Comments on: And kids . . . this is why you should stay in school: The Octagon Art Festival 09 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09 Art, Animals, and the Creative Experience Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:06:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: MonaMajorowicz http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-23479 MonaMajorowicz Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:26:51 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-23479 Greetings Denise, EZ up are the cheap tent version. For more tent info you can visit my tent lens http://www.squidoo.com/Festival-Tents-And-Canopies I tried to access the link in your name but it came up under construction. Let me know when your up and running and I will pop over to your site. :) Greetings Denise, EZ up are the cheap tent version. For more tent info you can visit my tent lens

http://www.squidoo.com/Festival-Tents-And-Canopies

I tried to access the link in your name but it came up under construction. Let me know when your up and running and I will pop over to your site. :)

]]> By: Denice Peters http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-23286 Denice Peters Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:42:15 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-23286 Hi, I would be interested in your info on tents, too. I thought the EZ UP ones were expensive. I am kind of new at this art fair stuff. Did some years ago. But I have lost my job and decided now is the time to follow my dreams! I am taking the plunge at full time art. I am interested in your insurance info too. Check out my website if you have a chance. I would welcome critiques and advice! Thanks! Hi, I would be interested in your info on tents, too. I thought the EZ UP ones were expensive. I am kind of new at this art fair stuff. Did some years ago. But I have lost my job and decided now is the time to follow my dreams! I am taking the plunge at full time art. I am interested in your insurance info too. Check out my website if you have a chance. I would welcome critiques and advice! Thanks!

]]> By: MonaMajorowicz http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-8712 MonaMajorowicz Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:59:11 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-8712 <strong>Olga</strong> I am so Glad to hear you got packed up okay. By the time we were done you were gone (as were most artists) Man was that crazy or what? Being too near the music is always a pain. Mostly because you have to shout to talk to people. We had a guy turning wood bowls on a lathe behind us (in front of gallery 319) same problem. I spent the whole day shouting. Olga I am so Glad to hear you got packed up okay. By the time we were done you were gone (as were most artists) Man was that crazy or what?

Being too near the music is always a pain. Mostly because you have to shout to talk to people. We had a guy turning wood bowls on a lathe behind us (in front of gallery 319) same problem. I spent the whole day shouting.

]]> By: Olga Krasovska http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-8710 Olga Krasovska Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:32:16 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-8710 Hello, my friend! Octagon sales were down, but still worth coming. Didn't help to be across misic stage entertaiment (strange amateur modern dances, very depressive funeral style brass band, sexy belly dancers, and finally very cool energetic rock group, loud anyway) Only musicians I love to hear at the fair "Patchouli" flamenco people from Midwest, they give very good energy, but we weren't that lucky this year : ) After I read your post, I understood how lucky we were to start tear down 15 min before the official end. We were tearing down reaaaaly fast! 20 min later my husband had hard time to walk against the gushing wind to pay gas at BP, and I know that a lot of artists at the time weren't done packing yet! Hello, my friend! Octagon sales were down, but still worth coming. Didn’t help to be across misic stage entertaiment (strange amateur modern dances, very depressive funeral style brass band, sexy belly dancers, and finally very cool energetic rock group, loud anyway) Only musicians I love to hear at the fair “Patchouli” flamenco people from Midwest, they give very good energy, but we weren’t that lucky this year : )
After I read your post, I understood how lucky we were to start tear down 15 min before the official end. We were tearing down reaaaaly fast! 20 min later my husband had hard time to walk against the gushing wind to pay gas at BP, and I know that a lot of artists at the time weren’t done packing yet!

]]> By: MonaMajorowicz http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-8510 MonaMajorowicz Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:27:24 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-8510 I forgot about the insurance question. I'll email you who we use. I forgot about the insurance question. I’ll email you who we use.

]]> By: Angela Finney http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-8508 Angela Finney Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:05:39 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-8508 Boy, I sure did spell well in that comment. Must have been typing way too fast and not rereading the comment before posting. I look forward to your blog post on this. Boy, I sure did spell well in that comment. Must have been typing way too fast and not rereading the comment before posting. I look forward to your blog post on this.

]]> By: MonaMajorowicz http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-8435 MonaMajorowicz Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:27:02 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-8435 <strong>Angela,</strong> It wasn't actually storming, just unbelievably windy. You may remember I warned against hanging on to tents also because of the woman who broke her arm in Omaha. But when taking them down you pretty much have to hang on. In my friends case his neighbor removed the weights to his own tent (I will look to see how I wrote what I did) without holding on. So it was the neighbors tent that flipped up and onto Carroll's tent. Technically if this happens the neighbor is legally responsible to pay for the damages. Carroll is just an easy going guy (he's done art fairs for many decades.) When I asked him he said "What you gonna do." I think he understands these things happen. However a similar thing happened that day with a potters tent (lost around $900 in pots) and their neighbor paid for the damages they'd caused. So I'll talk about tents <em>and</em> weights. Angela, It wasn’t actually storming, just unbelievably windy. You may remember I warned against hanging on to tents also because of the woman who broke her arm in Omaha. But when taking them down you pretty much have to hang on.

In my friends case his neighbor removed the weights to his own tent (I will look to see how I wrote what I did) without holding on. So it was the neighbors tent that flipped up and onto Carroll’s tent. Technically if this happens the neighbor is legally responsible to pay for the damages. Carroll is just an easy going guy (he’s done art fairs for many decades.) When I asked him he said “What you gonna do.” I think he understands these things happen. However a similar thing happened that day with a potters tent (lost around $900 in pots) and their neighbor paid for the damages they’d caused.

So I’ll talk about tents and weights.

]]> By: Angela Finney http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-8434 Angela Finney Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:03:12 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-8434 I am on my way to competing a Trimline set up. I do look forward to you post, do not know how you get 500 lbs. or there abouts of weights onto any tent. I know you had a small conversation about it once, but any comment on the insurance (what kind to get) would be most beneficial. Why on earth would someone remove weights from a tent that is not theirs? I am not in favor of are sue happy culture, but that seems like a suable offence for resultant damages to me. The information I have read prior to this on wind and tents says do not hold on them if it is windy and do not stay inside them if it is storming, I would love to here your comments on this as an experieced art fair participant. also. I am glad you came out unscathed -- experience counts! I am on my way to competing a Trimline set up. I do look forward to you post, do not know how you get 500 lbs. or there abouts of weights onto any tent. I know you had a small conversation about it once, but any comment on the insurance (what kind to get) would be most beneficial.

Why on earth would someone remove weights from a tent that is not theirs? I am not in favor of are sue happy culture, but that seems like a suable offence for resultant damages to me.

The information I have read prior to this on wind and tents says do not hold on them if it is windy and do not stay inside them if it is storming, I would love to here your comments on this as an experieced art fair participant. also.

I am glad you came out unscathed — experience counts!

]]> By: MonaMajorowicz http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-8432 MonaMajorowicz Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:11:33 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-8432 Hey <strong>Robert,</strong> I'll try to get the post done by the end of next week. The gallery has as usual taken most of my free time. EZ-Ups are marketed heavily to beginners because they are cheap and they are easier to set up. Unfortunately they aren't as sturdy as some other varieties so they collapse when too much weight is applied incorrectly. Hey Robert, I’ll try to get the post done by the end of next week. The gallery has as usual taken most of my free time. EZ-Ups are marketed heavily to beginners because they are cheap and they are easier to set up. Unfortunately they aren’t as sturdy as some other varieties so they collapse when too much weight is applied incorrectly.

]]> By: Robert Sloan http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-8407 Robert Sloan Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:15:07 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/and-kids-this-is-why-you-should-stay-in-school-the-octagon-art-festival-09#comment-8407 You're kidding. I thought the EZ-Up ones were actually, you know, easy and user friendly. I've been considering one for a very long time because with my disabilities, anything that would make it easier to set up would make it a lot more likely that I could at all. But maybe that's not such a good idea after all... Please do tell me in more detail what it is about the EZ-Up that makes it disastrous in the hands of beginners. You’re kidding. I thought the EZ-Up ones were actually, you know, easy and user friendly. I’ve been considering one for a very long time because with my disabilities, anything that would make it easier to set up would make it a lot more likely that I could at all. But maybe that’s not such a good idea after all…

Please do tell me in more detail what it is about the EZ-Up that makes it disastrous in the hands of beginners.

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