Fine Craft as a Business – Your Craft Show Experience: From Application to Exhibition to “I DID IT!”
Location: PA Guild of Craftsmen (PGC), 335 N. Queen St., Lancaster, PA, 2nd Floor (In person and via Zoom).
Our PGC has created two brand new Fine Craft Fairs for 2024. The changes we made make these shows easier for our exhibitors – lower booth fees, pipe and drape included, and easy-to-access indoor venues – and enticing for shoppers – easy-to-find locations with good parking,
Let’s help you do your best to be accepted to our shows and be your most successful!
This workshop highlights several aspects of preparing for and exhibiting at a juried craft show with 3 topics:
- How to apply for shows
- How to properly display your work
- How to interact with folks at shows, including neighbor artists and shoppers.
Description: This is a two-part session.
Morning Session: 10:00 -11:45 a.m., (In person and via Zoom) – Topics to be covered:
- Make a good impression when you apply
- Critical application information
- What juries do
- Make a good impression when you exhibit
- Booth design tips
- Show etiquette
- Customer interaction tips
Afternoon Session: 12:30 to 2:00 (estimated time) (in person only on-site) This will be a hands-on coaching session using attendee sample booth setups
- Participants will bring and set up some of their booth props (that they currently use or what they plan to use) and a sampling of their work
- Participants should also bring several photographs of their booths, set up at shows if they have them.
Presenter: Paula Lewis, Master Artisan, and past vice president of Standards. Paula has served on the PGC standards committee, floor juries, and show juries for over a decade.
PGC’s Fine Craft As A Business program assists PGC members and others in navigating the business world so they can be successful in running an art/craft business and/or participating in a craft show. We do this by offering workshops and a Mentor Program to help people set up, maintain, or expand their art/craft business and to enrich their business skills in general. Workshops are open to both PGC Members and the public. The Mentor program is open only to PGC Members.
Cancellation/Refund Policy:
We understand that plans can change, and we strive to accommodate our participants as best as possible. Please review our refund policy before registering for a workshop:
In order to request a withdrawal from a workshop, students must contact the Guild by phone at 717-431-8706 or contact us here.
Cancellations More Than 7 Days Before the Workshop
If a cancellation is made more than 7 days before the workshop, a 10% administrative fee will be deducted from any refund to the original form of payment to cover credit card processing and administrative costs. A workshop credit of 100% of the tuition may also be offered. Workshop credits expire 6 months after the date of the workshop.
Cancellations Within 4-7 Days of the Workshop
Cancellations made within 4 to 7 days of the workshop are not eligible for a refund to the original form of payment but may be transferred to another class or issued as a workshop credit for future use. Workshop credits expire 6 months after the date of the workshop.
Cancellations 3 Days or Less of the Workshop
Cancellations made within 3 days of the workshop are not eligible for a refund or a workshop credit.
No-Show Policy
If you do not notify us ahead of the class and fail to attend, you are not eligible for a refund or a workshop credit.
Classes canceled by the instructor or the Guild.
Students are eligible to receive a 100% refund to the original form of payment or workshop credit if the workshop is canceled by the instructor or the Guild. Workshop credits expire within 6 months of the date of the workshop.
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Fine Craft as a Business – Your Craft Show Experience: From Application to Exhibition to “I DID IT!”
2024-02-24
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Venue: PA Guild of Craftsmen
Venue Phone: 717-431-8706
Venue Website: www.pacrafts.org
Address:Workshop Teachers
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Paula Lewis
Paula Lewis has been experimenting with fiber art for some ten years. She is a Master Artisan of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen and has served them in various volunteer roles for almost 20 years, most recently “retiring” from the position as vice president of standards. Paula is always happy to share the joys of studio play (and gardening and cooking). The process is equally important as the finished work – both should make us happy.