Dreamers Market

Dreamers Market

Last weekend is also my first time to participate in an art market. It started with a lovely weather, but it change to a bit windy and cold in the Riverside Theater.

There is still a lot of local art lovers pop in this market. I find that Parramatta is still too far for the people, who lived in the city, to visit. I try to target the friends from University: they were very happy to go, but they were giving up eventually due to the fact that location of the Dreamer Market is far from where they lived.

I am starting to think about what kind of people would love to come to art market? Art students? Or ladies or a couple with their kids? What do people actually buy from market? I have attended the Finder keepers market as well in this year. They have food support, especially hot food, such as soup. It actually makes that market more “stay-able” than the dreamers market. People might feel hungry when they are shopping. If there is no food sell in the market, people might be starving and they will not happy to stay and check the other art stuffs.

Also, I find the layout of space is a bit awkward. The market is inside the Riverside theater, but it’s not exact an interior space. It is a half opened space. The weather might become another big issue to cope with. If the weather is bad, like a windy or a raining day, people might decrease their interest to go to market. Thus, Dreamer market may be quite or not busy due to its location and the variation of weather. If we compare that with Finder Keepers market, Finder Keepers got a full interior space, so the weather does not impact on the market too much.

We actually did not make any big sale on that day, but it is still a good experience for me to participate in this market. The week after the market, we have some people pop in our shop because they got our postcard from the dreamer market. I am excited about this result; at least some of them do come back and check our ceramic shop. It is a big progress of our marketing.