Lance and I sat for the first two days of the show doing very little business. I have to say that it was a scary place to be. Sunday was excellent and we ended up with our usual Winter Park. The good news is there were several people that had great shows,selling all three days. Some were on the street, some on the sidewalk and some in the park...can't blame it on location. What we learned is...it's time to look inward and make some changes ourselves. The money is out there just harder to get. We have no control over anything else...only thing I can thing to do. Of course, there were lots of artists that didn't do well at all. Lance and I have done shows since 1976...at each show there is always someone doing their worse and someone having there best. That seems to be a constant.One last note, it started to rain at teardown...a pain but certainly didn't affect sales. As the rain pounded the roof of our rv last night...I said a silent prayer to the "show gods"...thanks and good luck to us all!vicki munn
WinterPark was a beautiful show and truly a pleasure to be there. The committee was warm and welcoming coming around Friday morning and introducing themselves. There was a nice hospitality tent stocked with treats a three days and a great artist awards dinner. The show ended up being the "saving grace" I was hoping for, it was my 6th show since January, 3 which I didn't cover expenses. Some artist did very well and others satisfied with their sales considering the economy. The painter next to me did a $10,000 here last year and only $500 this year, we did not see much 2D work go by. Hand painted silk clothes did well so did some high in glass. The weather was perfect all weekend until just after the show closed making for a wet teardown. Shows like this gives artist the courage to go on there was interest, large crowds and some buying going on.
Great to hear this report, Vicki. Thanks for the info. Did you see the post I did about Winter Park with the video that had a nice interview about you?
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i had not seen it and had fun viewing...