Crosby Festival of the Arts 2014

So I had good sales at the Crosby Festival of the Arts (at the Toledo Botanical Garden) this year. I jumped my 2013 total by over two hundred dollars. But I overheard a lot of artists were down this year. The weather was mostly dry this weekend with a one minute passing shower on Sunday. But boy was it hot! Sweated the show out both Saturday and Sunday. Just standing in your booth, it was very warm and a constant sweat poured off my head and body in general.

Ah, art fairs in the Summertime. And a few visitors in my booth did sing "Everything is Awesome". Well, I did not earn a ribbon this year. But sales were much needed income for my two big July shows... Plymouth's Art in the Park and the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair. Plus, I am still baffled why I did not get into Ludington's West Shore Art Fair this year. You would think with my two big July shows, Ludington would be a piece of cake.

But the focus of Crosby was the sales. I like Crosby. They feed you with an Artist's dinner on Friday and have breakfast for you on Saturday and Sunday. Snacks are out during the fair in the artist's lounge. And a family member is a volunteer there. I also like when they schedule your breaks for the day. They roam around the fair with a clipboard and ask you when you want to take a break. Being a one man show, this is great. The only fair that I know if that does this.

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The cramped red section. Good thing I was not there...

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My yellow section..

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My blog post today... taken at the Toledo Botanical Garden

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  • Hi Scott, thanks for the recap and nice photos of Crosby...love your blog post photo especially.  It would appear that they take good care of artists there, it sounds pretty sweet.

  • thanks Connie.. I still have friends in Toledo so I was kind of trying to work in a visit/art show kind of thing...

  • Hi Lynnea -- here is a post I did about this show: http://www.artfairinsiders.com/profiles/blogs/show-report-crosby-fe...

    But in a nutshell: the quality is good, the venue is lovely, committee does a nice job, sales are okay, you'll be surrounded by lots of nice work. The show is a little large for the quantity of the buying. But if you're not trying for a home run and you live near enough (200-300 mile radius), worth a try.

  • Scott... send you a friend request... looking for any info on Crosby.  The deadline is tomorrow and I need to decide asap about applying

  • glad to hear this show was good for you.  I lived in Toledo about 25 years ago and still have friends there.  I have thought of applying for Crosby since I started doing art shows 5 years ago but had  no feedback to make a decision.

  • Glad you had decent show Scott :)  I'd imagine your work would find a sector to appeal to wherever it is shown!

    LOL Robert, great description of the heat... I could feel it, even down here in mid-winter Australia!!

  • Scott, thanks for posting a few photos.  Hey, what was the drone for?

  • Robert you always seem to crack me up with your vivid descriptions.  I had a good laugh over your cheap crook comment.

    Jan could make some good sales selling her bells to artists.  That sounds like they do the trick to get people who park move along.

  • Aargh, a funky ferndale Lego photo!
  • Yes! Here... http://integrityshows.wix.com/ferndale. But I also have a minifig that looks like an artist...
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