Hey friends. I'm so sorry but I'm not going to do a PAF picture Blog. :( Instead please check out the link provided HERE to see a great shot of my art doll "Mother Nature" as well as other pictures from the festival. They are REALLY great shots of the event. Oh & please look several pictures after "Mother Nature" to see a nice shot of my table (my Munnys are shown, Gus Van Valentine, as well as some of my paintings).
I will say a bit about the festival though. Let's see...I'll say the not-so-good stuff first, not that it was terrible....So, my first festival was a lot of fun but also a lot of work. Work like setting up & taking down lots of stuff over the two days, then figuring out pricing, trying to avoid the humidity & heat on the second day (ahhhh!), trying to have the booth look enticing enough to get people to stop by, and just trying to make a buck or two in the process.
Awesome things about the People's Arts Festival:
- getting a lot of nice feedback from the public-I heard many "I like your style" comments...but usually those people didn't buy anything and that's understandable considering there were 130 artist booths. >.<
- my booth was in an awesome location and I had the coolest booth-neighbors. And I made a lot of new artist friends...which leads to the next awesome thing...
- ART TRADES! Yup, I did 5 art trades. It was fun to swap one of my pieces for another artist's work that I really appreciated...as well as having an artist compliment & appreciate my art too.
- having VISITORS. My mom & dad came down to the festival as well as my friend Karen and her husband. Also my friends Dollie & Matthew had a booth several down from mine & we visited one another throughout the two days.
- lastly, I did sell some stuff and I felt very happy & proud of that. This is what I remember selling. ;) A nice gentleman purchased "Mother Nature" on the last night...I sold my Munny Mac Bateman...actually did pretty decently selling (and sometimes just giving away) my art cards (ATC/ACEO)...my first sale was of an Alice piece titled "Looking-Glass" (with broken CD's, aka: mirror, and images from the book hot-glued on to sky blue painted canvas)...selling the first "sand & feathers series" painting 'White Circle'-a woman really appreciated it which made me happy since I made those 8 paintings specifically for the PAF...and the most surprisingly moment came when a woman purchased one of my older paintings (from 2001...yea not 2010, 2001!)-that was a pretty cool feeling.
- So I think it was very successful despite not making much money overall. One of the coolest things was to see people's reactions UP CLOSE & PERSONAL to my art. {Found it funny that some people thought I specialized in children's toys...nope, but maybe one day, lol.} I remember what one person had to say about "Mother Nature" (whom I thought was the star of my booth, haha)...she said "It's freaky but there's just something cool about it." Yup, great times, great people...I will be there for sure next summer. ^_^
8 Curious people had this to say...:
Oh, it looks awesome! Good to hear you had such a great time and that people were so appreciative (sp?) of your art.
Y'know, art trades are FAB!! That's one of the things I like about mail art.... in essence you mail something of yours and then receive back something of theirs! Well done, you!
Thanks friends! (Yes you spelled that right Sullivan.) ^_^
Oh and THANK YOU for becoming a follower Beanie/found-art. :)
I'm glad you had such a good time. You know, about you specializing in children's toys...zombie dolls would be cool. ;)
@ Wench: Hmmm.....????....;)
Your booth looks great Eve, glad to hear you had a good time, it takes a lot of work and a lot of inventory for festivals
Thanks Tricia. Yeah you're right!
^_^
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