Leveling Up Your Art Vendor Game: Practical Tips & Creative Tools for Selling Your Art in Person

A virtual workshop hosted live on Zoom with Kimberly Kuniko (Lacelit) + Kristina Yu (Cheery Human Studios) for fellow creative small business owners interested in vending craft shows, conventions, artist alleys, and pop-ups. Whether you're new to shows or have been vending for a while, we've pooled together our collective experience vending at a variety of events to curate a comprehensive workshop that covers all the things we wish we'd known sooner to make vending easier and more successful.

LEVELING UP YOUR ART VENDOR GAME: Practical Tips & Creative Tools for Selling Your Art in Person // A cozy, energizing workshop centered on making the most of vending in-person events. During the workshop, we'll cover:

• choosing and applying to shows while factoring in audience, location, cost
• managing your inventory and creating a production schedule that doesn't deplete you before a show
• must-haves for your packing list + our best packing tips
• creating a booth that's inviting, aesthetically branded, and strategic
• admin organization for efficient checkout, signage, merchandizing
• show + booth neighbor etiquette to leave a good impression + make connections

Workshop admission includes:

• a 2-hour workshop hosted live on Zoom
• a Vendor Ready Packet of resources including our personal packing list templates, inventory list + tracker, printable newsletter sign-up sheet you can edit with your branding, and supplier resource list with our favorite display equipment and packaging options.
• open Q-&-A with hosts
• replay + chat transcript

YOUR HOSTS // This event is a special collaboration between two artists piecing together their ideas, insights, and creativity.

• Kimberly Kuniko (she/her) is a mixed Nikkei American illustrator, collage + mixed media artist, and the designer behind Lacelit, a stationery + gift company featuring endearing imagery, sentimental turns of phrase, and clever wordplay. She loves hosting cozy, virtual Guided Creative Retreats + her Creativity Club to foster creative exploration and storytelling for all mediums and the Dream & Scheme Community for Small Business Owners. In her spare time, she enjoys sharing poetry and personal writings on her Substack and her creative explorations on IG.
• Kristina Yu (she/her) is a self-taught illustrator and the founder of Cheery Human Studios, a design studio dedicated to creating bright and encouraging art, gifts, and stationery. Her passion for drawing, stickers, and cute characters dates back to her earliest memories. In 2016, she launched Cheery Human Studios after rediscovering her love for illustration, nearly a decade into her career as a designer in the tech industry. Since then, she has focused on crafting thoughtful gifts and paper goods, hoping to bring the same joy to others that creating them brings to her. Alongside her work at Cheery Human Studios, she collaborates with clients to create illustrations and designs for their editorial, product, publishing, and marketing projects. Additionally, she has begun teaching creative workshops in her local area and hopes to do more in-person and virtual workshops in the near future.

REGISTRATION | $75 Early-Bird (before July 31) / $100 Regular / 2 Sliding Scale Seats available

• Admission Includes: Live virtual workshop, resources listed above, and video replay. At least 6 registrations are required for the workshop to take place.
• Bring a friend for 10%-off both tickets + get free access to a bonus Office Hours session in September for follow-up questions + feedback on your display or upcoming events. Use coupon code FRIENDS10 (make sure both registrants use the coupon code and specify their friend’s name on registration form).
• Payment Plans: Please email Kimberly at lacelit (at) gmail (dot) com to inquire about payment plans.

ᰔᩚ There are no social engagement expectations for our time together. This workshop is for you and your small business, and you're welcome to utilize it however best fits with your energies and workflow. While there will be opportunities for sharing or asking questions for those who'd like to do so, there's never any pressure to engage more than feels comfortable. Participants are welcome to have their screens off or use the chat box in lieu of speaking on screen. No one will be put on the spot, and there are no breakout group discussions planned. ^.^

This deep dive will take place in a live session through Zoom, which allows us to interact face-to-face in an online classroom setting through video, audio, and chat box. Download the Zoom app software to your preferred camera- and mic-enabled device + have stable internet service to participate in the live virtual workshop.

PRIOR TO OUR RETREAT, you'll receive an email with the following:

• Zoom link and details for accessing virtual workshop
• preparatory worksheet to be completed ahead of our time together (we'll refer to this throughout the retreat)
• direct link access to our library of retreat materials and worksheet printables
• a brief list of suggested items helpful to have on hand during our work sessions

CANCELLATION POLICY

Due to class size minimums, we're unable to offer refunds on cancellations. However, the replay + resources will be made available to all registrants, so you can enjoy the workshop at a later  time! If the class does not meet class size requirements, all registrants will receive a full refund or credit when workshop is rescheduled.

SPONSOR A FELLOW CREATIVE | Gift any amount

A lovely way to pay it forward and uplift creative community. Purchase a sponsored admission in any amount, and it will be gifted to our Scholarship Fund for this event. On the registration form for this ticket, enter "Sponsored Creative" as the First/Last name, include your email address for my reference, and leave the rest of the fields blank.