Sunday, December 4, 2011
4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Renaissance Event Venue
285 Queen Street
(corner of Barrie & Queen Streets)
Kingston, ON
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Call for Vendors!
Fat Goose Craft Fair Sunday 4 December 2011 4pm-10pm (an evening event)
Renaissance Event Venue, 285 Queen St. (Corner of Queen and Barrie Streets), Downtown Kingston, ON
Hello arts and crafts friends,
The Fat Goose Craft Fair - you’ll all remember it fondly, I’m sure - is happening again! We’re hosting the event at the same venue as last year (how wonderful! Remember the lovely tables and tablecloths the venue provided? Not to mention the bar staffed with well-dressed servers), so there’s no confusion about where we’ll be. This year we think we might fatten up the Goose even more (hard to imagine, I know) with some new artistic twists around the space. Nothing to clash with yours, but more exciting things for our shoppers to see and do!
To introduce your hard-working coordinators, this year’s Fat Goose Craft Fair is brought to you by Vincent Perez, Brandy Olley, Kristyn Woodfine, Maggie Gray, and Claire Grady-Smith, with support from the Apple Crisp Arts organization.
In an effort to help you make as much money as possible and to encourage beginning craftspeople to join in, we’re committed to keeping the cost of tables low. One of the ways we’re trying is by working as volunteers. Another is to have everyone who sells at Fat Goose take on one or two little jobs, like putting up posters, stuffing flyers into mailboxes, or coming early to set up tables. We figure an hour of everybody’s time will go a long way, and it means we can spend the bulk of our budget on advertising, which will bring unprecedented crowds to our fair, we’re sure.
If you’d like to join us here at Fat Goose, please give us:
Your name
The name of your business (if any)
Your contact info
A brief bio and artist’s statement
A brief description of your medium/media
Five pictures of your work
Your preferred area of volunteering (no guarantees here, but a sense of what your skills and interests are):
Indicate which of the following suits you best:
Full table (2.5” by 8” table): $55
Half table (2.5” x 4” table): $35
Additional charge for clothing rack space: $10/rack
And let us know if you have any special requests for set-up (e.g., You’d like to sit next to your BFF, or you’re in desperate need of an electrical outlet for lighting purposes—they’re limited, by the way).
Please send the necessaries via email to fatgoosecraftfair@gmail.com by NOVEMBER 1st. We’ll jury and get back to you by November 3rd, so that you’ll have lots of time to make nifty stuff for the fair.
For the small print, see below for “Rules, Regulations and Rhubarbs”
Yours,
Vincent, Claire, Maggie, Brandy, and Kristyn
Rules, Regulations and Rhubarbs
1. Be nice.
2. We only want things that are made by you… please don’t plan on bringing anything made by other folks, even if it’s your mom and you want to do her a favour, or things that are made in China — unless you made them while you were there.
3. We reserve the right to ask you to remove crafts from your table if they aren’t similar in kind or quality to the photos you submitted or if we have reason to suspect that they weren’t made by you, i.e. they’re stamped Acme Co. on the bottom.
4. If you’d like to share a full table with someone else, and you will be selling only the things you’ve made together, that’s grand. Otherwise, each of you should apply for one of our half tables.
5. We may have lots of, say, macrame weavers apply. If that’s the case, even though we all love hanging plant holders, we’ll only be able to accept a few of the finest macrame weavers in order to offer our shoppers the widest variety possible… so don’t be mad. See rhubarb #1.
6. We reserve the right to accept or refuse anyone based on our sensibilities and our sensibilities alone. But some of the things we’re excited about include: locally made work, unique and original ideas, high quality of product, and depth of process (that is, someone who makes it all from scratch). And we’re gonna hold a spot or two for folks who are just beginning to make and sell things, so if you see stuff that you think isn’t up to snuff, be generous and kind to the newbies. Again, see rhubarb #1.
7. Please arrive no earlier than 3 pm to set up. Please set up only in your spot and don’t take up more room than you’ve asked for. Also, please don’t begin taking your things down earlier than 10 pm… even if you’re tired and mostly sold out, it’s not fair to the other folks who are trying to make a buck.
