Listen to Audio from 2013 Arts Festival Conference

Audio from Select Sessions at the 2013 Arts Festival Conference The fifth annual Arts Festival Conference took place Oct. 7 – 8, 2013, in Louisville, Kentucky. The professional development event, sponsored by ZAPP®, was a convening for show administrators, artists other professionals in the art fair industry. Listen to the audio from two widely-discussed and […]

Exciting Announcements from ZAPP® – September 2013

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 […]

Show Directors, win an Arts Festival Conference pass!

Would you like to attend the Arts Festival Conference but don’t have much wiggle room in your festival budget? Now you have a chance to help cut costs and win a free Arts Festival Conference registration — a $315 value! See below for more details. Enter for a chance to win a free Arts Festival […]

Teach n’ Tweet! Post n’ Profess: Advice for Emerging Art Fair Artists

In July we hosted a social media contest asking our Facebook and Twitter friends for the best advice seasoned art fair artists had for beginners. The winner of the contest won, by random drawing, a two-day conference registration to this year's Arts Festival Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Thanks to artists Ben Bensen, Gloria Danvers, Sandi […]

By Popular Demand: Early-Bird Pricing for Arts Festival Conference is Extended

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 […]

And the Winner Is…. Arts Festival Conference Contest Week 1

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 […]

Add to the Show Scrapbook, Win a FREE Arts Festival Conference Pass!

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, […]

The Arts Festival Conference 2013: Why Professional Development Matters

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 […]

Write a Guest Blog, Win a FREE Arts Festival Conference Pass!

Win a FREE Arts Festival Conference Pass! All you have to do is submit a short blog post telling us why you want to come to Louisville… Enter for your chance to win a free Arts Festival Conference registration from July 15-21, 2013, by submitting a short blog of 750 words or less that explains […]