Audio from Select Sessions at the 2013 Arts Festival Conference The fifth annual Arts Festival Conference took place Oct. 7 – 8, 2013, in Louisville, Kentucky. The professional development event, sponsored by ZAPP®, was a convening for show administrators, artists other professionals in the art fair industry. Listen to the audio from two widely-discussed and thought-provoking sessions last ...

Summer greetings (but not for long)! It’s hard to believe we are already nine months into the year and that the fall is upon us. We hope you’re all having a great year of successful shows. For us, 2013 is flying by, and we have many exciting new things to share! Announcing Arts Festival Conference Keynote Speaker: Margy Waller We are pleased to announce that Margy Waller, a senior fell...

Would you like to attend the Arts Festival Conference but don’t have much wiggle room in your festival budget? Now you have a chance to help cut costs and win a free Arts Festival Conference registration — a $315 value! See below for more details. Enter for a chance to win a free Arts Festival Conference registration in our Through the Grapevine contest in three easy steps! Send an em...

In July we hosted a social media contest asking our Facebook and Twitter friends for the best advice seasoned art fair artists had for beginners. The winner of the contest won, by random drawing, a two-day conference registration to this year's Arts Festival Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Thanks to artists Ben Bensen, Gloria Danvers, Sandi Finney, Rose Ann Gussy, RoseAnn LaPorta, Holly O...

The 5th Annual Arts Festival Conference, Presented by ZAPP® ♦ October 7-8, 2013 ♦ Hilton Seelbach Hotel ♦ Louisville, Kentucky Many of you contacted us to ask for an extension in the early-bird Arts Festival Conference pricing. As several of you who reached out to express interest in the conference reminded us, this year’s conference is a little later than norm...