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--- In artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com, "Benjamin DeHaven" <benjamindehaven@...> wrote:
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> If you could give a mother / son photography team two or three pieces of advice on moving from small arts and crafts shows at high schools and fire halls up to true ART shows what would they be?
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> Here is some background...
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> Money is tight. We are booking local art shows this year as well as the local arts and crafts shows. Right now any show over $100 not only monopolizes too much of our capital but it scares the crap out of us that we will not make back our investment. We are booking some outdoor shows so we have to buy a canopy with walls very soon. We are looking at the $200 job from Sams Club simply because we cannot afford a proper $700 rig.
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> When it comes to inventory, we have notecards, matted 8x10, 12x16, 16x20 and a few panorama, and framed we have 8x10, 12x16, and a few 16x20 (all finished sizes of course). We have a lot of different images in the 8x10 size with a more select picking in the 12x16 and 16x20 (and even more select framed). If someone could throw out a solid ratio of goods to show cost / attendance expectation that would be super...
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> For the time being I am out of work so this is my sole source of earned income / enjoyment (and no, getting a part time job to get more money for shows is not an option at the moment).
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> I have started a spreadsheet of shows that major artists seem to do and I find recommended (Long's Park Art Festival, Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival, Coconut Grove Arts Festival) but wonder how do I get from here to there with the least number of missteps...
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