Our Mission:  To help  you sell your work and become more professional in every way. 

  ~ Knowledge is Power ~

We provide more detailed information in each show listing than any other regional publication to help you choose the right shows for your particular product.  Each issue of Art & Crart Show Yellow Pages offers  tips and articles to help you with the business side of creativity.  

Ongoing education and careful selection of shows is the only way I know to be a successful craftsman or artist.

Betty Chypre    Betty & Lou Chypre     Missing:  A photo of Eljay the web-dancing frog.  Candid shots of him are all over the site, but today he turned shy. His picture will be here with the rest of the gang, - shortly .

I say "our" mission, because truly, no man is an island.  We all need help to achieve our goals, -not employees, but friends and co-workers in the truest sense of the word.  Twenty years as a production craftsman proved how hard it was to find detailed show information.  We designed Art & Craft Show Yellow Pages to fill that need .   My best friend, Lou Chypre.  His behind-the-scenes support guided my business when I worked with clay and metals.  He built displays and helped at shows. Now he keeps accounts balanced and manages business.    My Guild: an ongoing source of inspiration for their innovative business solutions, for the candor of their mistakes, -so I could learn without having to go through the pain of making the same old mistakes . The Hudson Valley Artisans' Guild.

Who is Betty Chypre?

   The listings of art and craft shows, tips and techniques on display, marketing, etc. on this site are the culmination of Betty Chypre's experience as a craftsman.

An enthusiastic member of the Hudson Valley Artisans' Guild, she has documented tips, techniques, art and craft marketing ideas, display techniques and information revealed at workshops by professional craftsmen and artists for almost 20 years. These have been published in more than 70 issues of the Hudson Valley Artisans' Guild Newsletter.  Her monthly articles appear in trade publications across the nation including the National Crafts Association's newsletter, Craftmaster News, Arts and Crafts Show Business, and others.

  Like you, she spent time and money on long-distance phone calls to find out if an art and craft fair was indoors, - or outdoors, -if there was security, electricity, - the size of the spaces, and most important: what else was going on, on-site, that could influence sales!   (Think about donkey rides, a ferris wheel, a fireman's parade at noon.)  Each one has an impact on your sales, for better or worse.

Art & Craft Show Yellow Pages is published because detailed show information is hard to find unless you chase it down as she did when she was doing the show route.  This is what the Show Directory provides, - and your subscription to ART & CRAFT SHOW YELLOW PAGES comes with a " no-regrets" Guarantee of Satisfaction. "

Some time ago Betty came across this quote, and adopted it as a way of life and work:

* You may be interested to know that this is from a section of Davenport's classical Treatise on the Principles and Art of Clinical Medicine .  

Guiding words and ideas  are found in arcane places; she recognized her beliefs in these words.  We hope they inspire you.