Jean and I are sitting on the patio as the sun goes down killing a bottle of Chardonnay and getting a bit of a buzz from it. A friend gave her a toke ( now legal in Colorado, and special home grown stuff) and she was on the phone with my son for inst
Read more…Now the season will really start getting crowded, artists across the country reveling in the great May weather. I hope to be in Detroit to attend Art Birmingham, in Shain Park, a place where we have hauled away a good stash of cash over the years.
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Read more…It's heating up folks. The shows are moving north and a lot of you will be coming out of your cabins to show us what you've been working on all winter. Doing any shows?
I hope to get to Detroit to visit the brand new rejuvenated Palmer Park Art Fair
Read more…I know this site is geared towards art shows but:
I have been asked to do a commission for someone. I would have to mail the painting to them. Any suggestions on the best ways to ship a stretched canvas?
It would be an acrylic painting either 20"x20"
Read more…I would like to pose a question...what is everyone doing this winter? I know some of you are doing shows in warmer climes, many of you are applying to shows but what about the rest of us? I use this time to create new art, as I'm sure many of you d
Read more…At ArtiGras in Jupiter this weekend a woman came up to my booth and said that she would give me 750 for a piece marked at 1000 then told me to think about it and she would come back after dealing with another artist.
She stated that she and her sist
Read more…HI all,
Looks like some good shows coming up. Too bad I seem to miss the deadline buy a few days. Why are some shows almost $1,000??? Glad I found this site!
This is what I make.
Have a bright and colorful day!
Sharon
Read more…Here is a little warning for art/craft show veterans over age 60. I set up at the State College Pa.festival this past summer. At 3AM that evening I woke up with considerable pain in my knee . The knee, lower leg, ankle and foot were greatly swolle
Read more…Every so often an AFIer throws out a comment about lurkers who should be joining in on the discussion. Then today I read another thread that appeared to be written by a newbie (i.e. lurker), followed by two pages of comments that jumped all over her
Are you in Florida, or wishing you were? BIG weekend brings the Coconut Grove Arts Festival in Miami's trendy Coconut Grove neighborhood. This show is a rite of passage for anyone involved in our business and considered the pinnacle of February shows
Read more…The Week from Hell
6:30 Monday morning we woke to the sound of running water and the pipes banging. Nothing wrong in the house and water pressure was fine, but we knew there was something wrong. I called the emergency number (I keep it on my cell phon
It is thawing, a little, here in Michigan and some of us are going to be brave enough to get out of town this weekend. I'll be attending the Garage Sale Art Fair in Kalamazoo on Saturday. Will you be there? Let me know.
Here's some info: http://fox17
Read more…Santa's gifts should be arriving soon at your house.
Here is Part 2 of the gift exchange: post a photo of your gift in the comments below -- Show us what Santa sent you, please?
In exchange we will have a guest judge award a prize to the person who p
Read more…It's Friday -- time for some fun that has absolutely nothing to do with art - how about taking this quiz to find out what you know about "death metal bands" vs IKEA brand names?
Click here: http://ikeaordeath.com
Then report back with your results
Read more…Since weekends are for work in our business, Saturdays and Sundays are not usually spent like the rest of the world. We go to work, so holidays are those rare days when we are on schedule with everyone else.
Many artists use these weeks to not only h
Read more…Many of the artists here at AFI have full time day jobs in addition to their art work business. Below are just a small portion of the artists at AFI who do something else for their day job.
Michelle James - I work full time in IT and full time i
Read more…Time for a little online Christmas cheer. Welcome to AFI's second annual Secret Santa gift exchange!
Secret Santa is a Western Christmas tradition in which members of a group or community are randomly assigned a person to whom they anonymously give a
I thought I would put out this topic to see what people think about its viability (and maybe sanity!).
This Spring I decided to try something new. To be able to create my works while living a lifestyle that was as just about as frugal as possible. So
How is everyone holding up this week with this challenging weather spread over much of the middle and eastern part of the country?
I am still trying to get home after spending the holidays with my children and grandchildren in the Los Angeles area. I
Read more…The Midwest tornados this week—what a tragic situation. Anyone on here impacted?
Hope you're all safe.
Yak
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