Las Cruces Arts Fair Reviews..

Your Medium: Jewelry
Year you most recently exhibited at this Show:
2020
Your Estimated Sales at this Show: $2001-$5000
Price Range of your Work: $35 to $350
Number of Years You have Exhibited in this Show:
5-10 times
Number of Years You have been doing Art Fairs overall: 5-10 years
Attendance: (1 is poor, 5 is great) 3
Location: 2
Facilities: 3
Ease of Participating: 4
Sales: 3
Overall: 2
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Poor
Estimated Attendance: 501-10,000 people

Good Things about this Art Fair:
This rating is difficult! They changed the setup for the 2020 show, could of been the 2019 show, I cannot remember.

This has ALWAYS been my best show, on Electric Ave in Bigfork. I usually sold about 6 to 8k in jewelry, then one year they changed the setup and it was broken up throughout the town, 4 or 5 locations. They have fixed it, I am doing it again this year, 2023. Hopefully it will be as good as previous.

Posted by: Susan Aggson | 05/02/2023 at 11:58 PM

Medium: Metal
Year you most recently exhibited at this Show: 2020
Your Estimated Sales at this Show: $2001-$5000
Price Range of your Work: $16-$650
Number of Years You have Exhibited in this Show:
1st time
Number of Years You have been doing Art Fairs overall: 5-10 years
Attendance: (1 is poor, 5 is great) 2
Location: 5
Facilities: 5
Ease of Participating: 5
Sales: 3
Overall: 4
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Okay
Estimated Attendance: 501-10,000 people

Good Things about this Art Fair:
One of the best run shows we've attended. They treat the artists wonderfully and the promoter is great! The quality of the art and crafts was very good. Better than expected.

They provide a meal and even include vegetarian and gluten free choices. They had volunteers for load in and load out.

What could this Art Fair have done better?:
Not sure the Friday night portion of the show was necessary as it was poorly attended, but the show happened at the beginning of Covid-19 so hard to say.

Advice to Other Artists Considering this Show:
I believe people with more of a Southwest appeal did better than those without that approach.

Additional Commentary on this Show:
The attendance was way down due to the onset of Covid-19 though that was nothing the show could help. Even with the low attendance we did ok, so have faith that future years would be better. We will certainly try it again.

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Posted by: Mary Spencer | 05/05/2020 at 12:15 AM

Has anyone else done this show? This review is making me think it is not worth the money to invest my time and effort to do.

Posted by: Paula Decker Haynes | 11/02/2016 at 02:08 PM

Medium: Photography
Year you most recently exhibited at this Show:
2015
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) 4
Location: 5
Facilities: 5
Ease of Participating: 5
Sales: 1
Overall: 4
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Poor
Estimated Attendance: 501-10,000 people

Good Things about this Art Fair:
Indoor, great volunteers, good artist amenities, artist award dinner, appreciative audience

Bad Things about this Art Fair:
Sales

Additional Commentary on this Show:
Please see my full review on ArtFairInsiders.com

See my blog on ArtFairInsiders.com for additional commentary on this Show

Posted by: Brian Berkun | 04/14/2015 at 10:32 PM

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