Selling at craft markets - hard lessons learned.

[paulr]

This neck of the woods is too low end for aafnyc, we are more like NW Missiouri that an earlier post mentioned. Around here if you don't have a Kinkaid then you don't have real art.

Sounds like in this case the problem is simple ... trying to sell in the wrong neck of the woods. there's absolutely nothing limiting anyone to selling in the geographical area where they happen to live. I've only made one local sale in the last couple of years (and I live in NYC ... art mecca of the world, but it doesn't seem to be MY mecca).

You have dozens of choices when it comes to type of venue, part of the world, demographic, etc. to show your work. Anyone really serious about trying to sell would do well to get Swanny's boot at mvswanson.com. She's a champ at helping you navigate the various art markets, and to best get your work in front of the right people.

[Greg Lockrey]

Sounds like in this case the problem is simple ... trying to sell in the wrong neck of the woods. there's absolutely nothing limiting anyone to selling in the geographical area where they happen to live. I've only made one local sale in the last couple of years (and I live in NYC ... art mecca of the world, but it doesn't seem to be MY mecca).

You have dozens of choices when it comes to type of venue, part of the world, demographic, etc. to show your work. Anyone really serious about trying to sell would do well to get Swanny's boot at mvswanson.com. She's a champ at helping you navigate the various art markets, and to best get your work in front of the right people.

You just have to know your market and play to it.