How To Outdoor Art Festival - Tips For Artists
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Artist tips and more from Rafi and Klee!
How to do an outdoor festival.
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1) don’t start packing up until the show is over. (I’ve sold a big painting in the last 5 minutes of the day)
2) Be positive to the very end. Smile.
3) wear comfortable shoes.
4) be early enough to make sure you get oriented to your space and where things are I.e. receipt books, tape
5) make sure your payment device eg. Square, works and is ready to go
6) be at the right show/sale for your art
I adore Klee's sarcastic side-commentary
Pro Tip that has worked for us: If you want to do "art and craft" shows, you bring art priced in the "art and crafts" arena. Most people walking around at a craft show aren't there to spend $300 on a painting. They might - or they might buy it from you later, but they are there for crafts and are carrying around two $20 bills. If you want to sell your work for $200/300/400 + find art shows that only accept ART and not crafts or guys selling gutter guards for houses. You can somewhat determine your market by either going with the Walmart strategy or going with the Michael Kors strategy. It's up to you, but from personal experience - we did about two years of "craft and art" shows before realizing we were mostly wasting our time as far as sales go. Sure, you get the exposure, but you may end up just barely getting your entry fee back. But if you're OK with lower prices and selling lots of cheaper art, instead of pricing your work higher and selling fewer pieces at places other than craft shows, then go for it. Nothing wrong with working craft shows - but just know the kind of people ( the kind of buyers) that frequent the varions types of shows. :)
Some people do those things I see at shows.
Good advise! I found being at a sale where my higher priced art was not selling caused me to think my art wasn’t saleable, good enough etc. Had to change that negative thinking seeping in big-time and the best way for me to do that was be choosier about the sales I choose to be in.
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This is great! Quick, very informative & to the point. Excellent advice. ❤️
Cable ties! A towel if you wear glasses- rain , man. Rain. I also put out a bowl of peppermints- it helps me to remember to act like a hostess and not a barker on the midway 😉
Oooh nice idea! Thanks!
This is my first time seeing you and as soon as your partner in the back started talking I subscribed! She’s hilarious 😆. Love it! Thanks for the info: it was all very helpful and a good time.
LoL love the shrink and regrow machine idea 😂
I just want to say "Thank you" to both of you for this video specifically (and all of your others as well). I have watched this video several times to refresh and review. I participated in my first two weekend art festivals this past October and November and I had a great time, made more sales than I expected and really enjoyed the experience of meeting so many folks and talking with them about my work.
Having watched this video beforehand, I felt prepared and confident to take on whatever the show could throw at me.
With 4 shows scheduled this spring, I just rewatched the video to mentally prep myself and take advantage of you willingness to help and share your experience. So many good points here!
One question... I noticed in your images of your displays that you often have several similar pieces displayed together. While I get the idea of having a cohesive flow to the overall presentation, I wonder what you think about the idea that too many options will confuse a prospective collector and perhaps hurt your chances of making a sale. I've heard that idea in my research and I'd like to get your opinion on it.
Thanks again for all you do!
Ah yes.... those days of the art festivals. I did them for a number of years. I even helped organize some, but I found that they were very unsuccessful for me. The only things I sold at an outdoor art festival was my tent and walls.
Great info for reference!
She’s so funny in the background thanks for the advice
Lingering Weirdo...met a few of those working at my retail job. Great ideas for my cartoons 🤣🤣
Hey mr “I don’t do coastal art”....I love your sea turtle. I joke, but it does rock 😉.
Second video l’ve watched today. She is still hilarious.😂 Can’t wait for video number three. 👍
Y'all are hilarious! Great tips too! Love the LWAS advice. HAHA!
I enjoyed your tips. I am considering taking and displaying my art work-outdoors. I like your lite portable display wall. Thank you.
I love your guys humor!! I’m doing my first art fair next month. Thanks for the tips!
Lmaooo thank you! ✌️❤️☀️
Thank you for this video!! Great advise!
Glad it was helpful!
Super helpful tips thanks!! :)
Man -I freaking Love you and your wife y’all are amazing!!! Love the genuineness-humor and just vulnerability of helping artist! Thank you so appreciated!!! ❤️
I can believe it when you say you have done hundreds of shows. Your advice is going to go over the head of the beginners. But for full time artists who have several years of art show experience, then your wisdom will be a confirmation. You folks would be good neighbors at the show. I have done over 1400 shows over 40 years. Thank You Alex Ohh one more thing on block the entrance= you have ever had people buy food at the show and sit, picnic style somewhere in your booth area , AND if I don't stop this fast then others with food sit around too. Customers can't check out the work for the people with kids are sitting in front of your work. Weird.
Love the turtle ^-^ ... I enjoy your videos not just for all the great advice you share but also for the art in the background
I was selling art at our local "Harvest Moon Festival" long story short, not one sale. The about 2 years later, I get an email from a guy who attended wanting to buy a fighter jet painting he liked at the festival. He said he had been saving money for 2 years to eventually buy it. So the thing is, sales can come out of nowhere.
So, if you don't sit at the back of your tent, and you don't want to block the entrance, where do you stand/sit? Also, where do I put my "stuff", bag of goodies, snacks, payment options, etc? Thanks for all the awesome tips.
Omg yessss! Back when I did caricatures at amusement parks we constantly get the lingering weirdos but we couldn’t leave our stand. Luckily I was friends with some of the security guards and other workers who bailed me out🤣. Not to be awful but they usually were the people with awful odors and no personal space sense. Good times though. Once again great advice!
Rain boots or a second pair of sneakers helps at shows when you are setting up on wet grass. I have seen numerous black bag weighted tents and cinder block tents go flying and destroy the poor vender's tent beside them. Eighty pounds per leg seems to work well. 25 per leg flys, forty walks, sixty stays except for big winds. Most important part of shows is have fun and stay happy!
Please show us how you make your walks! Please! 💕
Yes a wall video would be very informative 👍
Incredible tips! Thanks for sharing. Your art is beautiful, and wish you much continued success!
I’ve been a lingering weirdo when fangirling other artists 😂😂😂 JS
That is a really nice sea turtle.
Good job, Rafi!
Saving this one! Hope to hit some shows next year and this will be SO helpful! Thank you.
INFP here Rafi. I think I might be the LWAS, I like to study what other artists are doing and really look at the techniques used to achieve effects that I may not know. I definitely want to know about how you do your walls. I was looking at this when I went to the last show I went to. Did not know about the White tent, I was planing on pricing and getting one this winter. What do you think about prints? Like card prints or postcards of your show stopper works. These would be for sale in packages for maybe around 12 bucks depending on the investment cost, plus my time.
Even if wind speeds aren’t high, definitely think about using cable ties, weights for the canopy, and those stretchy tablecloths if you need tablecloths. I did a show and had to constantly keep the tablecloth from blowing up! It was so annoying!
Perfect! Yes!
Loved your video. Kindred humor! 😄Getting ready to do my first festival in two months.
Minor tips for folks making weights to hold their canopy in place. 1) Iron weighs more than concrete. You can pick up second hand cast iron weights at flea markets and stores like 'Play it Again Sports'. Twenty pounds of steel is far more compact than twenty pounds of concrete. 2) If you decide to go with buckets of concrete for whatever reason, ask your DIYer friends if they have any old nuts and bolts of a bucket of old nails they are intending to get rid of. Use these small steel items instead of gravel in your concrete mix and you will end up with a much heavier weight. 3) If possible decorate your weights so that they don't stand out and detract from your booth's overall look. If you are a sculptor, actually sculpt the weights that people will see. If you are a painter, jeweler or any other sort of artist, use decorative containers to hide the weights in. Also, if the show will allow it, use one of your weights as a base for your signage, that way it looks as if it has a purpose other than holding your shelter in place.
You guys are hilarious ! Great vids. Rock on!
Totally agree about standing!
Excellent advice and entertaining!!! Thanks! I am organizing a couple of exhibitions and an art festival in Hanoi, Vietnam and your video has some excellent points which I will share with exhibitors. In order to keep things positive, I think I will create a short "buyers' guide" to introduce the artists and their work so that the abstract folks don't get bogged down trying to explain their work.
Many people don't realize that non representational abstract work doesn't need an explanation. It's either you like the combination of shapes, colors, lines, textures, or you don't. It's strictly the matter of your aesthetical cravings. Abstract work is there to please your eye and if it doesn't, it's simply not your piece.
Thanks Rafi for sharing this, with my first festival less than two weeks away this was perfect timing.
I will make sure I know where my towel is since it should be around 80 every day.
For my first festival it was great, I got to meet a lot of new collectors of my work. I think the article in the Pensacola News Journal on Saturday really helped. I also learned some new trips from other artists about setting up and protecting my work during transport. Overall a very good weekend.
I'm doing my first show in Lodi California on May 5th so thank you very much I love your channel and I subscribed
You guys are great!!! Thanks for the video!
Thaaaaaank youuuuuuu so much! I loved this.
Great video . You both are very informative . I did a show at a brewery that was brand new and a hundred degrees in there. I thought maybe my paintings would melt .
Cudos on the Bustelo can... A cafesito is life!
omg ya'll are the best ! thank you so much for this video
Thank you very much
Big thumbs up loved it man, a few more things, yours were amazing brother . How do you set up your art pieces at the booth. Bring a hat. (Sunburn!!!)cash box or bag, lock on it. Square to hook up to iPhone (not that expensive ) Easy to use! Receipt book. Cash to make change.
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That was AWESOME. So good to know that the LWAS is a THING - and it's not just me :)!
Beautiful work btw! Thanks for the tips
We have two wood parcel boxes that we will cover with of dark cloth . I have a wood crate full of pieces ( covered in a plastic envelopes. Then I have framed pieces) I have some resin angel wing ornaments, and paw protectors. Don't have a sign yet though-with new logo)
Rafi! I AM freaking out!!! I applied to Whiskey Wine and Wildlife and was ACCEPTED ❤ But.. I've never set up such a presentation up!! What did I get myself into!? 😳
Love the tips! How do you deal with 'rain'. In Memphis, the Pink Palace art show is first week of October each year, it usually rains buckets the day of, the 3 days before ... etc. I have seen art booths with 8 inches of water in their booth and water slogging their pottery and some artist just pack it up, no one is going to buy your stuff in 8 inches of water. The event happens in the same area every year and they seem to set up the booths in 4 rows, so there are 5 to 10 vendors down hill. How do you adjust for stuff like that? Do the artists get their booth fees back if it rains? Are flea markets the same? Thank you for sharing your tips!
Y’all are adorable!
Loved it, this was very helpful, thanks!
Naked artist in fountain..it is preformance art
thanx for the info loved your energy
thank you so much for this ! so helpful! xoxo
Walls!!!! I vote yes to wall video
I like to practice LWAS with my cat lol
Doing our 1st show next month. Did you ever do the video of how you made your walls/Cubes?
tes look for diy festival walls
Do you do credit card sales? I guess that is another tool to add to my arsenal...in the future. I haven't done any art shows yet. Right now I'm painting trying to build up pieces. I don't have enough paintings to show. I did sell a print yesterday so that made me feel good that someone liked my art.
Yes I want to know how to build it!!! thank you.
Honey I shrunk the rafi lol
I'd love to see how you build your walls. This has been a constant problem for me. I end up with my art set out across tables and the ground, and I just think that it looks like a yard sale.
Love to learn how to build show walls.
I think name tags are also very important. Some people feel shy about asking for your name when you have already given it.
Did you ever watch Sport Billy cartoon!? He totally has the perfect solution for shrinking and unshrinking stuff!!! 😆 We should totally ask him to tell us where he got his bag... 😂😂😂 I often think of it and how perfect would it be to have one... 😆😆😆
I want to see how to make the art walls
How do you package your paintings for your buyers to carry around craft fair?
#8 is so true..friends circling about your booth sometimes draw potential buyers away..been there😣😣
I am interested in how you make your walls and how you select what shows to participate in.
btw, have you ever done a vid about dormant periods because life shows up or you have to totally organize for an art show and that's where all your energy is going...?
Omg thanks.
the only time you should be sitting is if you are live crafting at the event !
I'd love to know where your video is to show how to make the displays.
First show in 2 weeks! Eek! It's under a pavilion and I will have 2 8ft picnic tables. The dividers I got arent allowed to be set up. So I have to use picnic table tops to sell. So I have to adjust how Im going to do it. Not sure if I asked you before but, I do alot of abstracts and they look good turned lots of ways. So do I sign them on the backside of the canvas or? Also they are messy on the back. Should I paint the backs? Thanks! Love you and Clee...yall remind me of family! LOL Alisa from Alisa's Creations.
Thank you! I will be watching this again before my show. Hoping it won't rain, be windy, humid and I won't be in close proximity to garbage cans! Oh and hope it isn't hot as balls! Got to keep our clothes on, don't want to scar the children for life. :-)
LWAS 😅😂 yup. I remember those.
Hi. Did you do a video about wall building? If so, please leave a link!! Thanks!!
I am new to art festivals and have looked at doing a few this winter but not sure how to heat my booth. Any suggestions? Or do I wrap up, grin and bare the cold?
would your shad cloth panels hold up heavier picture frames by chance ? how strong is the mesh ?
Okay....So I did my second show. First show I can't even count because it was a new show and the weather was bad so no one came and I only sold $50 worth of merchandise. Total failure. I decided I wanted to do the Neptune Festival in Virginia Beach because my sister lives down there and looked like a good show with good attendance. About 450,000 people. Yes seriously. Anyhow, I decided that I was going to have a lot of price points. I started with cards at $5 each (mermaid cards with female empowerment sayings that I made up like 'she knew her inner mermaid would have the answers") to original watercolor cards with no words on them at $10each and tiny originals at $30 each to about $275 to $450 for non framed and framed originals. The show totally sucked for me. I only sold $156 worth of merchandise with $116 of that being mermaid cards. I had a booth full of originals. I didn't bring any prints. The show cost me just over $1000 to do. So what I realized is that people don't want to spend more than $30 for anything. What gives? I think I would have done so much better if I had a booth full of prints with sayings and mermaid cards. I am a landscape painter and I feel like people just don't want original oil paintings. The people that did well had paintings with words on them. Or prints of paintings with words on them. Maybe I am not doing the right shows. Talked to a guy that was selling huge originals and he almost had a bad show but made a small profit because an interior designer came and bought his stuff for a client. I felt like I was trying to talk to people but realized that I intimidated them and my boyfriend had an easier time selling that I did. One artist told me that I had to just tell them about the painting they were interested in and then withdraw. Maybe I was telling them too much. I felt like as soon as I walked out of the booth or sat where they couldn't see me he would sell a card. It was ridiculous. Are prints and cards with sayings on them the wave of the future? Any advice would help. Thanks in advance.
I think Disney owns the rights for shrink rays 😁
when doing a venders fair at a festival,, do you think your art need to be same theme like, i like doing portraits, should it be just that or mix it up landscape, abstract, animals, geodes,,etc
card reader and change aka cash to make change.
YES!
I’m doing an art show next weekend and just purchased some walls for my tent. What do I use to hang my paintings on the walls with? Thank you in advance for your assistance. Tell Klee to please excuse my grammar.
Rafi Was Here Studios yeah I forgot to mention that. They are plastic. Thanks for the suggestion. I will try them out.
Lwas lmao good one
Are out door festivals a good place to sell your art ? or are out door markets a better place to sell your art ? and by the way I would like to see how you make your walls .
Rafi Was Here Studios thanks that seems the best way of determining to go ahead or not , thanks Rafi
Could you do a tutorial on talking about art? I'm seriously bad at it, example: "I thought it be so cool to do this thing, so I did it..."
@@Rafiwashere thank you!
The LWAS happened to me at my last show 😅 I’m so bad at giving hints.
I would like to see how you build your wall(s).
I found the video 🙃
LWAS. Ha!
I want to do some local shows but.....I ride a bicycle. Still trying to figure it out.
We call them bumbags in the UK 😉 because fanny here means , well, not a bag 😂
One of the things I'm bad at is greeting people. I haven't yet done art shows, but I've been doing craft fairs for the last several years, and they are always set up the same way, with the crafter receiving a single table, butted up against other vendors on either side. There's no way for anyone to "come into" your booth, because there is no booth. I never know what to do. Do you just.. yell out into the passing crowd? It always feels so false to me. >.
My favorite was the artist painting in a bikini in front of her booth. She did not look good, way too skinny! So many people were commenting to me about her! Love your videos!
Lovey the Martin reference ..sweat dripping all ova yo boodeee
Use fold up things -- fold-up artist: when the wheels start to come off, s/he just folds up into fetal position.... OK, maybe not that helpful.