[Let's pop open the bottle of plonk here in the linseed-reeking loft and have a good ol' Art Rant about some art shows.]
Determined to fill the entire calendar with profitable shows in 2025, I reached out to the Hive Mind of my friends, and it looks like they've got me some good suggestions.
But instead of focusing on the many good things in life, I'd prefer to spit venom about one that I doubt I'll go to.
Right down the road in TTown, is one that COULD be good, but they just had to gimp it up.
Two-day show. About $250. Probably about 100 overpriced for what it is, but maybe not.
Then they have something about needing a business license. And the county has no info on business license price. You find out after you send your booth payment. This is "stick your head in the noose, and trust us." It's worse, because it's a red flag of sloth-- lots of well-organized shows have deals with their cities where a business license is waived for all vendors. In an area divided like the Holy Roman Empire, it's the only way shows happen.
But that's not the best. They decided all prints must be hand-pulled and numbered. I could number them all, but it'd be a scam. I worked in several print shops as a ute, and numbered prints. I also numbered xerox prints from Kinko's. I don't feel like engaging in fuckery anymore. Furthermore, just ordered a few thousand more dollars worth of Photographic prints. I guess I could diddle around the categories with those too, but I am still stuck on some county admin gouging me for a pay-to-play.
Fuggit.
[/No actual legit art shows were harmed in the making of this rant]