[Voltaire30]

Please View the Official Artist Alley / Art Show Rules and Regulations, along with Pricing, on our Website.

CLICK ME TO VIEW THE OFFICIAL ARTIST ALLEY RULES & REGULATIONS
CLICK ME TO VIEW THE OFFICIAL ART SHOW RULES & REGULATIONS
CLICK ME TO VIEW THE OFFICIAL ARTIST ALLEY & ART SHOW PRICING

This post has been edited by Voltaire30: 21 September 2011 - 12:04 PM
Reason for edit: Updated Links

[IcyPanther]

Do you know yet what the powerdrop fees are going to be? Thanks!

[Voltaire30]

After reading the feedback on the previous year’s Artist Alley Review forms, and reevaluating the way we look at our documenting and communication, we had to conclude that opening the RES Services to the Artist Alley would provide a more professional and efficient way for Artists to obtain power drops, internet, and many other services that RES offers. These services will be listed and made available for everyone to see through the RES Packet, which should go live, and be placed on our website around December. I plan to keep everyone up-to-date on when this goes live, and how they can use it with the Artist Alley.

[IcyPanther]

Voltaire30, on 12 September 2011 - 11:13 AM, said:

After reading the feedback on the previous year’s Artist Alley Review forms, and reevaluating the way we look at our documenting and communication, we had to conclude that opening the RES Services to the Artist Alley would provide a more professional and efficient way for Artists to obtain power drops, internet, and many other services that RES offers. These services will be listed and made available for everyone to see through the RES Packet, which should go live, and be placed on our website around December. I plan to keep everyone up-to-date on when this goes live, and how they can use it with the Artist Alley.

Thank you very much!

[Lezzy-cat]

Regarding the Art Show-- If a piece sells but the buyer doesn't follow through, will the artist be notified in any way? Or are we supposed to check in at 4 on Sunday and find out?

[divine_fanaticy]

Regarding Artist Alley, what is the definition of "clothes"? T-shirts are clearly specified. What about lolita skirts or dresses, hair accessories, hats, or jewelry? Does "clothes" mean all wearables, or does it refer to wearables that cover the torso or legs, i.e. not hats, jewelry, or accessories? Does it refer only to mass-produced clothing (such as a T-shirt made in a factory and screen-printed or a dress designed by an artist but produced by a factory), or does it include handmade clothing (on a sewing machine)? Many artists make predominantly or only wearables for the Alley and I think it would be a shame to ostracize them from the 2D artists, or push them into the Vendor's Area when there is no difference in profit between handmade textile and 2D. I myself work in multiple media including T-shirt prints but I was hoping to have more original handmade clothing and jewelry available, and I know other artists solely slave over their personal sewing machines to produce goods for the dear Artist Alley.

This post has been edited by divine_fanaticy: 10 October 2011 - 10:44 PM

[Voltaire30]

Lezzy-cat, on 10 October 2011 - 09:37 PM, said:

Regarding the Art Show-- If a piece sells but the buyer doesn't follow through, will the artist be notified in any way? Or are we supposed to check in at 4 on Sunday and find out?

We will do our absolute best to notify the Artist if the bidder decides to flake out on their commitment, but sometimes getting in contact with the artist doesn't work out for a variety of reasons. If the Artist would be willing to make a quick stop at the Art Show at 4pm on Sunday, to make sure, it would really help us out.

divine_fanaticy, on 10 October 2011 - 10:38 PM, said:

Regarding Artist Alley, what is the definition of "clothes"? T-shirts are clearly specified. What about lolita skirts or dresses, hair accessories, hats, or jewelry? Does "clothes" mean all wearables, or does it refer to wearables that cover the torso or legs, i.e. not hats, jewelry, or accessories? Does it refer only to mass-produced clothing (such as a T-shirt made in a factory and screen-printed or a dress designed by an artist but produced by a factory), or does it include handmade clothing (on a sewing machine)? Many artists make predominantly or only wearables for the Alley and I think it would be a shame to ostracize them from the 2D artists, or push them into the Vendor's Area when there is no difference in profit between handmade textile and 2D. I myself work in multiple media including T-shirt prints but I was hoping to have more original handmade clothing and jewelry available, and I know other artists solely slave over their personal sewing machines to produce goods for the dear Artist Alley.

You are correct that clothes would refer to wearables that cover the torso or legs, and not accessories. T-Shirts were just the worst offenders in 2011 so we specifically included that type of item.


Basically the point behind this particular new rule is to prevent Exhibitors from sneaking into the Artist Alley, and to get Artists who should be in the Exhibitors Hall out of the Artist Alley. Last year it appeared that there were a few Artists who should have moved over to the Exhibitor hall, that were selling large amounts of T-Shirts and other clothes. I understand that the Artist Alley is more appealing to them, due to lower prices, but I believe that when an Artist makes it that "big" that they owe it to their fellow Artists to make some room for others by moving on upward. Most Artists would thoroughly enjoy having that many products to sell, have almost all of those products sell out, and being that successful. We believe that if an artist is that successful that they have an obligation to their fellow artists to move upward and let someone else try to "make it big".

[divine_fanaticy]

Thank you for the clarification. If there is any need for approval in the case of a specific artist, should I assume that artists should contact you by e-mail? I would suggest, if possible, that the specific exhibitors be contacted to address your suggestion of moving them to the Dealer's Hall. Perhaps this has been done already; kudos!

This post has been edited by divine_fanaticy: 11 October 2011 - 01:06 PM

[Voltaire30]

divine_fanaticy, on 11 October 2011 - 01:02 PM, said:

Thank you for the clarification. If there is any need for approval in the case of a specific artist, should I assume that artists should contact you by e-mail? I would suggest, if possible, that the specific exhibitors be contacted to address your suggestion of moving them to the Dealer's Hall. Perhaps this has been done already; kudos!

Mostly Yes.
People would want to send an email to the corresponding email (they are in my forum signature, and the 'contact us' page). The ADHs are keeping an eye on those emails and are ready to answer almost any possible question (if they can't answer certain questions, they forward them on to me). I already talked with most of those particular artists/exhibitors, and the ones I wasn't able to get in contact with have already started moving to the exhibitors hall.

[Kikai]

I have a question about the time the AA will be closing -- is there any specific reason the AA is closing so early on Saturday? Is it the convention center's rules? I was asking in case we might be able to close a little later? Thanks for all your hard work guys!

[Voltaire30]

Kikai, on 12 November 2011 - 09:53 PM, said:

I have a question about the time the AA will be closing -- is there any specific reason the AA is closing so early on Saturday? Is it the convention center's rules? I was asking in case we might be able to close a little later? Thanks for all your hard work guys!

Unfortunately since our Artist Alley is in the Convention Center, instead of the Hotel, we have to work around the hours we have the convention center open to attendees. It should close at 7pm (CST) which is 30 minutes after the Exhibitors portion of the hall closes at 6:30pm CST, so people have additional time to shop in the Artist Alley. We can possibly look into extending the hours for 2013 if enough people are interested in it. I will try to make sure to include that question in the Online Review Form that gets sent out at the end of the year to the Artists. I know that the Artists still have extra time to pack up after it closes to the Attendees though.

[FurGear]

ok so im in AA


so when I send in money do i just send in the payment for the table and 2 badges.
and you will know that the extra is for?

[Voltaire30]

FurGear, on 15 December 2011 - 09:17 PM, said:

ok so im in AA


so when I send in money do i just send in the payment for the table and 2 badges.
and you will know that the extra is for?

Well you can either mail in payment, or pay via credit / debit card through our online system. Either way if you decide to mail in payment, please include a letter along with all of the printed invoices so we know how the check is split.

[FurGear]

when i go to checkout

there is no imput of the table or my studio mates badge it only shows 1X for the number of badges
how do i add their badge? and if i pay for the badges online then we send the $ for table in the mail correct

[Voltaire30]

FurGear, on 15 December 2011 - 09:24 PM, said:

when i go to checkout

there is no imput of the table or my studio mates badge it only shows 1X for the number of badges
how do i add their badge? and if i pay for the badges online then we send the $ for table in the mail correct

The system assigns you that badge if you do not already have one, since a person has to have a badge in order to have an AA table.
Since the AA system is tied to your user account it does not make you pay for your studio member's badges since they aren't your badges, but your studio member's badges. They would either have to pay for their badge individually, or you could sit down with them while they are logged in so you could pay for their badges then (if you are wanting to do that).

I believe that if you want to add them to your studio, you would need to go to your user page, https://www.acen.org/user, and I believe there is an option there for you to add them. I am not 100% sure since my admin side looks a bit different than yours so... Send us an email if that is not the case, and we can take care of the additions for you.

You can pay for your badge and table online, or you can pay for them via mail. Splitting up payment methods in this particular instance would make it a bit more difficult for us to process the order as completed.

EDIT: I am talking about two different transactions in this post btw. 1: Your AA table and Badge. 2:Your friend(s) badge(s) who would be a studiomate.

[Karmada]

Is the deadline for the mailed-in payment the same as the online payment?

(I think the email said something like 1 month and a couple of days, or close to that). I just wanted to make sure as I await my next payday.

[Voltaire30]

Karmada, on 19 December 2011 - 08:22 PM, said:

Is the deadline for the mailed-in payment the same as the online payment?

(I think the email said something like 1 month and a couple of days, or close to that). I just wanted to make sure as I await my next payday.

Yep