Connie Mettler's Blog – January 2016 Archive (27)

June 25 & 26

Grand Haven, Michigan

Presented by: The Chamber of Commerce Grand Haven, Spring Lake, Ferrysburg

100 artists

Deadline:  February 15



Application Fee:  $30

Booth Fee:…

Wednesday - February 3, 5 pm ET 

It is application season! Anyone active in the art fair business is deep into preparing applications for jurying into the nation's art fairs. What are the odds you'll make the cut and get into your most desired festival?



Our guests are…

You've got to love it when an art festival holds a press conference/special event/party to announce and show off the artists who have been selected to exhibit at their event. Congrats, Des Moines Arts Festival!

175 invitations were sent to artists across the nation.

• 10 of these professional artists were award winners from last year's event and received an automatic…

May 21 & 22 

East Lansing, Michigan

Downtown Streets

180 Artists

Deadline:  January 31



Application Fee:  $35

Booth Fee:  $335 (10'x10') $670 (20'x10') $50 added for corner



Established in 1964, the East Lansing Art Festival (ELAF) kicks off the festival season each spring in the beautiful…

Life comes at you. Sometimes so sweetly, sometimes benignly, sometimes with surprises. It should come as no surprise to you that all the minute pieces of an art fair also sometimes do not fall in place. Two shows have asked us to alert you to their changes.

1. Texas Gulf Coast Arts Festival: 

   The Center decided to change servers last week and so our email was disturbed (didn’t receive emails & emails disappeared). As you know, many artists like to…

Here's a little inspiration during these dark winter days, or for when you are wondering why you are doing what you are doing, from Casey Sheppard's, Case of the Nomads.