American council craft show Baltimore MD 2019 unacceptable
New economy Stay home shows are a bummer By Phyllis Leck American Craft Council show was unacceptable. Why because the board members and staff have know idea what they are doing . As a 30 year veteran in the craft show industry and been through it all !This one takes the cake ! For starters folks ,you must see the show through both the crafters eyes and their needs and through the audience needs . Always promote the show as if it is the first time being seen by someone ,crafter or a attendee. Well not at this show. The programs were printed different colors on the covers and you would expect them to have different info in each . Nope! They had the crafters name boldly highlighted and they had their craft and hopefully booth number printed in faint type. Now what’s the problem ? Well if you were looking for jewelry let’s say , you had know way of knowing how to find a jeweler .Walking the convention center aisle was a maize so the extra hand out was a map . Not all vendors