The following updates have been made to ZAPPlication® over the past few weeks. Most of these enhancements are based on user requests. To suggest an update to the ZAPP® system, please email the ZAPP® team at ContactZAPP@westaf.org. Changes Affecting Artist Users Dimensions on Upload Page When artists upload images, new measurements have now been added to include millimeters and meters...

This is part of a series of posts highlighting the art fair and festival industry. Know someone we should talk to? Email your suggestions! Creative Conversations: An interview with jeweler Megan Clark Megan Clark is a jeweler based in Raleigh, NC. She has now been travelling around the country participating in fairs and shows for the last few years. You can find more of her work at http://www.mega...

The fourth annual Arts Festival Conference, a ZAPP®-sponsored professional development and networking event for art fair professionals, convened over two days in Chicago. Listen to the audio from the two most popular Arts Festival Conference sessions: The 2012 opening presentation, Storytelling With Data, and the 2012 ZAPP® Symposium, Community, Collaboration, and the Creative: Welcome and...

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...

This post was written in August 2013, at the close of Anna’s internship. The ZAPP® team will continue to post additional content Anna created during her time working with us over the next few weeks. An Intern’s Reflections On Her Summer At ZAPP® I will soon be returning to Chicago to continue my undergraduate degree at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, where I am stud...