Thought Bubble Chess Club

I bring lots to an event for what you pay. I have a 200w portable battery powered stereo, and I like to make my own music for the performance. Sometimes, I have done events alongside a band. I do a combination of performance art and outdoor workshop. I show up with several 5 gallon buckets of homemade bubble solution. Then, I set up a "do not enter zone" that is roped off. The children like to run and pop bubbles. The roped off area keeps them from running where I am making the bubbles from. I will have a couple of smaller wands for children to also use. I am the bubbleman that makes you the bubbleman. Parents love what I do, because the children run around and get tired. I normally ask that the event lets me vend, and waive the vendors fee. Lots of people ask how you home bubble, I can sell them wands to help support myself. If for some reason you do not allow me to vend, then I will need more compensation. I have plans to do a stage show, people pay more for that. I believe in working the entire time, charging by the day rather than the hour. If you have an 8 hour event, I can be there for $300 and make bubbles the whole time. I also set up chess cafe, and travel with mega sized chess art installation.

I am the artist known as "Thought Bubble Chess Club". I am first bubble artist to combine bubbleology with chess club. I call what I do, educational enthusiast rather than party magician entertainer for hire. I have a degree from UW-Stout in Apparel Design. While in school, my design professor claimed that apparel design is the ultimate form of art. It combines color, texture, form, functional design, psychology, sociology, music, culture, and style. Since then, I have worked in blue collar jobs for many years. Now, I am studing to be a para-legal as a way to sustain. I work in education as a substitute teacher, I believe that being a bubbleman makes me a better sub and being a sub makes me a better bubbleman. I am known for bringing chess sets to study hall, so the kids can mess around with it during their apare time. I am currently working an afterschool enrichment program where I encourage young people to get interested in chess and make professional bubbles with them. I have an interesting take on bubble love because I am into depth psychology, and I do the bubble/chess connection as an expression of my spirituality. I say, "Come for the bubbles, stay for the chess." I have been known to do bubbles as street art for tips at parks. I have done Riverfest in Lacrosse for the 4th of July, Fall Rivertown Art fest and Harvest fest in Stillwater, Mn. I have plans for developing stage show, most of my experience is outdoor bubbles as workshop. I am really into interactive art, outdoor workshop, where the children get to use the wands also.

I need children, that is what makes is magical. I mean some adults also admit to liking bubbles. But it is amazing how people think you are wonderful for making children happy, they see you as different if there are not children around.
I need greenspace! My mix and new wands make it so my bubbles can cover a great distance, sometimes 400 yards or more. You would hope that people wouldnt get annoyed with a bubble land on them. However, its better to think about such things before they happen. I cannot do my art on concrete or asphalt. It is too dangerous. Sometimes events over plan every available area of green space available with vendors and artisan booths, etc.
I need control over the art, I am a professional bubbleologist not, "bubble entertainment." I see $200 for 8 hours as a labor rate, not expert pay. In order for this to be sustainable I need to be able to vend. Please do not say that we need to be fair to everyone, other vendors are not also adding to the event with unforgettable childhood memories.