Call for Artists-Consignment Opportunity

"ArteFino Art Gallery & Cafe in the Historic Tower Press Building is looking for new artists to display their works at ArteFino.
ArteFino is looking for jewelry artists, painters, photography, potters, handmade glass works, etc.! Plus handmade cards!!
ArteFino works on a commission split of 60.40 (60 for artists) and pays out commissions monthly. We have a nice QuickBooks inventory system that manages our consignment work!
For more information, email Karen Perkowski at k p e r k o w s k i {!at!} a m e r i t e c h .net or via phone at 216.440.0759.

ArteFino Art Gallery Cafe
1900 Superior Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114"

St. Albert the Great Fisherman's Wharf Call for Artists 2010

Cleveland Handmade members, contact Diane, whose e-mail is listed below if you are interested in doing one of these shows. There are multiple dates available. Dear Artist/ Entrepreneur,

Thank you for your interest in the First St. Albert the Great Fisherman’s Wharf being held each Friday during our Lenten Fish Frys. We are trying something new this year during our Friday evening Fish Frys and turning the small church hall into a mini market of approximately 25 tables to provide an opportunity to sell your goods during the Fish Frys.

Please review this informational letter before you return your application for our shows. The St. Albert the Great Wharf is a juried show where crafters display and sell unique and diverse hand made arts & crafts. In addition, we are offering a limited number of spaces for those of you that have home-based businesses to offer your goods for sale as well. You MUST bring items to sell during the show – no orders. Those businesses include, but are not limited to: Tupperware, Partylite, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Silpada Jewelry, commercial gift baskets, etc. No food items permitted to be sold due to allergies. It is important to enclose photos/catalog of your handcrafted/ home-based items as part of the juried selection process (your photos/ catalog will be returned to you with your acceptance or rejection letter). To have a show with a variety of beautiful craft items, we must limit the number of tables representing similar items. Please describe ALL your crafts on the application form. Failure to do this increases the chance that crafters with similar items will be close to each other.

Artists/ Entrepreneurs may purchase one or two spaces (8 ft. X 5-6 ft.) Tables are included upon request. Racks, shelves, and other displays must not be placed between tables or on the ends unless they fit within your allotted space(s). All spaces are pre-measured and our floor layouts approved by the North Royalton Fire Marshall prior to the show. All crafters must stay within their designated space(s). Information on set-up times and arrival procedures will be included with all acceptance letters. You will be required to provide your own table covering. You are not permitted to hang or affix anything on the walls.

IMPORTANT APPLICATION SUBMISSION INFORMATION: Please submit your application by the January 15th deadline, the space fee is $25.00 per space/ per week. All applications postmarked by January 15th will receive their confirmation/rejection letter no later than January 25th. Any applications submitted after the January 15th deadline will be considered and placed on a waiting list if space is not available. All submissions should include the application, check, photos, and a business-size self-addressed, double-stamped return envelope.

Please note that there are no refunds for cancellations!

If you have any questions, please contact us via email Diane Vargo at eman711 (at) sprynet (dot) com (preferred) All spaces will be filled and letters sent by January 25, 2010.

Thank you!
Diane Vargo, Fish Fry Chair
St. Albert the Great Wharf
Bringing community, artists and entrepreneurs together

(If you would prefer to contact Diane by phone, contact valerietyler on Etsy for the phone #)

The Last Minute Market is this Saturday! 12-19-09

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The Last Minute Market is THIS SATURDAY!! Don't miss this show. It.Is.Going.To.Be.Swell.

Our Next Handmade Market- at Wooltex Dec 5th.

One winter show down, two to go! The next Cleveland Handmade Market is on Saturday, December 5th from 10a-6p at the Wooltex Gallery at the Tower Press Building, 1900 Superior Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44113

For more information about the show and ways to help spread the word, visit the show website here.

See ya there! :)

Call for artists- Last Minute Market

Together with I Made It! Pittsburgh and The Screw Factory Artists, we will have the second annual Cleveland Handmade Last Minute Market and Open Studio

Saturday, December 19th, 2009 from 10am-6pm

at

the Lake Erie Building at the Templar Industrial Park

13000 Athens, Lakewood, Ohio 44107

PLEASE NOTE-as of 11/20/09, applications are closed, but you may sign up for the waiting list here.

We're giving Cleveland another chance to shop locally and buy handmade for the holidays!

(please add --cleveland handmade (-at-) gmail (-dot-) com to your address book, correspondence about this show will be sent from there, call off your spam guards) ;)

ClevelandTeam Twitter Guide

Do you Twitter? Cleveland Handmade does! Follow CleveHandmade on Twitter.com to see the latest from the Cleveland Team on Etsy.
http://twitter.com/clevehandmade

Team member zJayne recommends posting on Twitter using #clevehandmade so that other team members can find you and follow you too. For example, tweet "I'm a proud member of #clevehandmade - Search ClevelandTeam on #Etsy to find us."

The # sign or hashtag makes it a clickable link and a way to easily find similar Twitter posts.

Using the @ symbol, followed by a username is a way to mention a specific username. So, if I Twitter "@zJayne Love your dryer pouches!" not only will zJayne be able to see that I sent that message, others will be able to check her out on Twitter as well.

This may be confusing for those of you who are not familiar with Twitter. No worries! If you are new to Twitter, the first step would be to follow CleveHandmade. We don't currently have a list of Cleveland Handmade usernames on Twitter, so we'd like it if you could comment on this thread, leaving your Twitter username. That way we can follow each other and have a list of teammates on Twitter.

Whenever possible, it's good to "tweet" or post a clickable link directly to www.ClevelandHandmade.com, or do a "ClevelandTeam" search on Etsy and post a link directly to that search. People are more likely to click on the link than they are to actually go to Etsy and search "ClevelandTeam" or to type out www.ClevelandHandmade.com in their browser. Twitter is all about the clicks. This is especially important to help promote the giveaways on the website.

@Etsy is currently looking for items for their Etsy Twitter Gift Guide. If you'd like to participate you can put #myetsy with a link to your item. I'm not sure if this is a limited-time opportunity, or if they will continue to update the Gift Guide.

A few things to keep in mind:
1) The team tag to use on your items and when searching for members' items on Etsy is "ClevelandTeam" (without the quotation marks).
2) The Cleveland Handmade Twitter account username is "CleveHandmade" (not Cleveland, just CleveHandmade without the quotation marks).
3) Follow us on Twitter @CleveHandmade, follow @Etsy, follow teammates as we post our usernames in the comments on this post.
4) Support your teammates by Tweeting about their successes, special promotions, etc. Using the @username and the #clevehandmade will get people looking and clicking.
5) Please feel free to ask for help in the team forum, or to convo me, LazyT or zJayne if you have any questions.

love to be in love

Thanks to virtuallori for this list from Cleveland Handmade!

INDEED Halloween

Happy Halloween, from zJayne and the Cleveland Team!

Yea! Cleveland Team

Thanks to JenniferLynnStudio for a great Cleveland Team Treasury!

Call For Artists...

Lakewood is Art/ArtWood and the Friends of the Lakewood Commission on Aging Presents our Third Annual……

Sip into the Holidays

an Auction to benefit the Lakewood Division on Aging

Saturday, December 5, 2009
7:00pm to 10:00pm
Local Girl Gallery
16106 Detroit Avenue Lakewood, OH


The evening will be highlighted by an auction of hand painted wine, martini, and champagne glasses designed by local artists.

Local artists are invited to create/paint/decorate glasses, which will be auctioned at the Sip into the Holidays charity event.

The auction, featuring one-of-a-kind glasses created locally, is an opportunity for painters, decorators, and other creative people to use wine, champagne or any other glass as their palette. Glasses can be painted/decorated in any style, from traditional to outrageous, colorful, sculptural, decorative, whimsical or avant-garde. We ask that you design at least two(set) for the auction.

The individual artists will provide glasses, all paint, and any other materials..

There is no entry fee and glasses must be completed and dropped off to Local Girl Gallery by Saturday, November 15, 2009. A brief description of each glass set, its title, and an artist/designer bio will be printed for guests at the auction. The event is limited to the first forty-five artists who register.
Questions can be forwarded to Ruth Koenigsmark(216)521-2894 or rkoenigsmark@yahoo.com. Artists can send their bio and glass descriptions to this email address as well.

Congrats Front Page Cleveys!

Thanks SToNZ for creating such a fabulous treasury!

Time to Vote!

The Smooth Sailing Riveted Silver Beach Stone Key Ring from SToNZ has been included in "Which Keychains should Etsy get for their New Office?" Voter Poll. Please take a moment and show your support! (Voting ends Sept. 20th.) Vote HERE!

zJayne Featured in "Green Craft Magazine"

Congratulations to Jane Pierce, AKA zJayne, for her fabulous feature in the premiere issue of "Green Craft Magazine"!
We're all big fans of her work and her accomplishments in the eco-friendly world of "Waste Not Want Not"! Be sure to visit Jane's blog and read all about it!

Creative Dig - Workshops Announced

Creative Dig is an all day workshop on Saturday, September 26, 2009 with

Connie Hozvicka, Christine Claire Reed, and Andrea LeBlond at Terra Vista Studios in Cleveland, Ohio.
The three workshops include:
"Painting and the Art Journal" with Connie Hozvicka - "Together we will dig deep through the layers of self to release the symbols and images we keep buried within and use them as our muse for an Art Journaling journey filled with fun, reflection, and painting euphoria."

"Writing Your Shiniest Story" with Christine Claire Reed - "...a journey through the creative self via writing and a bit of beginner yoga, exploring how and where we are creatively stuck."

"Pinch Pot Portraits" with Andrea LeBlond - "Following the ancient multi-cultural tradition of mask making..."

Visit Creative Dig for detailed workshop descriptions and all the info. you need!

Place: Terra Vista Studio
1400 East 30th Street, #401, Cleveland, Ohio 44114

Fee: $125.00 includes all three workshops and catered lunch by Dish .

Contact: For questions or further information please email DirtyFootprints@yahoo.com

Teaming Treasury

Thanks SToNZ for creating a fun team treasury!
Search ClevelandTeam on Etsy to browse items from our team members.