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Art Fair: Melbourne Art Festival
Location: Melbourne, Florida
held on the streets of historic downtown Melbourne
Dates: Usually held toward the end of April
Presented By: Melbourne Art Festival
Founded: 1985
Show Type: Outdoor
Expected Attendance: 25,000 - 50,000 people
Exhibiting Artists: 250
Artist Application Deadline: Usually in December
Jury Fee: $37
Booth Fee: $374.50
Web site: www.melbournearts.org
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Medium: Photography
Year you most recently exhibited at this Show:
2016
Your Estimated Sales at this Show: $500
Price Range of your Work: $10-560
Number of Years You have Exhibited in this Show:
1st time
Number of Years You have been doing Art Fairs overall: 1st year
Attendance: (1 is poor, 5 is great) 4
Location: 4
Facilities: 3
Ease of Participating: 4
Sales: 2
Overall: 3
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Okay
Estimated Attendance: 10,001-50,000 people
Good Things about this Art Fair:
Great location. Nice set up with plenty of room for storage, etc. High caliber of artists/work. Well organized. Easy load in/out.
Bad Things about this Art Fair:
Certain side streets are not good for traffic (one had a parking garage at the end and had noticeably more traffic). I was on a side street with 13 vendors, 4 were photography.
Artist "breakfast" was crackers and coffee.
Advice to Other Artists Considering this Show:
The downtown location was great, but it's moving to a park next year so there's no telling what it will be like.
Lots of people on Saturday, very few buying. A lot more buyers on Sunday for sure. Some artists had fantastic shows, some had terrible ones (me included).
Pleasant show however.
Additional Commentary on this Show:
There were supposedly three judges. I saw two of them (who spent all of 3 seconds in my booth) and the third put a dot on my sign and kept walking. But the award winners seemed to be worthy.
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Posted by: Karen Kurta | 05/07/2016 at 03:47 PM
great show , great sales, good location..
Posted by: patti | 05/13/2015 at 01:28 PM
Show Name: Melbourne Art Festival
City and State: Melbourne, FL
Your Medium: Photography
Year you most recently exhibited at this Show: 2010
Your Estimated Sales at this Show: $2001-$5000
Number of Years You have Exhibited in this Show: 10+ times!
Attendance: (1 is poor, 5 is great) 5 (great)
Location: 3
Facilities: 2
Ease of Participating: 2
Sales: 3
Overall: 3
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Good
Estimated Attendance: 25,001-50,000 people
Good Things about this Art Fair:
Friday evening set up. 10 AM to 5 PM hours. Good weather. Decent dinner Saturday evening. Breackfast items in morning. Great purchase plan for patrons. Good award money.
Bad Things about this Art Fair:
Hard set up in certain locations where the street narrows. Not enough bathroom facilities. Some merchants unfriendly toward show. "Curb Natzis" making artists stay off the sidewalks. Near The Space Center so jobs are being lost.
Advice to Other Artists Considering this Show:
Good show try to get in.
Posted by: R C Fulwiler | 03/02/2011 at 05:00 PM