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  steve appel July 31, 2012 at 7:46pm

  you might do very well at 5th you are not going to know unless you try it.   if you need any other info am open for discussion  since been doing shows around sw for over 20 years.   
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  Brian Billings July 31, 2012 at 7:37pm

  Thanks Steve. Checked out your website and I believe I purchased one of your "bolt people" baseball batter some 20 years ago at an AZ show. Still sits on my desk in fact.

  I do colorful abstract paintings, very different from the typical Southwest art found in AZ, excited to see how I will do at shows.
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  steve appel July 27, 2012 at 9:13pm

  Brian,  as far as shows go it depends what you are selling,  A friend of mine did the williamson valley fire dept art show and i think he did very well for an az show.  So who knows you might do well at that show.,

  There is tempe arts festival which is one of my best shows,  There is fountain hills put on by the chamber that could be a good show too.   I know people who do 4th ave twice a year and their no's are steady.  In Feb there is a 5 day show in tubac which i guess could be a good show.   I do jewell's shows and do ok.  I  have only done oro valley but it is a decent show.  I also heard that shows in the white mountains can be good.  Litchfield has a good show in Nov and i think April   So there are shows in AZ i guess you have to ask other artists.   Good luck at the 5th ave art fest.   I can not get in so why bother.

  Also if doing a show in scottsdale you need a license which for a show is 25.00 or if you plan to do a lot of shows in scottsdale it is 62.00     There is something called the sunday affaire in scottsdale every sunday starting in jan thru april.  Did it at the end of season and it was soso.  but if you do it make sure you are on the sidewalk,  i was on the grass on some kind of carpet which was a bitch to set up on. 
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  Brian Billings July 27, 2012 at 7:41pm

  Makes me want to move, sounds like AZ just plain sucks when it comes to art shows. Anyone know anything about the Scottsdale 5th Ave Art fest?!
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  Trilby Arnold August 20, 2011 at 7:40pm

  It did indeed rain that year---not exactly under human control. The crowd simply put up umbrellas and those folk that braved it out were purchasers. I did well. Sorry you did not, and happy that another show was good for you One person's junk is another's treasure. I was one of the 13 jurors and can tell you we rejected a number of applicants for buy and sell products as well as poor quality.  Hardly juroring by check. Jurors only have photos to judge by so yes, sometimes the work in the booth is buy and sell or of poor quality, but as soon as it is noticed that vendor is shut down. I don't do the Patagonia show because most of the vendors and the purchasers were at AITP, Sierra vista the previous weekend . If the art hadn't sold then it probably wouldn't the next week end. I always liked what a friend of mine who sold tractors had to say "There's a tractor seat for every rear end and a rear end for every tractor seat" many different strokes for different folks and isn't diversity wonderful. So not every artist is for every show nor every show for every artist.
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  steve appel August 20, 2011 at 6:35pm

  i diid sierra vista two years ago instead of art in park in boulder city, nv.  yes there was buy sell.  it rained the year i did it.  Was not impressed with the clientele.   There was all kind  of junk at that show.  went back to art in park and did twice what i did at sierra vista.  I heard the show was going to 3 days best of luck.  did a show in patagonia the following week and barely made my booth fee.  so so. AZ is not for me.

   i still think a lot of shows are jury by ck.   they are all hurting.
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  Jim Parker August 19, 2011 at 12:15pm

  Shows that have painted lightbulbs, jellies n' jams and jigsaw puzzles next to $4000 paintings show a lack of good jurying, or are juried by check. Just saying.
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  Trilby Arnold August 19, 2011 at 11:10am

  I haven't done any shows in Az except for Art In The Park at Sierra Vista near the Mexican border. This is a high quality, well done show. spaces are large, 15x35, promoters (Huachuca Art Association) are helpful and on top of things. the show is juried, no buy and sell allowed and if it sneaks in is kicked out when discovered. Work is quality, sales have been good. We'll see in October how the economy effects sales this year. Show is going to a 3 day event and starts Sept. 31.
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  steve appel August 16, 2011 at 5:45pm

  Stank what is that,   i guess it depends what you are selling,  i am not saying the show is for everyone.   I do ok in Tempe.
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  Jim Parker August 16, 2011 at 4:17pm

  I did Tempe a couple of times and thought it stank both times. Way too much trash. Same at Fountain Hills. Market is over saturated with mediocrity.