By Popular Demand: Early-Bird Pricing for Arts Festival Conference is Extended
Author: ZAPP Team
Date: August 16, 2013
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...
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Newest ZAPP® Features as of August 9
Author: ZAPP Team
Date: August 10, 2013
The following updates have been made to ZAPPlication® over the past few weeks. Most of these enhancements are based on user request. To suggest an update to the ZAPP® system, please email the ZAPP® team at ContactZAPP@westaf.org. Changes Affecting Artist Users Updated Contact Us Form The Contact Us link is located at the bottom of every single webpage within the artist side of ZAPPli...
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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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