Fountain Festival of Fine Arts & Crafts Reviews -

Your Medium: Painting
Year you most recently exhibited at this Show: 2024
Your Estimated Sales at this Show: < $500
Price Range of your Work: 500-2500
Number of Years You have Exhibited in this Show: 1st time
Number of Years You have been doing Art Fairs overall: Forever...
Attendance: (1 is poor, 5 is great) 4
Location: 3
Facilities: 4
Ease of Participating: 2
Sales: 1 (poor)
Overall: 1 (poor)
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Poor
Estimated Attendance: 501-10,000 people

Good Things about this Art Fair:
well organized and executed

What could this Art Fair have done better?:
Be honest that this is as much flea market as it is a juried art show

Advice to Other Artists Considering this Show: Too much low end flea market stuff for an "Art Show"

Additional Commentary on this Show: Very deceptive on what the show is about and the so called "jury" Seems like if you could fog a mirror, your're in.

The URL of your profile on ArtFairInsiders.com. http://artbydanskaggs.com

Posted by: Dan Skaggs | 03/06/2024 at 11:01 PM

1/2 art show. 1/2 flea market= very low price point....beware fine artist

Posted by: Dan R Skaggs | 02/29/2024 at 08:33 PM

Show Name: Fountain Hills Fountain Arts and Crafts
City and State: Fountain Hills, AZ
Your Medium: Jewelry
Year you most recently exhibited at this Show: 2013
Your Estimated Sales at this Show: $501-$2000
Number of Years You have Exhibited in this Show: 1st time
Attendance: (1 is poor, 5 is great) 3
Location: 3
Facilities: 2
Ease of Participating: 4
Sales: 3
Overall: 3
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Poor
Estimated Attendance: 501-10,000 people

Good Things about this Art Fair:
Easy to participate, free onsite RV parking close to booths. Load in / load out is easy, beautiful location in a small suburb.

Bad Things about this Art Fair:
Huge show without the buyers to support it, LOTS of jewelry.

Advice to Other Artists Considering this Show:
I wouldn't do this as the only show in a road trip, if you are local it might be worth it, but not worth traveling too far for.

Posted by: Ruth Finkenbiner | 11/29/2013 at 10:54 PM

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