Well put - I'm moving up but certainly not to National shows - I'm moving up from Craft Fair Bake Sales to shows with only ART as the main title.
My feeling is if you are new - small steps and keep learning - I dud 6 shows last year and every show I learned more and more and ever show I considered a success.
I believe people underestimate the amount of "stock" you need. I'm always being told I need to get into national shows but WOW - those are WAY too expensive for me, not the fees but the amount of stock a person would need behind the curtain.
I know I'm better then quite a few photographers I see at National shows but they have experience, which, unlike the Superbowl, is needed in Art Fairs.
Rod M
--- In artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com, "Kristopher Lyle" <krs62@...> wrote:
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> Here is some advice from someone that is where you are at..well actually a
> little behind you..(but think I have a good business head on my shoulders.)
> I would want to be able to be successful at the smaller shows first before I
> target the biggies. What "successful" means to you may be different than
> someone else, but certainly financial success would have to be a part of the
> equation. Profits and experience gained from the smaller shows will feed
> into your growth into the larger ones. So a question I would have for you
> is why do you want to do a national show? Are you successful at the local
> shows and want to take it to the next level, or are you struggling at the
> local shows and think that the national ones is where the money is at?
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> As others have said here, it is hard to get into the larger shows and I
> suspect you will "waste" a lot of money on jury fees. This is where the
> financial cushion would come in! I would be willing to bet that the larger
> shows have 90-95% of the same artists coming back each year. (Whatever the
> percentage is, I bet it's really high.) Therefore, it's going to be really
> hard for a new artist to get in. I am sure they like everyone applying
> though! (Perhaps even more so for a new photographer.) There are some
> shows that I just won't apply to again for a few years..if at all.
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> Do you have the booth and inventory to make national show worthwhile? Have
> you seen a booth of top notch photographer that does nothing but that for a
> living? Their booths are amazing! They have tons of stock. The other part
> is logistics. Don't forget about the extra (and large) cost increase to
> travel to a different state for many days to do a show. Fuel, meals, hotel,
> etc. You probably will add another $1K in expenses to hit a show like this.
> Maybe you should search for non-craft art shows that have a good track
> record that are within a few hours drive? I would think that would be a
> good next step before taking on a national one.
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> KRS
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