Connie Mettler's Blog – May 2015 Archive (21)

We are nearing the end of our 6th Annual Pledge Drive. We held the drawing for the top ten winners on Friday, 5/29.

If your name is listed below you'll be hearing from us. Go to the pledge page, look over the options and send me your top two to three choices. We'll fulfill the win in the order your name was…

Friday, May 29, 11 am ET

1. Our guest will be graphic artist Carroll Swayze. Carroll has a great story about how working smarter, not harder, has put more money in her pocket and enabled her to do more of the things she…

Here we go again! ArtFairCalendar.com and ArtFairInsiders.com's shameless promotion asking for your help in keeping these useful sites alive and well. From May 17-June 1 we are asking for donations to our 6th Annual Pledge Drive. 

We give  you helpful information all year, we bring buyers to the art fairs and we…

September 26 & 27

Deadline: June 1

Edgewater is…

A few weeks ago Percy Sledge died, an artist whose work was stolen by many and he never received the royalties. His most famous song was "When a Man Loved a Woman," what producer Jerry Wexler called "a holy love hymn." This song was the part of the soundtrack of many lives. 

His obituary: …

From an email I recently received:

I just wanted to give you some feedback on some of the recent shows that I have been to.  Yesterday I went to the Nashville show and there is so little painting and fine art.  I specifically went there to find a painting and I counted about 5 people. The previous week I went to Franklin Tennessee ready to buy and nothing.  Why are there not more original painters?  I am…

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June 19-21

Alpine, Wyoming

Presented by Alpine Solstice Events

Nordic Inn Park Grounds

50 Artists

Deadline: May 20

Application Fee:  $25…

September 19 & 20

Presented by Durham Arts Council…

July 25 & 26

Bay Harbor, Michigan

Presented by Bay Harbor

Lake Michigan Waterfront

100 Artists

Deadline:  May…