Call out to demo artists

Expression, May-June, 2005 by Kathie Gillaspey

We ran into an interesting situation this past February at the winter CHA trade show in Atlanta, GA. Among many of the hundreds of talented artists doing product demonstrations for manufacturers, we found lots of "Expression Artists"--artists who have been published in our magazine. A frequent question by these artists was "Do you have any copies of the issue with my project/projects in it at the show?" The light bulb went on and we came up with what we thought was a brilliant idea! If you have been published in Expression, and find yourself demonstrating for a manufacturer whose products you used in your project at a trade or retail show, let us know as far in advance as possible, and we'll see what we can do about getting copies of your issue available to you for the show. By the way, this just might be the motivation you need to send us your art if you do demonstrate and have never been published!

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