Thus the art show doesn't make money, thus the real professional artists stop exhibiting.
Yes exactly! I know a bunch of professional artists who have little to no interest in bringing art to Arisia for the very reason there is a lack of interest - and then it being hard to get to causes people to avoid making the trip. Usually you don't buy art your first time around the show. You take a look, think about it and maybe come back and look at it a few more times before you settle on buying it. When the professional artists stop coming and the quality of art goes down, then you have other professionals who just don't want to display in that art show anymore for that reason as well. It becomes this sink hole that will be hard to climb out of the worse it gets.
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Date: 2008-01-21 09:46 pm (UTC)Yes exactly!
I know a bunch of professional artists who have little to no interest in bringing art to Arisia for the very reason there is a lack of interest - and then it being hard to get to causes people to avoid making the trip. Usually you don't buy art your first time around the show. You take a look, think about it and maybe come back and look at it a few more times before you settle on buying it.
When the professional artists stop coming and the quality of art goes down, then you have other professionals who just don't want to display in that art show anymore for that reason as well. It becomes this sink hole that will be hard to climb out of the worse it gets.