Re: [lace] Art Fairs
I don't know whether the Wall Street Journal went into this, but I am fairly certain that such shows require you to pay a booth fee which would undoubtedly be in the hundreds of dollars, if not in the thousands. It would be hard to assemble enough lace art, let alone sell enough, to pay the booth fee. Incidentally, although they are not purveyors of lace art, per se, lace is represented at the Pier Antique Show regularly, in that Molly Carroll, Peggy Zalamea, Paivi Roberts and Maria Niforos frequently do these shows. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Art Fairs
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't know whether the Wall Street Journal went into this, but I am fairly certain that such shows require you to pay a booth fee which would undoubtedly be in the hundreds of dollars, if not in the thousands. This varies tremendously from fair to fair. And if you're demonstrating and not selling, you can often get the fee waived. After all, you're offering them free entertainment. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Art Fairs
I don't know these names, nor what their connection to lace may be; but if they do show lace, ought we not to descend on them forthwith? We have an idea about lace and art; it will need a lot of pushing in order to make it on to the stage although they are not purveyors of lace art, per se, lace is represented at the Pier Antique Show regularly, in that Molly Carroll, Peggy Zalamea, Paivi Roberts and Maria Niforos frequently do these shows. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Art Fairs
Molly Carroll, Paivi Roberts, Maria Niforos and Peggy Zalamea are dealers in vintage and antique textiles who sell lace at the IOLI and at the Pier Shows that show antiques. But that is entirely different than purveying lace as art. I suspect the tag on the booths for the shows you mention is significantly higher than what they are paying to be in the antique sales in the same venues. These are the websites of the three shows you mentioned. _http://www.haughton.com/design/dealers.htm_ (http://www.haughton.com/design/dealers.htm) _http://www.aafnyc.com/art_fair_participant_requirements.asp_ (http://www.aafnyc.com/art_fair_participant_requirements.asp) _http://www.sanfordsmith.com/modex.htm_ (http://www.sanfordsmith.com/modex.htm) These appear to be extremely high class affairs. The exhibitors are galleries, not individual artists at these shows. But, I think the biggest critical problem is that there really are not many pieces of lace art that people are prepared to sell. I can't imagine that you, Aurelia, are willing to put a price on several fans and place them out on a table for people to buy. The purpose of these shows is to sell art, not just to show it. Excluding Lenka, who seems to have worked out the selling aspect to her satisfaction, could we assemble even 15 pieces of actual lace art to put in a booth and be prepared to sell? Interestingly, the following business is one that sells textiles at the first mentioned show. _http://www.textilearts.com/_ (http://www.textilearts.com/) but they seem more taken with exotic textiles. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Art Fairs
Well, on Friday I learned something I didn't know (happens to me all the time). Friday's Wall St. Journal (yes, those $$ types are interested in art too) carried an article entitled Fair Plays, this under the heading of Art Money. It appears that most major cities run a type of art show featuring, as the Journal puts it, everything from furniture and paintings to textiles. Textiles! Imagine that! Apparently these fairs are run much like the state fairs that we all know and don't love -- one-stop shopping takes you past lots and lots of art dealers; much easier than going to art auctions. Seems that there will be a bunch of them in New York this fall: International Art + Design Fair, Oct. 7-11; AAF Contemporary Art Fair (all work priced between $100 and $10,000) at Pier 92, Oct. 27-30; and Modernism (focuses on 20th-century decorative arts and design), Nov. 10-13. Seems to me that a group of lacemakers could put in an appearance, maybe even make something of a splash -- a gentle splash, don't want to scare anybody -- but just to get the public accustomed, at first, to seeing lace occupying the same universe as photography, vases, tapestry, installation-art... Is anybody going to be in New York on any of those dates? By the way, some spiders have been referring to art vs. craft. Somebody even remarked with pride about lowly craftsmanship. I don't think there's any versus about it. Arts and crafts belong to each other; the more skillful our eye and hand (the craftsman in us), the more reach to our designs (the artist in us). Why else do accomplished and experienced lacemakers take workshops and buy books and devote themselves to minutiae of study? I remember with awe and affection that the very last workshop that Pam Nottingham (a stickler for technical perfection if ever there was one!) gave us in this country was called (approximately) Designing for Bucks Point Lace. See you at the Fair! -- Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
