06 Under The Oaks

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="05bfd5a3.jpg"> <div> <B>Under The Oaks</B></div> <div> <B>6260 N.W. 19 Street, Sunrise, Fl. 33313 Toll Free 1-877-512-3333    Email: </B><A HREF="mailto:mike@mikealbin.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:mike@mikealbin.com"><U><B>mike@mikealbin.com</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="05cd2043.jpg"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mike Albin.Com "><U>Mike Albin.Com </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="wd.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Web design"><U>Web design</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="ma.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marketing Articles"><U>Marketing Articles</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="sr.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Show Reviews"><U>Show Reviews</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="mt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marketing Tools"><U>Marketing Tools</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="l.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#777777" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>March 10-12, Under The Oaks Art Show, Vero Beach.</B> Contact: Vero Beach Art Club, 3001 Riverside Park Drive, Vero Beach, FL 32963; phone 772-231-0303. Web site: www.verobeachartclub.org. Space fee: $225. Space size: 12x12. 100% outdoors. Exhibitors: 200.</div> <div> This show is held in a park under the shade of huge live oak trees. It's one of the most beautiful settings for an art show. In addition, you'll never find an easier setup. You can park behind your booth the entire weekend, and that includes trailers! As for breakdown, it's also as easy as it gets! You're already parked behind your booth, so you can just turn around and load up!</div> <div> Amenities include a really nice catered affair Friday night, doughnuts in the morning and booth sitters. The only drawback is finding affordable hotels. Dodgertown is close by, and this is spring-training season. If you are a baseball fan, come a day early and check out a game. The weather in Florida is usually beautiful this time of year, and this year it was perfect, with highs in the low 80s and plenty of sunshine.</div> <div> The Show is put on by the Vero Beach Art Club and has tons of support from the community, which has a personal connection with the event. If you have been doing promoter shows and have noticed something missing, come and see what true community involvement is all about. People attend this show because their friends, relatives and neighbors help put it on, not because they read about it in the newspaper. That makes this one of our favorite shows of the year. Plus, the committee offers $13,000 in award money.</div> <div> With all that said, let's see how much art actually sold at the 55th annual show, because, bottom line, that's why we're all here! Well, this was our third year here, and Patty and I sold eight pieces - all smaller ones, but the sales added up to make a slightly above-average show again for us. </div> <div> There were lots of painters here, and I spoke with four of them. (The Art Club consists mostly of painters.) Two reported above-average sales, one reported average sales, and one zeroed. I also spoke with three photographers: One reported totals way above average, one did average business, and one did well below average. A jeweler reported well above-average sales, and a potter reported a slightly above-average take. However, a wood artist reported only average sales after commenting that this show had usually been above average.</div> <div> We did hear grumbling from some artists about enforcement of rules, but most were glad to see that violators were either asked to get with the program or leave! The artists of the Art Club put on this event, so if you are doing anything underhanded, such as slipping in mass-produced work or having a sales rep do the Show for you, don't bother applying. You will be asked to leave.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>