This was a very good experience for me as I learned a lot. Art fairs are a ton of work. First you have to enter and in some cases pay an entrance fee. Then if you are accepted, get going! Make art so you have enough to fill your booth--you do have a booth, right? That is something else you'll need to come up with, along with lighting, flooring, walls and some sort of support to display your work on. Then there is the booth and storage fee. I also chose to rent the curtains, carpeting, table and bar stools. I bought bags, tissue, bubble wrap, and business cards. I have great admiration for the artists who make their livings doing art fairs, it's a ton of work for an unpredictable outcome. If you want to give it a go be sure to Google "art fair advice" so you can learn as much as possible. Had I known what I know now, I wouldn't have done it, but then I'd have always wondered what it would've been like.
Photographs by Christina V. Thank you!
Your booth and your work look great. It is an incredible amount of work to do these shows, people just don't fully understand what it takes. Back in the day I did all the Colorado mountain shows...hard hard work. Tess ran around the shows like a carney kid. Good memories.
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Posted by: Stephanie | August 08, 2013 at 09:05 AM