Big weekend coming up. I'd bet every artist who is in Florida will be at a show either at Coconut Grove, St. Stephens, Artigras, Uptown, etc. How about you?
Really important to me is that I am heading to Philadelphia to attend the Buyers Market of Am
Read more…Anyone with past first-hand experience with Public Art project grants/commissions please reply or message me directly. I have several questions and would like to pick your experience, so-to-speak. I have already been awarded the project.
Or, if yo
Read more…It's that time of the year! The time where people from all over the world come together to do something nice for each other ...
It's also time to try out a new activity on this site and it needs some beta testers ... still working on the idea. Would
Read more…So I have been a Verizon customer for around 15 years. I was fortunate (if you can call it that) to be grandfathered into an unlimited data plan. I now need a new phone, mine died. Verizon refuses to sell me a phone at a discount (with 2yr contract)
Read more…Packages are in the mail and arriving at their destinations across the U.S. and Australia! Keep an eye out for the mailman if yours hasn't arrived.
What to do next:
Post images of your received gift here. We want to see the creativity and scope of th
Read more…Everyone who signed up for Secret Santa your names have been submitted and now it is your turn. You should have received an email from DrawNames.com. You must go there to register. After everyone has registered the matches will be made. Look for your
Read more…It's a little cold today, although sunny, in Florida and I came up with this silly idea. We should have a Priceline for Artists, where we can name our own price for booth fees at art fairs. What do you think?
Read more…Lark Publications has announced the winners of its competition for 500 Art Necklaces which comes out in July. "Hundreds of artists from around the world submitted work for the book, and we tried to capture the power, vitality, and imagination of
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Two things:
Which group do you belong to? I haven't been to an art fair for almost two months and it is time
Read more…in Huntington Woods, MI, last week I spotted this set of photos. Can anyone here guess whose work this is?
Hint: a very frequent contributor to AFI.
The names have been drawn and the Santas are shopping for the surprises.
Tip 1: Did you know you can message the person who is going to receive their gift? get more details about their request? It is private between the two of you and keeps you anon
Read more…Photographer Chris Maher was helping load his wife, Annette Morrin's, van for the trip to the Columbus Winterfair, and intending to accompany her for the 3 day show this past weekend when he decided to stay home because he wasn't feeling well. Then t
If you were affected by Superstorm Sandy, please plan to attend “Rebounding from Sandy: Recovery Workshop for Artists,” hosted by New York Foundation for the Arts this Thursday, Jan. 10th from 6pm - 8pm at NYFA's offices in Brooklyn. CERF+ executive
Read more…Happy holidays to everyone! Time for a little online Christmas cheer. Welcome to AFI's first annual Secret Santa gift exchange!
What it is:
Secret Santa is a Western Christmas tradition in which members of a group or community are randomly assigned a
Read more…The Holiday art shows are really rolling out. What are you doing this weekend? Will you be in Novi, MI, at the Great Lakes Art Fair, in Lexington, KY, for the Lexington Arts & Crafts Show, in Plano, TX, for Paragon's Greater Dallas Fine Art Festival,
Read more…Some sort of malaise is setting in here for me. Not sure where it came from. After watching the presidential debates again last night I don't even want to hear any more news today, and I'm a bit of a news junkie. Is it just the continuous finger-poin
Read more…The shows have left my neighborhood but are in full swing on the East Coast, Florida and other warm climes. I just came across this article about the Estero Fine Art Show in Florida and noticed that everyone who was interviewed is a member of this si
Read more…After repeated requests the time is definitely here to build a guide to help newbies get answers to questions and help on this site. I'd really like your input as to what that should constitute of. Please comment below and I'll get this done. All sug
Read more…Here is something that I wanted to share with everyone. I have recently been in the market for a swipe device for an iphone. I had a terminal device that printed out a reciept and all that but the company I was with "Flagship Merchant Services" was a
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