Introduction
I will tell you right from the start, life as a traveling artist is not for the faint of heart. As we all know, it takes money and connections to break into the artist community. My analogy of the artist world compares to building credit. When you start out you do not have any credit and you have to start your building blocks to get it.
Looking back, my first show was a laughable experience. (I can laugh now)! Hence, I started without credit. I shared space with another artist at a multi-event festival. There was music, food stands, children’s entertainment and more.
All I had was a few tables, a couple of easels and my art. At the time, I thought the public would come running just for my art. CULTURE SHOCK! I had no idea what I was doing. Even the clientele was not there for the artist portion of the big festivities. (I realized this very quickly. An older gentleman was selling marshmallow PVC pipe popguns and THIS WAS the biggest seller at the event)!
We all live and learn and being an artist of any medium isn’t any different. If you want to check out images of my very first show, check out the images of the Fishers Freedom Festival on my web sit under exhibits. (They are quite embarrassing now that I think about it). Putting everything into perspective, this is why I came up with my personal Ten Commandments for being a traveling artist.
I learned a few tricks over time. Partially because starting out, I was in NO PLACE to show at a Broad Ripple, Penrod or any big artist festival! As you are growing and get noticed, I put together a list of Ten Commandments that traveling artists should consider.
*Here is a Quick Link to my first show - http://www.mrsdesign.com/fineart2011/fa_exhibits_fisher1.html
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