D - Displays

Displays - Any artist who hopes to participate in art shows, needs to think about booth display. Display elements include tablecloths, signs, banners, business card holders, display stands (such as jewelry stands for jewelers), and picture hangers (for 2-D artists).

Displays should be visually-unified and welcoming. They should allow the customers easy access to the artwork so that they can adequately view all pieces. Displays should also visually represent the artist's brand (see B).

For display ideas, artists can look on photo sites such as Flickr.com to see successful artist's booths. Though artists shouldn't steal the look of any one booth, they can incorporate great ideas from many booths and refine them into a useful booth display.

H - Hand Gel

Hand Gel - This may sound like an odd tip, but antibacterial hand gel can be invaluable at art shows. Not only does it help to keep vendors healthy while handling all of the germ-laden money, but it can help to disinfect jewelry. In this way, jewelry artists can allow customers to try on jewelry such as earrings. They can just coat the earring posts in hand gel and rub them clean with a cloth.