The artists booths were lovely with a nice mix of work. A local university's newspaper, The Emory Wheel, has a great article written by Catherine Cai about the show anyone interested should read. It's at Emorywheel.com and search Atlanta Arts Festival. The article is "A Festival with Everything, Except Large Crowds". I hope all the artists did as well as Lori. I'd like to know how any painter's did at the show.
  • Connie Mettler September 23, 2010 at 4:08pm
    Easy Nels, this is only the third time this event has been run -- so its history is not long. In the past I did hear some excellent 2D sales -- but would surely like to know more about this one. Its organizers are very experienced and entrenched in the community (formerly of Dogwood). I also did hear it was really hot and the attendance was not as good as usual...who else was there?
  • Nels Johnson September 23, 2010 at 3:46pm
    Nice report, Lori. It would be great to hear other exhibitor's comment about the show saleswise. People I talked to were not real happy with the sales, this show is a distant shadow of its former past.
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