CONTENTS OF THE LIST
The HARRIS LIST contains all the information you need to create a successful show year. There is no superfluous or filler data and there are no advertisements.Shows are presented chronologically beginning in January and are organized into seven national regions:
- California & The Northwest: California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
- The Southwest: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah
- Midwest: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming
- Southeast: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North & South Carolina, Tennessee
- Florida
- North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
- The Northeast: Maryland, New England, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Virginia, West Virginia
HOW TO INTERPRET THE LISTINGS :
A Sample Listing: The following sample show listing of The 19th Bellevue’s Festival of the Arts demonstrates the type of information being given and the location within the listing where the information can be found. All space fees listed include the non-refundable jury fee:
July 23,24,25 Bellevue (Seattle), WA—19th Bellevue’s Festival of the Arts (O)
(?-G)d 1916 Pike Place, PMB 146, Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-363-2048 Fax: 206-789-8043
Comments: In parking lot of shopping center, affluent crowd, some high end sales here. Was the “Rest of the Best Festival”
Fee: $365+ Space size: 8-10x10-20 200 arts 45/45/10 40K free closes: Mar 15
Show Date Town, State—The Show’s year, name, location (outdoors-O, indoors-I)
(rating)Mailing Address
Telephone number: Fax number:
Comments: often include more about the location, fee commissions, the kind of crowd, what sells, increases in fees, and anything else I think you should know about the show.
Space and jury fee Space size # of artisans in the show The ratio: 45/45/10 gives the % of fine artists/% of fine craftsmen/% of traditional craftsmen participating in the show actual attendance and admission fee closing date: when the application is due.
The Rating System: ratings are in parentheses, sometimes with a subscript to the right, to indicate a slightly higher rating than the rating listed (u), or weaker than the rating listed (d). Ratings are as follows:
| (T) | Top or Best Show--The best possible show you could do. |
| (G-T) | Between a good and top show |
| (G) | A good, stable show. |
| (?-G) | Between a marginal and Good, stable show |
| (?) | Marginal Show; a gamble. Holds some promise, a possible “filler” show between major shows. If you see a “u” or “d” placed to the right of the rating as in (G)u, this indicates the show is rated slightly higher (u) or lower (d) than the letter rating given. |
Note that I use a “tiered” rating system which describes what is really going on out there. Notice that a number of shows have the same rating because they all perform at the same level. There are not just 200 top shows out there that are clearly delineated by a number from 1 to 200.
