The sponsors are a delight to work with. Well organized and helpful. Load-in and load-out are tricky. If one can arrive Thursday for set-up and wait until Monday to tear-down, it becomes easy. The show provides golf carts so that one can haul stuff to a nearby parking lot for loading Sunday night. We did this and were out in our usual time + 15 minutes.
There is a grand hotel (Marriott) at the show site, with rates for the artists. A very enjoyable preview party is held there on Friday night. Show hours are 10AM to 6PM Saturday and Sunday. There are terrific restaurants within walking distance, plus a lot of shopping (every chain known to man) and two movie theaters. Arriving early has its rewards.
As for sales: the usual, some terrific and some not so terrific. The $10 gate separated the lookers from the buyers. The actress Sharon Stone made a large sculpture purchase, I am told. She looked splendid.
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Is it true that at the Woodlands Waterway show you have to break down your booth on Monday? Am considering applying to this show for the first time, and am still on the fence after what I've read about it. We're from Philadelphia, so it would be a long haul . . . . Thanks! ~Emily
The staff and volunteers were WONDERFUL!! and very supportive. On Sunday there was a low number of volunteers so a booth sitter was imposible to find, as the helpers which were there were doing all they could to help. But, as with most shows you meet really cool neighbors who can keep an eye on your booth for a potty break.
In many opinions the show could have closed at 4:00pm on Sunday, the crowd was lower and buying energy was almost non-exsistant late in the day. I don't think anyone likes tearing down in the dark.
An o.k. show to do if you have another one in the area.
I will try to figure-out adding a photo next time, if you promise not to laugh at my feeble skill as a photographer.
Excellent, Travis. As I live in a rural area I always like to know there is lots of shopping nearby to round out the art fair experience. My favorite Texas experience was many years ago at Laguna Gloria in Austin where it just poured! Water up to our ankles in our booth, and I am told snakes swimming nearby. But we took the day off and went to the movies and had some excellent Tex-Mex and margaritas. I remember this better than how much money we made.