Selling at Craft Shows: How best to present your work and yourself with Mary McCunnat the Allegany Arts Council
04/18/2009
Allegany College of Maryland’s Institute for Professional Development and Extended Learning is pleased to partner with the Allegany Arts Council to offer “Become a Master at Marketing Your Artwork,” a timely and educational series of classes on Marketing Your Artwork.On Saturday, April 18 from 10AM-12PM, the class “Selling at Craft Shows: How best to present your work and yourself with Mary McCunn (PRO366)” will be presented. Mary holds a degree from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. She lives and works from her studio in Cumberland where she utilizes her extensive experience in business management, merchandising and marketing. If you are considering making your art work available for sale at art & craft events, this is the class for you. Mary will introduce you to the basics of designing your physical booth and display space while highlighting some important do’s and don’ts of display. She will touch on how best to present you so you keep customers once you have grabbed them with your booth design and art work. She will provide a list of various suppliers and prepare you with an art & craft checklist to cover your needs before and during the show.The class will be held at the Allegany Arts Council’s new special functions room located at 9 North Centre Street. Coffee, tea and light refreshments will be available. Brochures are available at the Allegany Arts Council. For more information call Kathy Condor at 301-784-5121. To register call Allegany College of Maryland at 301-784-5341. Sign-up for all three spring classes and save $23! The Spring series includes: Creating Powerful Slides (03/28/09), Selling at Craft Shows (04/18/09), and Working with Local Galleries (05/30/09).
