2013 New Inspirations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One Shawl, Different Looks

Purchase this Purple Iris Shawl here

Purchase this Purple Iris Shawl here

My experience at the Paseo Arts and Holly Fest

I participated as a vendor in the Paseo Arts and Holly Fest, which happened December 17th and 18th at the Paseo Colorado outdoors mall in Pasadena. This mall has a lot of space in between the retail stores and the booths were located in this space. The promoter was very nice and he had volunteers to help vendors set up and to take down the booths.

The name of the show has the word "art" in it but the vendors did not match up to the title. There was a variety of vendors and some were artsy and some were not. It also seemed that the people at the mall were there as frequenters of the mall and not because they were interested in the Paseo Arts and Holly Fest. I didn’t have any customers that were interested in art.

I do not consider this place a good place for artists because the retail stores were offering high discounts and customers wanted discounts from me, which I could not afford to give. I cannot compete with retailers. This was not a good show for fiber art artist like me.

This experience helped remind me how much I have to research the shows I participate in before I sign up.

However, I met a great artist at this show and I am so happy that I met someone like her.

Upcoming Shows!!

Leyla Navab ArtSilk participates in different arts and crafts shows in California. We really like meeting our customers and getting to know what they like and what they are looking for so that we can better serve their needs. Also, we get to meet other artists and enjoy their art or craft.

These are the shows we are to participate in:

May 14 & 15 - Paseo Spring Fest: This show takes place at the beautiful outdoor mall Paseo Colorado in Pasadena. Paseo Colorado, 280 East Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101. Booth number pending.

June 10, 11, & 12 - Contemporary Crafts Market: This shows occurs semi-annully at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. 1855 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401. We have been lucky enough to participate in this show for several years now.  We will be at booth #376.


September 24 & 25 - Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival:  This show takes place "magical redwoods at the foot of Mt. Tamalpais, in historic Old Mill Park". This will be our first time attending this show so we're really excited! Booth number pending.


If you know of any other shows please email us the information. We are always looking for new arts and crafts shows that we can be part of.