Art Show
We had a fantastic show, and sales were up 40% year-over-year. We had nearly 4000 visits from over 1000 distinct visitors. We had 1644 for-sale and 122 not-for-sale pieces in the Art Show, and 928 copies of 199 images in the Print Shop, on 112.5 panels and 34 tables. Of these, we sold 466 Art Show pieces and 297 prints to 380 buyers for a total of $31,401 plus tax. Out of 78 artists with work for sale, 73 sold work. Sales per panel ranged from $0 to $1080 with a median of $158.75 and an average of $214.34. For mail-in artists specifically, sales per panel ranged from $80 to $557.67 with a median of $218 and an average of $213.59. Art show sold piece prices ranged from $3 to $775 with a median of $32 and an average of $58.00. Print shop sold piece prices ranged from $1 to $60 with a median of $12 and an average of $14.72.
Located in the Harbor Ballroom upstairs on the east side of the hotel, Arisia's Art Show featured the work of our Artist Guest Johnna Klukas and scores of other artists in media from Acrylic and Bronze to Watercolor and Wood and everything in between. Most works were for sale by silent auction or Quicksale or both. More information, including sales statistics, are available for the 2015 Art Show.
We gave the following awards:
Artist checks were mailed on February 16.
Located in the Harbor Ballroom upstairs on the east side of the hotel, Arisia's Art Show featured the work of our Artist Guest Johnna Klukas and scores of other artists in media from Acrylic and Bronze to Watercolor and Wood and everything in between. Most works were for sale by silent auction or Quicksale or both. More information, including sales statistics, are available for the 2015 Art Show.
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| 2015 Art Show just before opening on Friday | 2D panels in the 2015 Art Show | GoH display and 3D tables in the 2015 Art Show |
Artists exhibiting at Arisia '16 included: Abrihette, Dawn and Oliver Albright, Ashley Almeida, Olga Andreyeva, Julia Austein, Keith Barkhau, E. J. Barnes, Alan F. Beck, Bishonen Judge, Marie Byrne, Kristina Carroll, Victoria Chapman, Peri Charlifu, Rachel Chasteen, Alan M. Clark, Sarah Clemens, LJ Cohen, Daniel Cortopassi, Dene V. Crystal, Laurel Cunningham-Hill, Cyd, Charlene Taylor D'Alessio, Bob Eggleton, Wendy Ellertson, Eve, Sara Felix, Meg Frank, Emily Garfield, Mike Greenberg, Liana Hertel, Lisa Hertel, All*n Holt, Jennifer Husmo, Jeliza, Catelyn Johnson, Ryan Klemek, Johnna Klukas, LARP Adventure Program, Scott Lefton, Talia Lefton, Lemaris Designs, Justin Lewis, Julia Burns Liberman, Lubov, Mantis, Max Martelli, Theresa Mather, Mike Maung, Sally Mayer, Veronica McNulty, Christine Mitzuk, Heather M Morris, Sarah "Tashari" Morrison, Lee Moyer, Thomas Nackid, Ben Newman, Arden Ellen Nixon, nuclear pomegranate, Anne E.G. Nydam, Otter, David Lee Pancake, pecan, Marianne Plumridge, Kimball M. Rudeen, Mark Roland, Amy Russell, Carol Salemi, Sandra SanTara, Scrumpy, Diane E Seiler, Donna Shapleigh, Maurice Spaulding, Andrew Sprague, Jess Steytler, Kendra Tornheim, Joan Turner, Andy Volpe, Weegoddess, and Raelinda Woad.
We gave the following awards:
- Popular Choice 2D: Astronaut 2, Mike Maung
- Popular Choice 3D: Splinter & Thorn, David Lee Pancake
- Staff Choice: The Cartographer Dreams of Unmappable Things, Julia Burns Liberman
- Director's Choice: Lakeshore, Diane E Seiler
- Chairman's Choice: Stormy Rivers, Emily Garfield
- Artist Guest's Choice: Diane E Seiler (body of work)
- Author Guest's Choice: Panda Smash, Pecan
- Whimsy Award: The City Was Very Goal-Oriented, Julia Burns Liberman
- Best In Show: Asteroid Mining Colony, Johnna Klukas
- Popular Choice 3D: Splinter & Thorn, David Lee Pancake
- Friday
- noon to 5pm: Artist Check-in
6pm to 9pm: OPEN - Saturday
- 8:30am to 9:45 pm: open for kids tour only
10am to 6pm: OPEN
10am: Docent Tour: How Framing Changes Art
2:30pm: Tactile Tour of the Art Show
4pm: GoH Tour of the Art Show
7pm-8pm: open for mobility aid users only
8pm to 10pm: OPEN - Sunday
- 10am to 6pm: OPEN
11:30am: Art Show Directors' Docent Tour
4pm: Paper auctions end
5pm to 7pm: Auction and quicksale pickup - Monday
- 10am to noon: Final Sales and Artist Check-out
