Bayou City Fall 2007

<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> Bayou City Fall </B><B>2007</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="#DDDDDD" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Oct. 13-14 Bayou City Arts Festival, Houston, Tx.  Contact: Exec. Dir. Kim Stoilis, Art Colony Association, PO Box 66650, Houston, TX 77266-6650.  Web: www.bayoucityartfestival.com  Email: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:info@bayoucityartfestival.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bayoucityartfestival.com"><U><U>info@bayoucityartfestival.com</U></U></A></FONT> </div> <div> Apply through Zapp. App fee: 30.00, booth fee: 400.00-1200.00, booth size: 10x12, 12x20.  Number of artists: 300. Admission charge to public: 10.00.  </div> <div> This show is put on twice a year, March and Oct.  The March show is in a huge park, the Oct. show is right in the middle of Downtown Houston amid the sky scrapers.  This was our third time for participating in the Downtown show.  </div> <div> There are booths along the street and booths in a nearby park.  Setup for booths in the park start early on Friday.  Booths in the street must wait until 7:30 pm to setup.  Patty and I chose to wait until about 9:00 pm and avoid the rush of everyone trying to setup early.  The show partners with a really nice hotel a block away and we can walk to the show.  We can park right next to our booth after most of the other artists have left and setup is fairly laid back although a bit late.</div> <div> Last years show was completely rained out on Sunday so this year we were hoping for good weather and to make up for missed sales last year.  If it only worked that way!  This year the show is being run by a new director, the previous director was very well liked and respected so that brought an additional note of uncertainty along with it. </div> <div> Both days the weather was a bit warm but the crowds came out and enjoyed the show.  Most artists I spoke with said sales of smaller, less expensive items were going very well but larger expensive pieces were not selling.  Patty and I had one sale all weekend for 4700.00, that sale was on Saturday and we thought, ok, good start!  Turned out that was it for us, making this years show a below average sales total for us.  I spoke with three painters, one reported an average sales total while the other two both reported below average sales totals.  A sculptor reported selling lots of little pieces for a slightly below average total.  A photographer reported selling mostly small pieces for a slightly below average show.  Two mixed media artists reported below average sales totals and a potter reported sales at slightly down from previous years here.  </div> <div> The staff at the show went out of their way to make every artist feel appreciated and glad we were there.  The new director, Kim, and show coordinator, Jake, made sure they introduced themselves to every artist there and were available all weekend to provide assistance as needed.  There was an artist hospitality tent with water, soft drinks and snacks and a wonderful artist breakfast both days of the show.  </div> <div> It started to rain/sprinkle a bit late in the day on Sunday making breakdown so much fun!  Patty and I went to dinner and came back two hours after the show closed.  Most artists were already gone and we parked right next to our booth and broke down.  It's a bit easier this way for us, the hardest part of  breaking down this way is dragging our butts off the bed after we have relaxed for an hour and going back to work! </div> </td> </tr></table></body>