Port Clinton, Highland Park, IL 8/27-28/11 Worth the wait...........

Well for me it was.  I saw a lot of wonderful art from a lot of different artists.  

This show is a notch above the Glen show, most likely because there are more new artists than your usual Amdur show.

But I have to admit, it was too big.  This show is on two streets, a parking lot and a plaza.  I would have been perfectly content with the street with the parking lot.  The art in this area was so wonderful that I had found several things before I got to the other areas,   (and there was wonderful art throughout the show, I just had to "push myself away from the table" by the time we got to the other areas).

My partner in crime, my cousin, and I spent more at PC than any show so far this year but from what I heard, we may have been the exception.  The comments I heard were--"no energy", "not a buying crowd", "old demographic" (ouch to that one :-)  !!).  I know of several jewelers that had good shows but how good, I really can't say.  

There were more ceramic and glass artists than a usual Amdur show also and that was good for me, bad for my wallet.  The 3D was the among the best I have seen in years. 

Having the Taste of Highland Park at the same time guarantees that the food will be superior to your average festival.  And the Sabra Hummus people were generous in their samples along with bags of pita chips.  

Will this show rank in the top ten like last year's?  That is up to the artists but it was a high quality show and the patrons should have taken advantage of this top notch art.