Fort Worth Main Street Arts Festival

[Wes]

Okay, I know that this one is still several months away, but I'm starting to think about it now. Has anyone here ever set up a booth at this event to sell prints? If so, I've got a few questions for ya...

* How much inventory did you take?
* How much inventory did you sell?
* Was it very expensive?
* Was it worth it?

I've been talking with a fellow photog about splitting the cost of a booth just to see if there would be much interest in our prints.

[ScoobyRoo20]

That sounds FUN!!! I would like to know that info too.

[CaptainTom]

This is a juried art show. They are allowing 200 vendors and have so far had 1100 applications.
Not much chance of getting accepted..this year.

http://www.mainstreetartsfest.org/artistinfo.asp

[Wes]

Hmmmmm...... I thought that there were parts of it that were open to anyone that wanted to rent booth space.

[CaptainTom]

There is another festival called "Jazz on the boulevard" I think it is open to anyone, and I have seen photographers booths there in the past.

[raevyncent]

Hey, I have a great Idea! If one of these shows has open booth space for rent, why don't we open a TPF booth, offering prints from all who would contribute. We could designate a percentage to go to TPF administrative costs, and the remainder given to the photographer(s) who provided each print. Sound like fun?

It could also provide an outlet for some of us who are NOT professionals to get some of our work recognized and start building a reputation.

You could limit this to DFW area photogs, but with the ease of sending pics electronically, it would not be an issue to include any of our members. With this being a group effort, we could also set up a rotation to man the booth, so no worries about any one or two people having to have a whole weekend off to man the booth.

So as not to hijack this thread, I will make a new onr under Business Talk titled "TPF Photo Booth Idea"

[raevyncent]

I contacted the director of the Fort Worth Main Street Arts Fest, and received this reply:

"Thank you for your note, but no, the only sales allowed at this festival are by our juried artists. We open the jury application process for next year on July 15, 2007.

Best,

Jay Downie

i thought some of you interested in signing up next year might like to know. I also sent back a reply asking if he could provide info on events in Ft Worth where a booth would be possible.