And the Winner Is…. Arts Festival Conference Contest Week 1
Author: ZAPP Team
Date: August 7, 2013
Justin Kern is the week one winner of social media contests that ZAPP has been running to promote the fifth annual Arts Festival Conference. Justin won a free registration to this year’s conference by applying to the 2013 Arts Festival Conference Public Portfolio Critique. ZAPP sat down with Justin recently to find out more about our winner from week one. ZAPP: Tell us a little bit about you...
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Industry Spotlight: Connie Mettler, Creator of ArtFairInsiders and ArtFairCalendar
Author: ZAPP Team
Date: August 1, 2013
This is part of a series of posts highlighting the art fair and festival industry. Know someone we should talk to? Email your suggestions! Industry Spotlight: Connie Mettler, Creator of ArtFairInsiders and ArtFairCalendar When Connie Mettler decided it wasn’t practical to choose art as a major in college, she had no idea she was calling for a major twist of fate. She studied sociology and ps...
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Add to the Show Scrapbook, Win a FREE Arts Festival Conference Pass!
Author: ZAPP Team
Date: July 29, 2013
The Week 4 contest is open to artists, administrators and anyone else in the art festival field! The art festival field is made great by the wonderful shows and artists who make up our industry. Help us in creating an art fair scrapbook by sending a picture of your event, staff, business, artist booth, studio, etc. — anything that makes you you! — to contactzapp@westaf.org. Together,...
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The Arts Festival Conference 2013: Why Professional Development Matters
Author: ZAPP Team
Date: July 25, 2013
By now you know that the Arts Festival Conference, presented by ZAPP®, features targeted professional and business development for artists and administrators in the arts festival field. But what does that actually mean? The wikipedia definition is long and amorphous. An internet search yields a lot of information from specific industries, such as education or healthcare. So what makes profess...
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Tweet n’ Teach or Post n’ Profess to Win a FREE Arts Festival Conference Pass!
Author: ZAPP Team
Date: July 22, 2013
The Week 3 contest is simple and open to artists, administrators and anyone else in the field! Enter for a chance to win a free Arts Festival Conference registration from July 22 – 28, 2013, by sharing some simple advice. Tweet us @ZAPPlication or post on our Facebook timeline with the most valuable piece of advice you have for emerging artists. Contest Details During the week of July 22 t...
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