Well, it isn't looking good for Allentown this year.Seems like most folks have their "yes" letters, but not I. This is not good because, if I remember correctly, A'town sends out the yes letters first, the no letters next. Not a good sign. And really unexpected. Since I'm pretty sure Roycroft will also be disappointing, I'm adjusting my plans.
So, with a deep breath and Conard's "don't angst" advice still fresh, I am off to the studio to get book pins ready for my merchandising blitz to libraries. If I get enough of them to bite, it will replace the lost A'town income. It would also be a cheaper way to sell my widgets.
Then maybe I'll contact those shops that have been wanting my things. Why not? I guess it doesn't matter how you sell your work, it just matters that you sell it.
Eye on the prize. Leave your angst at the door.
I'm trying. I am.
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Why this blog?
I have been amused and bewildered by how people think this life/career works. Most people walking the festive streets of an art fair don't give a lot of thought to how all this stuff got here or what the working lives of the exhibitors is like.
So, this is my little window into the world of the art show business. From the January days, cutting book boards with a space heater aimed at my hands, to the sun and chatter of the June shows, the inevitable July rush to keep up, the September road trips and the Fall shows that take place under red and gold canopies of leaves.
It's all here...or will be. The boring production part, the application dance, anecdotes from the road, good shows and bad, new designs to share, good customers and bad, the fun and the pain. And a little bit of real life thrown in.
If you have ever walked a show and wished you could be one of those folks selling stuff from a little white tent, you might want to read this first. :)
2017 shows
100 American Craftsmen
Kenan Center
Lockport, NY
June 2,3 & 4
http://www.kenancenter.org/arts/craftsmen.asp
Allentown Arts Festival
Buffalo, NY
June 10 & 11
http://www.allentownartfestival.com/
Roycroft Summer Festival
East Aurora, NY
June 29 & 30
Chautauqua Crafts Alliance
Chautauqua Institution
pending
http://www.craftsalliance.com/page/the-shows/
Chautauqua Crafts Alliance
Chautauqua Institution
pending
http://www.craftsalliance.com/page/the-shows/
Art in the Gardens
Sonnenberg Gardens
Canandaigua, New York
pending
http://www.artsatthegardens.org/aboutus.php
Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts
Buffalo, NY
August 24 & 25
Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival
Norwich, NY
September 7 & 8
So important
Artists in Buffalo
Artists I know and Love
- Ann Peterson, see through her eyes
- Anne Bliss Jewelry
- ArtFair Insiders
- Betty Stephan, the bead as art
- Brian Nesline and his Buffalo faces mosaics
- Cheryl & Don Olney-colorful. joyful
- Conard & Sandy, Natural Reflections Leather, classic quality
- Deb Florian's Inspirations
- Deborah Spence, stained glass and dichroic jewelry
- Donna White, art jewelry
- Elizabeth Andrews, printmaker, writer, purveyor of whimsy
- Jim Saba photography-sometimes on a stick
- Leah Corey, Bead Goddess
- Linda Surace, weaver, artist, sock collector
- Marsha Van Vlack, art tiles honoring nature
- Michael Morgulis-Buffalo as art
- Michael Smith, Pen and ink and golden retreivers
- Michael Tabor, Renaissance Man
- Molly Atkinson-heart of gold, art of steel
- Nicole Ambarchian jewelry
- Paul Morgan of Avalon
- Steve Appler, potter, artist
- Tanya & Joe, organically cool
- Tim See, more than just clay
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1 comment:
If it is any consolation, I think we are all casting about for new ways to survive. I've been thinking that some of us should get together in some way and brainstorm alternatives? A friend, for example, has been setting up private shows in teacher's lounges in schools. Not much money, but pretty much ZERO expense! About 2 years ago, I wrote in my ever present notebook --- "Maybe it is time to design a new life instead of a new product." About a year later, I wrote the same thing in my notebook, and only some time later discovered I had already said that! I think I might have a blog entry started here?
I still haven't really learned that lesson -- there is a new product on my blog today! http://louisesdaughter.blogspot.com/2009/04/balancing-act.html - and I just realized the irony of what I named the new product idea - "Balancing Act" ;-)
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