the cat lady on wed 9 dec 98
At 09:31 AM 12/7/98 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Anybody know about any December craft fairs in Montreal?
>
Hi Eleanora:
While I have never been a vendor at the Montreal x-mas art
fair, I have attended many times. It is the 1st weekend
of December annually.
It is a high quality affair with wide isles, carpets, soft music
and very juried work - no plastic canvas or kits in sight ;-)
I send for a prospectus(?) as I was interested in being a vendor.
They have VERY strict rules re: booths. What bothers me most: your
booth is rented from them. They also charge you for setting up
said booths. Lighting again is charged. Access to the hall is
via the cargo area and unless you have a truck-height tailgate,
you need to lug your stuff up stairs to the freight elevator.
Of course, they do offer you the option of sending your work on
ahead, which they will gladly receive (for a fee, of course!).
I am very familiar with the cargo/loading areas as the prestigious
Montreal Christmas Cat Show is the same weekend. I've always found
it to be a royal pain in the @$$ to have to hoist all my equipment
up the stairs and then drag to the elevator - which, by the by, can
only be run by one of their union guys....so if they're on break,
or at lunch, everything grinds to a halt.
Another thing in their "book of rules" was the limiting of vendors
from outside the province. They have a large charge for submittal
of slides (non-refundable, of course) and if they have already accepted
their quota of "aliens", oh well :( My best suggestion to you is to
contact Place Bonaventure in downtown Montreal, and ask them to send
you their "book of rules" IN ENGLISH (specify, or you *will* recieve
it in french).
I can not speak for sales at the show. It has always been well attended
by the public....that's all I know fer shure.
sam - alias the cat lady
Melbourne, Ontario
SW Ontario CANADA
http://www.geocities.com/paris/3110
scuttell@odyssey.on.ca
"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods.
Cats have never forgotten this."
eden@sover.net on thu 10 dec 98
Hiya Sam
Thanks for the info. I was told it went on the whole month of December so
I guess he was wrong. Was thinking about going and checking it out.
Sounds like a royal pain in the butt.
Maybe next year if you think of it give me a holler in advance and I'll
make a point to go up and see it.
Eleanora.....
At 12:52 PM 12/9/98 -0500, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>At 09:31 AM 12/7/98 EST, you wrote:
>>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>Anybody know about any December craft fairs in Montreal?
>>
>
>Hi Eleanora:
>
>While I have never been a vendor at the Montreal x-mas art
>fair, I have attended many times. It is the 1st weekend
>of December annually.
>
>It is a high quality affair with wide isles, carpets, soft music
>and very juried work - no plastic canvas or kits in sight ;-)
>
>I send for a prospectus(?) as I was interested in being a vendor.
>They have VERY strict rules re: booths. What bothers me most: your
>booth is rented from them. They also charge you for setting up
>said booths. Lighting again is charged. Access to the hall is
>via the cargo area and unless you have a truck-height tailgate,
>you need to lug your stuff up stairs to the freight elevator.
>Of course, they do offer you the option of sending your work on
>ahead, which they will gladly receive (for a fee, of course!).
>
>I am very familiar with the cargo/loading areas as the prestigious
>Montreal Christmas Cat Show is the same weekend. I've always found
>it to be a royal pain in the @$$ to have to hoist all my equipment
>up the stairs and then drag to the elevator - which, by the by, can
>only be run by one of their union guys....so if they're on break,
>or at lunch, everything grinds to a halt.
>
>Another thing in their "book of rules" was the limiting of vendors
>from outside the province. They have a large charge for submittal
>of slides (non-refundable, of course) and if they have already accepted
>their quota of "aliens", oh well :( My best suggestion to you is to
>contact Place Bonaventure in downtown Montreal, and ask them to send
>you their "book of rules" IN ENGLISH (specify, or you *will* recieve
>it in french).
>
>I can not speak for sales at the show. It has always been well attended
>by the public....that's all I know fer shure.
>
>sam - alias the cat lady
>Melbourne, Ontario
>SW Ontario CANADA
>http://www.geocities.com/paris/3110
>scuttell@odyssey.on.ca
>
>"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods.
> Cats have never forgotten this."
>
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