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Art Fair: Bonita Springs National Art Festival
Location: Bonita Springs, Florida
Held at Riverside Park & the adjoining area
Dates: Held in the January, February
and March
Presented By: Center for the Arts
of Bonita Springs
Founded: 1982
Show Type: Outdoor
Expected Attendance: 22,000 people
Exhibiting Artists: 200
Artist Application Deadline: January show - due in September, February show - due in October
March show - due in December
Jury Fee: $38
Booth Fee: $480 - $960
Web site: www.artinusa.com/bonita
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Show Name: Bonita Springs National Art Festival
City and State: Bonita Springs, Florida
Your Medium: 3D mixed media
Year you most recently exhibited at this Show: 2012
Your Estimated Sales at this Show: < $500
Number of Years You have Exhibited in this Show: 1st time
Attendance: (1 is poor, 5 is great) 1 (poor)
Location: 5 (great)
Facilities: 4
Ease of Participating: 5 (great)
Sales: 1 (poor)
Overall: 3
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Poor
Estimated Attendance: 501-10,000 people
Good Things about this Art Fair: This is a very well organized and well run event. Check in setup, layout, location, breakdown all done with professionalism. Top notch artwork.
Bad Things about this Art Fair: Attendance and sales were both low for us as first time exhibitors at this event. We wonder if the addition of a Feb show at the same location took away from the March event.
Advice to Other Artists Considering this Show: This show by all accounts has produced good results in the past. It is suffering at present like a lot of shows in Florida.
Posted by: Steve Cebula | 04/17/2012 at 11:39 PM
Show Name: Bonita Springs National Art Festival
City and State: Bonita Springs, Florida
Your Medium: Photography
Year you most recently exhibited at this Show: 2011
Your Estimated Sales at this Show: $501-$2000
Number of Years You have Exhibited in this Show: 2-3 times
Attendance: (1 is poor, 5 is great) 3
Location: 3
Facilities: 3
Ease of Participating: 3
Sales: 2
Overall: 2
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Poor
Estimated Attendance: 501-1000 people
Good Things about this Art Fair:
Quality of art, pleasant atmosphere, friendly people, great weather.
Bad Things about this Art Fair:
Booth fee is expensive and they have no refund policy. Buying energy seemed to be lacking as a whole, but especially in my booth. Not enough people purchasing. A decent walk from artist parking to the art show (half a mile).
Advice to Other Artists Considering this Show:
If you have high end work that appeals to the crowd, you might do well. I do know of some artists that made big sales. The problem I see is small and medium size sales are few and far between and if you miss making the big sale, it's a long drive home.
Posted by: John Hartung | 04/03/2011 at 05:04 PM
Show Name: Bonita National
City and State: Bonita Springs, Fl
Your Medium: Photography
Year you most recently exhibited at this Show: 2011
Your Estimated Sales at this Show: $501-$2000
Number of Years You have Exhibited in this Show: 5-10 times
Attendance: (1 is poor, 5 is great) 2
Location: 3
Facilities: 3
Ease of Participating: 2
Sales: 1 (poor)
Overall: 1 (poor)
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Poor
Estimated Attendance: 5001-10,000 people
Good Things about this Art Fair:
Great quality of art, Nice volunteers
Bad Things about this Art Fair:
Crappy layout, Artist parking too far away
Advice to Other Artists Considering this Show:
High end seems to sell
Posted by: Patrick Whalen | 03/21/2011 at 09:18 PM
Your Medium: Jewelry
Year you most recently exhibited at this Show: 2011
Your Estimated Sales at this Show: $5001-$7500
Number of Years You have Exhibited in this Show: 1st time
Attendance: (1 is poor, 5 is great) 4
Location: 5 (great)
Facilities: 5 (great)
Ease of Participating: 5 (great)
Sales: 3
Overall: 5 (great)
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Good
Estimated Attendance: 5001-10,000 people
Good Things about this Art Fair:
Beautiful area in general. Great location for show in particular (unusual, high-end shopping area). Beautifully juried. Fabulous balance among media (i.e., not too many jewelers!).
Stunning work. No buy-sell, a number of artists you don't see all the time, and some especially gorgeous fine art. Well-heeled crowd that understands and appreciates art. Artist breakfast both days. Easy-to-navigate layout.
Easy application process using Entry Thingy. Easy day-before setup. Breakdown was a breeze. Nice staff.
Great ice cream vendor! Delicious made-to-order personal pizzas from a brick-oven pizza vendor!
Bad Things about this Art Fair:
Could use some additional food vendors and maybe a little more advertising. But I'm really pressed to find anything wrong with this show.
Advice to Other Artists Considering this Show:
Definitely worth applying! Make sure you have really top-notch slides.
Posted by: Rona Fisher | 02/03/2011 at 06:55 PM