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Congratulations to this fine pair of writers (and it seems dancers) for winning post of the month for November.

Larry Berman's post (The New Definition of Owning Art) was the kickoff of a thoughtful discussion on owning art and Geoff Coe did a solid overview of his Northeast show season (Sandy and the Sequester take their toll).

Thanks, guys!

WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 14 - 5 PM ET

What can an art fair do to bring serious buyers to attend their events to buy art?  

Our guests today are from two of the top rated shows in the country. Tne La Quinta Arts Festival is a large festival held in an affluent area in California. Art on the Square is in Belleville, Illinois, a small town near St. Louis with nearly the opposite demographics, yet both shows excel at bringing collectors to their events and their sales figures are "above average."

How do they do it?

The guests are:

• Christi Salamone, Executive Director, La Quinta Arts Festival, La Quinta, CA 
• Kathleen Hughes, Events Manager, La Quinta Arts Festival
• Patty Gregory, Director, Art on the Square, Belleville, IL

Anyone who has ever run an art fair, or thought they wanted to run an art fair, will learn a lot from these experienced guests. Do you want lots of applications to your show? The most important thing an event can do is bring in those committed buyers.

Learn more: blogtalkradio.com/artfairs/2013/08/14/how-to-bring-buyers-to-the-art-fairs

Call in to speak with the host: 805-243-1338

This should be a "must listen" podcast for any art show directors. If you have questions you would like me to ask the guests please post them in the comments below, or call in! The second half of the show we will take live calls.

Here's our latest podcast from July 26, where I spoke with three people who between them attend over 100 shows a year and buy at all of them! In addition, they take their friends who also collect the work they find at the shows. Listen to it here:

• Geri Wegner's favorite Christmas gift from her husband is a deposit to a special "art festival account"
• Ed Seidman says that going to an art fair is "like going to a museum with the difference that you can take home the art"
• Judie Seidman's critique of attractive art fair booths, suggests that an artist might emulate how goods are displayed in high end stores when designing a booth
• why they never enter a booth where the work looks manufactured

Listen and tell us what you think. What was most interesting to you?

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