My own personal art fair booth has evolved over many shows and a few years. I knew the first layout wouldn’t be the last. Changes were necessary to improve the visitor’s experience.

Setting up and tearing down at art fairs can be a hectic time. During each phase, there are many trips back and forth to the car.

Perhaps the easiest way to look at any product, presentation or demonstration is not from the provider’s eye, but rather from that of the customer. If you are the person who put together an elaborate presentation, it’s easy to miss its complexity.

Have you ever visited an art fair and witnessed artists holding their tents down during high winds? Where they able to maintain their conversation with you? Was the conversation about their art, or the weather?

Setting up and taking down the canopy, panels and inventory for an art fair, I’ve learned to do so casually with a purpose. Every artist I’ve met has a system and each knows about how long their process takes.

Are you considering selling your art in art fairs? Congratulations. You may have one nagging question: “How do I get started in art fairs?”

As a Wisconsin-based landscape photographer selling prints at art fairs, I knew early on that I would need some type of container in which to display various sizes of prints. Research indicated there are many ways to accomplish this task.

At a recent art fair this past season (2015), a visitor stopped in my booth and admired my photography. This visitor mentioned that they, too, were an artist, though did not mention the medium.

Occasionally, I get asked how I transport my prints, bins, tent, chair and everything I take to an art fair.

That’s a very important question especially for those considering entering art fairs.