Black Swamp Arts Festival Reviews*

Medium: Wood
Year you most recently exhibited at this Show:
2015
Your Estimated Sales at this Show: $2001-$5000
Price Range of your Work: $40- $1000
Number of Years You have Exhibited in this Show:
3-5 times
Number of Years You have been doing Art Fairs overall: 5-10 years
Attendance: (1 is poor, 5 is great) 4
Location: 4
Facilities: 5
Ease of Participating: 5
Sales: 4
Overall: 4
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Good
Estimated Attendance: Not really sure.

Good Things about this Art Fair:
Set up on quads down the middle of the street, so everyone gets a corner. On the flip side, you don't have any space behind for storage but you can use some of the space on your side or set up a chair on the sidewalk.

Amazing volunteers and a really nice hospitality room with toilets and snacks (and coffee and water) all day.

Close parking. Great music. Lots of stuff for kids too.

Bad Things about this Art Fair:
If you have a trailer or oversized vehicle be prepared for a very tight load in.

The music can be loud.

Advice to Other Artists Considering this Show:
Most artists we talked to did best with items in the under $100 price range and most seemed happy with sales.

It is just over 100 artists but there is an attached show for wood county residence only that had another 50 artists. That part of the show is in a parking lot and is clearly separate.

The juried show is all along the main street. The crowd is a mix of mostly college students and locals (many work for the university).

A good part of the crowd attends for the music and beer but there are some buyers there too.

Posted by: Trisha Sikora | 11/01/2015 at 10:48 PM

Show Name: Black Swamp Art Festival - Wood County Invitational
City and State: Bowling Green, OH
Your Medium: Painting
Year you most recently exhibited at this Show: 2012
Your Estimated Sales at this Show: Rather not say
Number of Years You have Exhibited in this Show: 3-5 times
Attendance: (1 is poor, 5 is great) 5 (great)
Location: 5 (great)
Facilities: 5 (great)
Ease of Participating: 5 (great)
Sales: 4
Overall: 5 (great)
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Good
Estimated Attendance: Not really sure.

Good Things about this Art Fair:
It is a great event. It is well attended and organized. They also do a wonderful job at promoting the event, which also includes music, food, and a children's area.

Advice to Other Artists Considering this Show:
It is tough to get in, so apply early.

Posted by: Janet Ritter Davies | 08/15/2013 at 05:51 PM

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