I just did this first year show this past weekend, it's in the same place that I think mainsail is (i might be wrong on that) its on bayfront drive and ne 2nd street in that little park just south of Vinoy. it's a friday set up and load in is EASY. - yay!
Saturday had just PERFECT weather and people seemed super enthusiastic, I mostly sold small to medium things, but I sold a lot of them. It was the best show I've had in a while and I dont even think i was on the busiest side of the show. A buddy of mine who is also a painter however was across the park in what I would have assumed to be one of the best spots and he did not do so well on saturday, (I havent spoken to him about sunday, could have been a game changer, who knows).
One of my neighbors was a local large scale sort of impressionistic painter of palm trees and stuff and she straight up killed it. I dont know how much she did but she had to have done close to 10K or more. Most of her business she said was return customers though, because she's lived here for 17 years. My other neighbor was a sculptor of stone and he did well also.
I spoke to a few who did not do great, 2 were because for some reason (uncharacteristic of Paragon) there was a freakin time share tent so buyers just scurried away from that tent and as a result the artist neighbors of these obnoxious people suffered severely. Sunday wasnt as great as Saturday, largely because the weather, it didnt rain until the afternoon, but there was an impending storm that was obvious all day.
I totally recommend this show, and as with all Paragon shows, its really nice that Bill is walking around seeing how everyone is doing, I have never complained about anything, so I'm not sure if he solves any problems that you have, but he certainly seems to care.
Comments
I am glad to hear that generally, this show went well! Bill works hard at his shows; I was tempted to do this one but chose not to be out of town the weekend before Christmas. Maybe next year. . .
If sponsors are being obnoxious be sure and say something to Bill. He's pretty good about keeping them in line.
I too, did this show. What a wonderful park and it is not the same area where Mainsail is. Though my sales were low (due to stocking the galleries for Christmas and not bringing enough product with me) it was still a good show. This was my first Paragon show and Bill was wonderful. My neighbors seemed to do very well in sales and there were plenty of shoppers. Sunday was better than Saturday for all four of us on the corner. It seemed a lot of the Saturday crowd came from the Saturday Morning Market. Quite a few commented on how easy it was just to walk around the circle instead of going up and down isles. We did have some "be backs" too. I look forward to the January show!