Heidi, please hold the fair director/promoter 'accountable' for this
..however you choose to do that.I would request a rebate on at least part of
my entry fee, perhaps the amount that this fair generated for you subtracted
from your usual sales numbers.that might be the amount of 'contraband
jewelry' that others sold and cost you!
It is just integrity at stake here.let it go and be assured it will get
worse.and if XXXX fair promoter can do it.why not others.
I hope you'll stand up for you rights, mentioning on this blog is not
impactful to the promoters.you can get sympathy here, you can get a better
life (OK, that's stretching it a bit) by holding people accountable..just
like the promoter didn't do for you.
Please tell them,
Sincerely,
John
From: artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com [mailto:artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of heidi_sever
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 10:03 AM
To: artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [artshow_photo] Re: Year #1 - what I learned!
I am a jeweler and I see this a lot. It is really unfortunate, because it
hurts the jewelers. I was at an art fair recently that is a perfect
illustration of this.
The show had only 45 artists, all of which had quality art. Like most shows,
this one had a high percentage of jewelers (it seemed even more than usual
though), but to top that off, there were at least 4 other artists (glass,
ceramics, etc.) selling jewelry in addition to their juried category,
despite the application & contract specifically not allowing this. That adds
another 10% of booths offering jewelry on top of an already high
concentration of jewelers.
The art fair director did not address this and the extra jewelry was
displayed for sale through the duration of the event. It is a shame that
directors/organizers repeatedly do not follow through on their own rules. I
don't know if this impacted me, but my total sales for the weekend were
lower than the average of my other fairs this year.
I was thankful, however, that the number of artists was limited to 45, an
appropriate size to fit the attendance. So many organizers add more and more
artists, diluting the amount of revenue potential for each artist--the
attendance can't support an unlimited number of artists.
Thank you, aimeerochard, for choosing to respect the rules.
Heidi
--- In artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:artshow_photo%40yahoogroups.com> , "aimeerochard" <aimeerochard@...>
wrote:
>
> Indeed, my first show that I did a couple weeks ago- was the QUEEN WEST
ART CRAWL here in Toronto. It's supposed to be primarily fine art, and
that's what it is advertised as. On the application it states that you
cannot sell anything other than the art for which you applied... yet my
brothers noted that they saw booths selling their art plus jewelry and
knick-knacks (unrelated). As well as the booths selling only jewelry. The
entry fee was almost $200 plus tent rental and upon further thought, I'm a
bit miffed that I could have sold my own jewelry and perhaps made SOME
money.
>
> I know it's not all about making money, but you guys are absolutely right
in terms of the crowd that attends these things.
>
> Perhaps I will write them a letter...
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