Hyde Park Community Art Fair Reviews.

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Art Fair:  Hyde Park Community Art Fair

Location:  Chicago, Illinois
Bixler Park, adjacent to the 57th Street Art Fair 

Dates:   June 1 & 2, 2019

Presented By:   local artists as part of
the City of Chicago's Neighborhood
Festival Program

Founded:   1969

Show Type:  Outdoor

Expected Attendance:   10,000 - 50,000 people

Exhibiting Artists:   80

Artist Application Deadline:   Returning Artists - January 15, 2019  & New Artists - January 25, 2019

Jury Fee:    None

Booth Fee:  $350 - $550

Web site:  www.hydeparkcommunityartfair.org

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[Gayle Weiss]

Your Medium: Jewelry
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: 1st time
Attendance: (1 is poor, 5 is great) 4
Location: 5 (great)
Facilities: 4
Ease of Participating: 4
Sales: 4
Overall: 4
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Okay
Estimated Attendance: 10,001-50,000 people

Good Things about this Art Fair:
Great volunteers to help with load in, booth sitting, water, etc.
Very art friendly crowd. Great food choices nearby.

Bad Things about this Art Fair:
It can get very gusty by Lake Michigan, so proper tent anchoring is very important. Every year it seems like someone loses a canopy or some work because of the wind.

Advice to Other Artists Considering this Show:
There is an annual alumni event for University of Chicago the first weekend in June. So, on Saturday there's a very well heeled clientele with recognizable name badges that have a relatively high disposable income. I had twice the sales on Saturday as I had on Sunday.

Additional Commentary on this Show:
This was my first year doing this show. It was better than average, but for next year I will bring a batch of slightly more reasonable earrings to suit the local resident crowd on Sunday. They are very friendly and I got tons of compliments and new names to add to my contact list, but Sunday's traffic was notably a more moderate income.