art show question
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- scransom0
a few bits of advice for artshows.
1. Go to openings at a few different galleries. (especially good commercial ones) and copy their techniques.
2. There's a book called, "How to survive and prosper as an artist without selling your soul that goes over all the details you need to do to plan.
(there's a lot of behind the scenes stuff you won't see the galleries doing that the book talks about.)
I like when there's a few designated sales people to handle transactions immediately and let the artists be free to just talk with & greet everyone.
Its good when there's a list of works with prices and numbers and also a number on the wall by each peice in pencil.
When the show's over it's nice when the artwork is packaged up with the buyer's name on it so it's ready to go.
Also, I recommend putting labels on the back with artist, title and date info to help future collectors/historians find/track your work better.