I did both weekends of the show and the best thing about it was the people. Great support, lots of nice people who brought water and snacksaround every hour or so, lots of booth sitters and a great brunch on SundayMorning. Move-in Move-out was rough as you must have dolly and go up and down aramp to enter the show area. There was a wide variety of art on display and anice price point range, the layout was much better than the Spoleto Fine ArtShow that went on across the street. The heat and humidity was unbearable andmost likely what kept the buyers away. This was my first time at the show and in talking to my neighbors they all reported slower than usual sales. the worst part of the show was the black babypowder like dust that covered everything pressure washing the panels and tenton top of a bad sales weekend makes this show more work than it was worth. Allof the art like wise had to be cleaned hours and hours of additional work.
I am a mixed media 2-d and 3-d artist who mainly paints animals and uses bright happy colors and live only 4 hours from the show.
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I did both weekends and found the first weekend very slow, but the second weekend exceeded my expectations. Had good sales and Friday was the best day for the 'money people' returning home and shipping items out. I found the over all quality or art & craft was very good and was very impressed with how the show was run. My price point was lower than the norm with Sales over $250.00 few and far between. The $100 to $250 was a good price point for the crowd buying wood items.The load in and break down was a little challenging, and the 'black dirt' was a 3 time a day dust off. Showering in the evening was mandatory, not an option. Overall, the show exceeded my expectations giving the current economy and I exceeded my goal for sales. Others around me were either hit or miss with the volumn of sales with the higher end crafts faring better. I plan on returning next year.