| ♦ REFRESH to rotate MAAMAW'S CLICKY NOTES thru this space..... Timely Tips, Best of the Boards & More ♦ |
Be sure to visit the Current Message Board when you're finished here. We're very friendly, so don't be shy... just jump right in and post your question. Scams outnumber legitimate biz ops about a bzillion to one, so it's well worth your time. |
| | View Thread | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | |
|---|
FIB - Scams 101 - Ye Olde Archives
Posted By: Carla Ball In Response To: Not Mel.-But I have some ideas (M.Kay)
Monday, 1 May 2006, at 3:21 p.m.
Thanks for the suggstions, I am aware about the juried shows- entries are due months before, plus you have to have slides. It's the other shows, maybe even antique shows. I would never ship to a show, I would go to shows within 100 miles or so. The have a 5 x 8 covered trailer and take my own set up's. I am not well enough to this once a month but 3 times a year. As I said before- it is this town and gerneral area. I lived in Richmond, VA for 17 years then came back to a town that not only didn't change but declined.
>
3. there should be a local (or somewhat local/regional) art center or art
> organization that sponsors or keeps tabs on local/regional festivals. The
> problem is you must know not when the festival is, but when the
> entries/reservations are due. Sometimes those dates are months earlier,
> sometimes not.
Yep and I am on the committee. We do 3 events a year. Other than that there are no other organizations that sponsor shows. Unfortunaely the club has dimenshished, it was started about 25 years ago and many have died and they have (we) have not tried to recruit new younger people. I'm 50 and I'm the "young" one, lol. There are about 30 members but only 10-20 on a good night actually attend, I am just as guilty. But am going to try to change that.
Thank you for your comments on my work. It is a passion that lives inside of me, sometimes I get discouaged because of no sales, but I know it is a talent, just happens to be a expensive purchase for a buyer. It is nice to validated. Thanks, Carla
Carla-
> I followed your earlier posts with interest. I, too, am an artist, now
> mostly doing designs with dyes on silk or paper. When I started years ago,
> galleries did a 25%/75% split. Slowly, it inched up (by 5%s) until, it is
> my understanding, that most do a 55%/45% or more split, with out a rental
> fee. I find that disgusting. Though to justify that kind of taking, the
> gallery usually does alot of adverising and promotional stuff. I try to
> sell direct, rather than hassle with giving my talent away.
> Anyway, here are a few ideas on how to find shows and opportunities:
> 1. the Artist magazine always has listings and usually your local library
> has a subscription to Artist so you don't have to.
> 2. Art Calendar Magazine is a super publication. Not only does it give you
> an enormous listing selection, their articles are motivational and
> inspiring. Check out their website: www.artcalendar.com
> 3. there should be a local (or somewhat local/regional) art center or art
> organization that sponsors or keeps tabs on local/regional festivals. The
> problem is you must know not when the festival is, but when the
> entries/reservations are due. Sometimes those dates are months earlier,
> sometimes not.
> Hope this helps. And, oh, I looked at your work...lovely. I do not think
> you are a crafts person, though. Crafts people duplicate someone else's
> designs/projects skillfully. You 'create' your own ideas. You are a glass
> artist ot glass artisan!
> M.Kay
Carla's Stained Glass Creations
| | View Thread | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | |
|---|
FIB - Scams 101 - Ye Olde Archives is maintained with WebBBS 3.11.
|
| PLEASE READ THIS LEGAL NOTICE CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU FILE A LAWSUIT OR EVEN WASTE TIME THINKING ABOUT IT. It has been done before, but never successfully. In fact, the last dodobird who tried it ended up being ordered to pay more than $77,000 in attorney fees ($65,000+ to my attorneys and $12,000+ to my co-defendant's legal advisor).
If your attorney is worth his salt, he's going to tell you that the expense of filing a lawsuit you can't win is a whole lot worse than any "damages" resulting from messages posted on this insignificant little chunk of cyberspace. NEWS FLASH: I didn't just climb down off that ol' turnip truck yesterday. I'm well aware that expressing a negative opinion, relating one's personal experience, and restating provable facts are all legal in this country and do not constitute libel, slander, or defamation -- so you don't want to play games with me, and you sure don't want to start something you aren't prepared to finish. I don't take threats lightly, and I don't accept bribes (or did you call it a "mutually-beneficial arrangement"?). I'll turn you in faster than you can yell, "ARREST ME, I'M SCUM!!" Do yourself a favor and turn your legal team loose in greener pastures. Although we may, from time to time, monitor or review discussions, postings and the like on the Friends In Business (Scams 101) Message Board, we are under no obligation to do so. We are not responsible or liable for any claim arising from the content of any such discussions or postings or for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information contained within such locations on the Site. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane materials or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. You are likewise prohibited from posting any false claims against any company or individual. We will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials. By posting messages and/or content on the Friends In Business (Scams 101) Message Board, you give permission for Lesley Fountain/Friends In Business/Shoestring Success Publications to display, distribute and use the posting and content for publication, advertising, promotion, excerption or example. You grant Lesley Fountain/Friends In Business/Shoestring Success Publications complete, perpetual, but non-exclusive rights to use, archive, reproduce, adapt, modify, distribute, sub-license, repurpose, rework, compile, or offer for sale or resale the messages, postings or content appearing on this site in whole or in part, throughout the world and universe, on a royalty-free basis without remuneration. If you cannot accept or agree with the terms of service for this website and discussion board, you are advised not to post on this board. In closing, I would like to remind you once again that it is still legal, in this great country of ours, to express a PERSONAL OPINION, as long as it is presented as opinion and not as fact. And finally, all you scammers out there will do well to remember that TRUTH IS AN ABSOLUTE DEFENSE against charges of libel, defamation, and slander... so if you're operating just a hop, skip, and jump ahead of the law, you might want to think twice before doing anything stupid... (AND SHAME ON YOU!!). |