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SQUARE SCAM: I got an email this morning about a Square disputed sale and "they" had contacted "my bank" . I don't use square and return email, was fishy. Beware.

Will there be art fairs? 

Show directors continue to watch the signs and making ongoing plans just in case but ...

Here is some encouraging info:

Krasl Art Fair…

Larry Berman's Zoom Meeting

Monday April 19th at 2 PM Eastern Time

Join the Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/4338895789?pwd=NXFRME9JRFdMK3VDUEJhdHJ5T2daQT09

Meeting ID: 433 889 5789

Passcode: art-show

Any art show (or selling art) related topics can be discussed.

Larry Berman
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100

With the start of festival season quickly approaching, you need to start preparing in order to make the most of every art event you attend this season. 2020 put a damper on our spring and summer markets, so you can bet the turn out for this year’s season is going to be great. You don’t want to miss out, and is here with some info on…

I'm selling my 10' x 10' SlimLine tent with awning (7' height), 9 ProPanels (oatmeal), matching ProPanel print rack, and director's chair because I'm moving to New York. Also including hanging hardware and floor rug. Asking $1,200 for all. I'm in Kansas City MO. …

Selling Tensador II, T-155G+ Pneumatic canvas stretcher. up to 60" wide capacity. Hardly used. $1,500 firm. Price includes long-nose staple gun, air hoses, and pounds of staples. Pickup only. Lakeland, FL. if you are doing the Mayfaire, May 8 & 9, we live 2 miles away from the show.

Also selling large clear 4 mil bags. Have 3 unopened packs of 24"x30", 50 each, selling for $35 /pack. Also have 14 loose unused 20"x30" 4mil bags, $ .75 each. Have two 24"x60" 4mil bags, $ .80…

During the COVID lockdown, when we weren't doing art shows, i had time to write a memoir about my year (1961-62) as a governess in a castle in Bavaria for a Count and Countess and their 5 kids. it's now out on Amazon, and i also have author copies if you want to order one personally inscribed. i could even deliver your copy at the Mayfaire here in Lakeland, May 8 & 9! Here's the link (it allows you to read the first few chapters to see if you like it). …

I'm finally putting away my pliers, wire cutters, etc. and am selling all of my accumulation of stones, beads, chain, leather components, findings (both precious metal and base metal) and much too much to list here. I have been providing jewelry to high-end boutiques and some galleries for many years and reached an age where my eyes are not willing to continue. I know it's difficult during this crazy COVID period with hardly any gem shows and I certainly miss going to the Tucson shows which…

Well Covid times demand new thinking.

Here is one strategy that I use when sitting at a bar and wanting my social distance

This works for a single or a couple.

I live in Florida on the beach below Daytona

It is the wild, wild, west in Florida.  People are shoulder to shoulder at bars…

One of our shows has ask the vendors 

A. Change the dates  to September 17 & 18 (only two

   days) but keep the event at the same location

OR

B. Hold the event on the three-day weekend( Columbus Day)…

Time to get a Colonoscopy

In 2002 at age 53 I was diagnosed with colon cancer. Colon cancer is a disease that doesn't present symptoms until it's too late. I was fortunate in that I had an intermittent strange pain in my stomach. It happened a few times and I thought I was getting an ulcer. After having an Endoscopy which didn't show anything, my doctor sent me for a Colonoscopy. The result was finding a lemon size tumor and they wouldn't let me leave the hospital, scheduling me for…