Bayou City Art Festival Spring 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 Art Festival Spring </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> March 23-25, Bayou City Art Festival, Memorial Park, Houston, Tx.  Contact: The Art Colony Association, 1418 Sul Ross, Houston, Tx. 77006,  Ph. 713-521-0133, email: bayoucityartfest@aol.com. Booth size:10x10-10x20, App. Fee: $30.00, Booth Fee: 400.00-1400.00, 300 spaces, electric available in some areas.  Apply through Zapplication.  Admission: 10.00</div> <div> Bayou City Art Festival Runs twice a year, the Spring show is a three days in Memorial Park in Houston, the Fall show is two days on the streets of Downtown Houston.</div> <div> This was our second time doing the spring show, we've also done the fall show twice.  Setup starts on Wednesday for early arrivers and again all day Thursday or early Friday morning.  We've heard horror stories about setting up on Thursday so both times we have done this show we have set up on Wednesday.  There are very few people around, parking is right next to your booth and Thursday you can relax and prepare for the onslaught of the crowds for the weekend.  The show set on an asphalt circle that goes through the picnic area of beautiful Memorial Park in Houston.  Booths on one side of the road and just enough room for traffic on the other side.  There are very few areas to pull off the road and park while unloading, hence the mass confusion.  </div> <div> I always get worried when I hear zero percent chance of rain and that's what was predicted for Friday and Saturday.  Friday was ok but Saturday it rained lightly of and on all day.  The crowds were a lighter than usually and most of the artists we spoke with were not having much success.  Sunday there was a slight chance of rain and of course, it did not!  We finally made a couple of good sales later in the day and ended up with a total of three with an average ticket of just over $2,000.00.  For us, we were down from last year and would say this was a slightly below average show for us.  I spoke with three photographers, one reported average sales, the other two rated sales below average and way below average.  Both of these photographers said they would not apply again next year.  A clay artist reported that he did not make expenses, one sculptor reported slightly below average and another said sales were slightly above average.  One of the sculptors I spoke with said sales were slow all weekend until late Sunday.  His show was saved by an $8,000.00 sale after the show had officially closed at 6:00pm.  A scratch board artist said sales were about average.</div> <div> Last year at breakdown here we went to dinner and came back later.  This year we decided to dolly a bit and finish early.  Some artists were jockeying for parking spaces as soon as the show closed.  All in all it wasn't too bad!  </div> <div> This is a top rated show and for good reason, we attribute the slower than normal sales this year to the weather on Saturday.</div> <div> One quick note, the director of the show for the past 13 years is stepping down.  There was talk of trying to keep her, I sincerely hope the Art Association can do whatever it takes to keep her on.  There are very few people around the country with the knowledge and experience it takes to keep this a top ranked show.  Good luck, Lynette, hopefully we'll see you there again next year, we'll definitely apply again!</div> </td> </tr></table></body>