Barry Bernstein's Page

I needed to wait a week to write my comments about Ann Arbor.  A friend of mine called me last Thursday and she said she still hadn't recovered from the grueling 4 day show. I was feeling the same, except that I had another setup on Friday and then 2 more days of direct sunlight. So, it's taken me another week to get it together. 

 

I think I am uniquely qualified to talk about Ann Arbor because I have watched this show for 45 years from different perspectives.  When I was 15…

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Last weekend I had the pleasure of meeting Richard Sullivan.  Richard, who is a veteran promoter is trying something different and it is something I really like.  He runs small shows in wealthier areas in Florida. There are 12 in all.  If you have high quality work you may want to try one of these.  The crowds aren't large, but, the people who come are knowledgeable and sophisticated.  They are the direct opposite of the large corporate sponsored "bloatware" shows that we all do and aspire…

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A year ago Connie asked me to explain all the features of the chat function and I'm finally getting around to doing that.  I wonder how many of you even realized there was a chat feature to AFI?

 

First of all, the chat feature is either open on your screen or it's closed in your status bar at the bottom of the page.  It's labeled "Art Fair Insiders Chat and next to it it tells you how many people are on this web site. If you click it, the Chat dialogue box will open.  It's…

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I had the distinct pleasure of running into John Long at Naples Notional.  All the old timers know John, who did art fairs for over 30 years with his 2D illustrations.  He claims to have shown Norm Darwish, Connie Mettler's husband, how to hand color photographs when they started doing art fairs.  Some of you may know John from his syndicated cartoons "Long Overdue" and "Lumpy Gravy." Three years ago, after John's first wife Janet died, he quit the art fair scene and moved to Naples. John… Continue