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individual writers and do not reflect the opinions/policies of The Ohio Arts &
Crafts
Guild. They are not edited for spelling, grammar or content.
Numbers in ( ) indicate the amount of reviews submitted for each
show.
American Holiday Fine Art and Craft Show, Youngstown, OH (1)
Burton Ohio Apple Butter Fest, Burton, OH (1)
Chardon Square Arts Festival, Chardon, OH (2)
Christmas in the Country (1)
Heartfelt Holiday, Brecksville, OH (1)
Hudson Art on the Green, Hudson, OH (1)
Little Mountain Folk Fest, Kirtland, OH (2)
Medina on the Square Arts & Crafts, Medina, OH (2)
Oak Ridge Festival, Attica, OH (1)
Padua Music Association Holiday Craft Fair, Parma, OH (1)
Rolling Acres Farm 2003 Craft Show , Delaware, OH (1)
Shaker Woods Festival, Columbiana, OH (2)
Wildlife Art & Carvers Show, Novelty, OH (1)
Willoughby Arts Fest, Willoughby, OH (2)
Show Name: medina on the
square
arts & crafts
Show Location: medina ohio
Sales: $500 - $1000
Sales Comparison: Equal to last year
Exhibitor Quality: Excellent
Promoter Quality: Excellent
Facilities: Excellent
Show Start:
Show End:
Medium: Metal
Comments: this was my 4th visit to medina with many repeat sales.
the sales
were off a little bit, same as every place else this year. but still
an anjoyable
one. i even had a customer drive to chardon, ohio the next week to pick up
a
specialty item. another satisified customer!
Show Name: medina on the square arts
Show Location: Not Entered
Sales: $500 - $1000
Sales Comparison: Equal to last year
Exhibitor Quality: Excellent
Promoter Quality: Excellent
Facilities: Excellent
Show Start:
Show End:
Medium: 2D Art, any medium
Comments: Not Entered
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Show Name: Willoughby Arts Fest
Show Location: willoughby, ohio
Sales: $1000 - $2000
Sales Comparison: Equal to last year
Exhibitor Quality: Excellent
Promoter Quality: Excellent
Facilities: Excellent
Show Start:
Show End:
Medium: Metal
Comments: very good turn out of people. made many repeat sales. good
sales almost
sold out. this was my 4th year.
Show Name: Willoughby Arts Fest
Show Location: Willoughby, OH
Sales: $1000 - $2000
Sales Comparison: Not applicable
Exhibitor Quality: Excellent
Promoter Quality: Excellent
Facilities: Excellent
Show Start: 07/19/03
Show End: 07/19/03
Medium: Ceramics
Comments: A beautiful day, great weather, and a nice sized crowd. I
sold
quite well,
and plan to go back.
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Show Name: little mountain folk fest
Show Location: lake co. historical society kirtland hills, ohio
Sales: $1000 - $2000
Sales Comparison: Equal to last year
Exhibitor Quality: Excellent
Promoter Quality: Fair
Facilities: Excellent
Show Start:
Show End:
Medium: Metal
Comments: the promotors have added too much music and dancing which
took away from the sales. many of the vendors were complaining. even
though it
rained in the morning we still had a full house. [it's outside]
Show Name: Little Mountain Folk Festival
Show Location: Kirtland, OH
Sales: $500 - $1000
Sales Comparison: Not applicable
Exhibitor Quality: Good
Promoter Quality: Excellent
Facilities: Excellent
Show Start: 07/26
Show End: 07/27
Medium: 3D Art, any medium
Comments: A nice show, well done. Was a bit slow but pleasant. It
rained
out on
the second day around 3:00, otherwise I feel I would have sold more.
This is a showthat I would do again, but possibly not every year, maybe skip
a
year and then return.
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Show Name: arts fest on the square
Show Location: chardon, ohio
Sales: $1000 - $2000
Sales Comparison: Equal to last year
Exhibitor Quality: Excellent
Promoter Quality: Excellent
Facilities: Excellent
Show Start:
Show End:
Medium: Metal
Comments: good weather, crowded all day.
Show Name: Chardon Square Arts festival
Show Location: Chardon OH
Sales: $500 - $1000
Sales Comparison: Not applicable
Exhibitor Quality: Excellent
Promoter Quality: Excellent
Facilities: Excellent
Show Start: 08/03
Show End: 08/03
Medium: Ceramics
Comments: Very nice show. It was raining when I left the
house,raining when
I was
setting up, and continued to rain the entire day. It stopped raining
at
almost 5:00pm exactly, when the show was over!! However, there was still a decent crowd.
I had low inventory, and think I would have done better if I had
brought more work, so I plan to
return next year.
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Show Name: burton ohio apple butter fest
Show Location: burton ohio
Sales: $500 - $1000
Sales Comparison: Greater than last year
Exhibitor Quality: Good
Promoter Quality: Good
Facilities: Excellent
Show Start:
Show End:
Medium: Metal
Comments: the show is growing every year, over 6000 people sat. cold
sun.
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Show Name: rolling acres farm 2003 craft show
Show Location: 4297 u.s. rt 42 north deleware ohio
Sales: $1000 - $2000
Sales Comparison: Not applicable
Exhibitor Quality: Good
Promoter Quality: Excellent
Facilities: Good
Show Start:
Show End:
Medium: Metal
Comments: this was the first time at this show. 230 vendors from 6
states.
they judged you on set up, apperance, juality of product and personality.
i was very
surprised about
the last one. i took a break sunday afternoon and when i came back there
was a croud around my booth, MY WIFE SAID I JUST TOOK FIRST
PLACE. YAAHHOO !!! of course i'm going back next year!
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Show Name: Christmas in the Country
Show Location: Strongsville Holiday Inn Ballroom Strongsville, Ohio
Sales: $2000 - $4000
Sales Comparison: Equal to last year
Exhibitor Quality: Excellent
Promoter Quality: Excellent
Facilities: Excellent
Show Start:
Show End:
Medium: Textiles
Comments: Show continues to have a steady buying crowd. Promoter and
staff keep
show fresh with new exhibitors and a friendly atmosphere.
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Show Name: Wildlife Art & Carvers Show
Show Location: West Woods Nature Center, Novelty, Ohio on Rte. 87,
about 5 miles
east of Rte. 306
Sales: $500 - $1000
Sales Comparison: Not applicable
Exhibitor Quality: Good
Promoter Quality: Excellent
Facilities: Good
Show Start:
Show End:
Medium: 2D Art, any medium
Comments: This is a new place, but not a new show. Show was
originally
held in the
Nature Center in Big Creek, Chardon. Shuttle buses would run on
Sunday between this
show and the Chardon on the Square show. Not having traffic from the
Chardon show
didn't seem to hurt attendance at all.
Your art/craft must have a nature theme. Wildlife paintings,
jewelry,
and carvings. Many awards and ribbons. Having only 35
exhibitors
makes for a comfortable show, and
customers aren't overwhelmed. You can be inside, or outside in your
own tent.
MAKE SURE you bring a dolly. Distance from parking lot to booths is
great.
Bring your own food. They provide coffee, water and donuts each
morning
- but there
is no food, and it's quite a trek to the nearest restaurant.
There
was a booth that had
fried potatoes, fried potatoes and fried potatoes - and hotdogs, but that
was
about it.
Beautiful facility, helpful volunteers and well attended. If you
meet the
requirements
give this a try.
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Show Name: Oak Ridge Festival
Show Location: Attica, OH
Sales: $500 - $1000
Sales Comparison: NA
Exhibitor Quality: Good
Promoter Quality: Fair
Facilities: Good (porta johns cleaned daily!)
Show Start: 7/19
Show End: 7/20
Medium: Other
Comments: We felt we had a bad location at this show. We were on a
curve
in the road and shoppers just made the cure and never looked
back...We
feelif we could have set our tent up closer to the road on an angle we
would
havehad much better sales. We move some of our items to the road on
Sunday
and did better is sales than we did on Saturday which most of us
know the
second day is never better. We were told and the contract said no
buy/sell,
we
saw many booths with items we know were buy sell because be have
them in
our
shop. On Sunday we put out our berry garland which we saw in at
least 5
other booths and sold it. If is good for one it is good for all. The
food
was great, nice crowd and the wooded setting was nice. We might
consider
doing it again if we could improve our location.
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Show Name: Shaker Woods Festival
Show Location: Columbiana, Ohio
Sales: $2000 - $4000
Sales Comparison: Equal to last year
Exhibitor Quality: Good
Promoter Quality: Excellent
Facilities: Excellent
Show Start:
Show End:
Medium: 2D Art, any medium
Comments: Show ended at 5:00 this year which was a big plus. Still
lots of
buy/sell at
this show. Many exhibitors were not demonstrating which makes you
wonder
if they
actually make their craft. Weather held up for much of the show.
Show Name: Shaker Woods
Show Location: Columbiana, Ohio
Sales: $16000+
Sales Comparison: Equal to last year
Exhibitor Quality: Excellent
Promoter Quality: Excellent
Facilities: Excellent
Show Start: 8/9/03
Show End: 8/24/03
Medium: 2D Art, any medium
Comments:
Always our favorite show. I don't see the buy and sell there that I
have seen
in the past.
There is still a few crafters that suppliment their inventory with
the buy and
sell.
Buyers come rain or shine and the promoters are the nicest and most hand
on
promoters I have ever dealt with.
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Show Name: Hudson Art on The Green
Show Location: Hudson, OH
Sales: $1000 - $2000
Sales Comparison: Not applicable
Exhibitor Quality: Excellent
Promoter Quality: Excellent
Facilities: Excellent
Show Start: 08/22 (saturday)
Show End: 08/23 (sunday)
Medium: Ceramics
Comments: A nice show, great weather, good crowds, the photographer
and other
2D person near me had customers but only sold so-so. Across from me
was
a booth
that was selling well, and I saw others who seemed to be busy, too.
I sold
OK, but
noticed people looking hard at the booth next to me that had a lot
of "bargain" items.
The second day, I hunted down a few under $15 items from my studio and
brought
them and they sold. I felt many were looking for a cheaper item,
possibly
due to the
fact the show took place only 3 weeks after the bad flood. I don't usually
sell much of anything under $25, but I think I would have been able
to sell
more inexpensive stuff
here even though this is a quality art show. Hmmm..., not sure why that
would be??
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Show Name: Heartfelt Holiday
Show Location: Brecksville, OH
Sales: $500 - $1000
Sales Comparison: Not applicable
Exhibitor Quality: Good
Promoter Quality: Excellent
Facilities: Excellent
Show Start: 11/08
Show End: 11/09
Medium: Ceramics
Comments: Sorry, but this was my worst show for the year. Beautiful
place,
nice ladies,
but no crowd, (and the weather was good.)There were several other
shows
going on in
the area the same weekend, and I just felt that I was wasting my time and
money in the wrong show.
My booth fee was $170 as I paid a late fee for registering way back
in April
about 7
whole days late, plus I donated a $25 item. Three days total, as set up
was
the day
before.
However, I will admit that I did have three sales that totaled over
$100-$150
each, but
that was about it. I did sell maybe $700 or so, but for three days,
the
expenses, and
time was just not worth it, especially during the Chrismas season.
Never
again.
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Show Name: American Holiday Fine Art and Craft Show
Show Location: Youngstown, OH
Sales: $500 - $1000
Sales Comparison: Not applicable
Exhibitor Quality: Excellent
Promoter Quality: Excellent
Facilities: Excellent
Show Start: 12/5
Show End: 12/7
Medium: Ceramics
Comments: Really nice show, thanks to everybody who told me to go.
Grreat building, people, entertainment, what a nice way to get into
the Christmas
spirit! My sales were
ok, but I wonder if they would have been better if I had been
downstairs. I watched, and
I was often the 99th out of 100 booths that several shoppers got to,
already
with several
bags in their hands. Well, that does mean they were buying somewhere,
though, so
from judging from that, I would say people were shopping. I saw lots
of
bags. I would
return.
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Show Name: Padua Music Association Holiday Craft Fair
Show Location: Parma, Ohio
Sales: $1000 - $2000
Sales Comparison: Greater than last year
Exhibitor Quality: Good
Promoter Quality: Excellent
Facilities: Excellent
Show Start: 11/30/03
Show End: 11/30/03
Medium: 3D Art, any medium
Comments: This show is growing in popularity. The attendance was
great.
The promoters
are doing a great job of advertising. This was the first year it was a
juried
show, therefore, some vendors were "grandfathered" in. No new
commercial
i
tems are allowed. Students helped with move in/out. An
item is required to be donated for their raffle. Good food in
cafeteria. Nice music. I'll do this show
again this year. Contact
Music@paduafranciscan.com or 440-845-2444 x 183
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2005