PRODUCT FAIR

Printmaking-related products and supplies will be displayed by manufacturers and dealers in the ground-level Radisson Hotel New Orleans Exhibition Hall.  The Product Fair will open on Thursday April 4th at 8am and conclude on Friday April 5th at 4:00pm.  The Product Fair will not take place on Saturday to allow people to attend events and exhibitions in the Arts District and enjoy other events and tours in the city. Product fair set-up will take place on Wednesday April 3rd from 2pm to 4pm.

Vendors wishing to participate will need to register for the conference like all other attendees.  Vendors will be provided a single, eight foot table, which they will need to staff during the conference.  Vendors will be provided one table per registered company representative.

We regret that the Radisson does NOT accept shipments. Should you need to make arrangements for shipping materials to New Orleans for the conference we have made special arrangements with GES Exposition Services, 3515 Conti Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70119.  Vendors attending the conference are responsible for making their own arrangements with GES Exposition Services. Prices, terms and pdf forms are available on this web site at the following link:

http://web.utk.edu/~gumbo/Shipping.html

There are several sponsorship opportunities for vendors at the conference, including receptions and the Saturday night party. Sponsors will e recognized in the conference program through advertising. For more information  contact Beauvais Lyons.

SPONSORS INCLUDE:

1/2 of Friday Coffee Service:
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, P.O. Box 5598, Snowmass Village, CO 81615
click here for web site

1/2 of Friday Coffee Service:
Takach Press Corporation, 3207 Morningside NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110

1/2 of Thursday Coffee Service:
Graphic Chemical and Ink, Co., 728 North Yale Ave., Villa Park, IL 60181

1/2 of Thursday Coffee Service:
Printmakers Machine Co., 724 North Yale Ave., Villa Park, IL 60181

1 keg of Abita Beer:
Savior Faire, 40 Leveroni Ct., Novato, CA 94949

1 keg of Abita Beer:
Dan Welden, author of "Printmaking in The Sun" solarplate2@aol.com

1 keg of Abita Beer:
Henry Klein, Kleinprint, kleinprint@att.net

1 keg of Abita Beer:
McGraw-Hill Publishers, 2 Penn Plaza, New York, NY  10121

1 keg of Abita Beer:
Rostow & Jung, Water-based Inks, wb-inks@att.net

1 keg of Abita Beer:
Edward C Lyons Co. Gary Owens, graver8@aol.com

Support for Boyd Saunders:
Crown Point Press, 20 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105

Support for Boyd Saunders:
Craig Cornwall, Stones Crayons, 1525 Overhulse Rd., Olympia, WA 98502

Paper for Demographics:
Daniel Smith Inc. PO Box 84268, Seattle, WA 98124-5568

Advertising materials are due to Beauvais Lyons by February 25th.  Advertising materials can be sent as pdf formats, or can be assembled by us for no charge from your art work. Formats are as follows:

     Quarter Page (3.75 inches wide x 5 inches tall) $400

     Half Page (7.5 inches wide x 5 inches tall) $800

     Full Page (7.5 inches wide x 10 inches tall) $1200

WE ARE SEEKING SPONSORSHIP SUPPORT FOR:

$1,200 x 2 days for coffee, tea, juice service (sold)

$400 kegs of Abita Beer for the Open Bar (1 kegs available, 7 sold)  (1/4 page - per keg)

$1,000 reception at the New Orleans Museum of Art (full page advertisement and prominent signage at reception)

$2,500 band for the Saturday Night Party at Howlin' Wolf with Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Cha's (500 specially printed 15 x 11 inch dye cut "Gumbo Pig-Devil" masks designed by Tom Huck with your advertisement letterpress printed by Yee Haw Industries on the inside). Advertiser also receives a full-page ad in the conference program and 3 complimentary registations to the conference.  The image of the mask is below:

Ed O'Neil will serve as a volunteer coordinator during the Product Fair. If you plan to participate in the Product Fair, please inform him by February 15, 2002 at the latest  at the address below:

Ed O'Neil
302 Fairways
Vicksburg, MS 39180
phone: 601-638-1576
email: efoneil@netdoor.com