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Art Fair: An Occasion for the Arts
Location: Williamsburg, VA
on the streets around Colonial Williamsburg
Dates: October 3 & 4, 2015
Presented By: AOFTA - An Occasion for the
Arts, Inc.
Founded: 1968
Show Type: Outdoor
Expected Attendance: 10,000 - 50,000 people
Exhibiting Artists: 140
Artist Application Deadline: May 15, 2015
Jury Fee: $30
Booth Fee: $300
Web site: www.aofta.org
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Medium: Photography
Year you most recently exhibited at this Show:
2014
Your Estimated Sales at this Show: $2001-$5000
Number of Years You have Exhibited in this Show:
5-10 times
Attendance: (1 is poor, 5 is great) 4
Location: 5
Facilities: 3
Ease of Participating: 4
Sales: 5
Overall: 4
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Great
Estimated Attendance: 10,001-50,000 people
Good Things about this Art Fair:
Show is well supported by the community, attendance was strong. This year the weather was perfect and folks came out to buy.
Quality of the art is strong, though there were some questionable booths. Williamsburg is a nice location to extend your stay after or before the show.
Bad Things about this Art Fair:
No setup the day before...early morning Saturday setup. Parking for some booth locations is quite a distance away. No back storage for booths on Duke of Gloucester street as booths are back to back, other booth locations have ample storage.
Advice to Other Artists Considering this Show:
It is competitive.
Additional Commentary on this Show:
This is a nice alternative show to the circus in Louisville KY. This show is on the same weekend and can be paired with other area shows on successive weekends. (e.g. Port Warwick, Stockley Gardens)
See my blog on ArtFairInsiders.com for additional commentary on this Show:
www.artfairinsiders.com/profile/autumn
Posted by: Leo Charette | 12/08/2014 at 10:21 PM
Show Name: Occasion for the Arts
City and State: Williamsburg, VA
Your Medium: Painting
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: 5 (great)
Facilities: 5 (great)
Ease of Participating: 3
Sales: 4
Overall: 5 (great)
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio:Good
Estimated Attendance: 501-10,000 people
Good Things about this Art Fair:Well administered and organized. Adequate advertising and promotion. Wonderful setting and placement.
Bad Things about this Art Fair:Could use more parking and a more universal format for news and email information, like (PDF).
Advice to Other Artists Considering this Show:Give them your best, the competition is tough!
Additional Commentary on this Show:There is lots of hand blown glass items because of surrounding kiln's and foundries
Posted by: Frosty Rankin | 09/18/2012 at 05:17 PM