With spring here, your plan to consider large-scale exhibition of your work might include local and regional outdoor art festivals. Many of these festivals advertise in artists' magazines and include contact information, sometimes fee structures, and other pertinent facts. Other artists can be great sources for information about sales and festivals, often sharing tips and experiences that can save you work and money.
Festivals offer a variety of special opportunities.
It may offer the most visibility your work will receive. The public really enjoys meeting the artists whose works they are considering, and it is an honor to be asked questions by those buyers. Building even a simple rapport with the client could add future sales and help establish a lifelong collector of your work. All of this may sound enticing, but let's examine some of the actualities of art festivals. To start with, most shows have some sort of jury process.