Connie Mettler's Blog – May 2016 Archive (22)

Tuesday, May 31, 6 pm ET

Emily Peklo, senior event project coordinator for the Omaha Summer Arts Festival and its fall sister-festival ARTsarben in Omaha, Nebraska, joins Connie to draw…

We are counting the days until the end of our 7th Annual Pledge Drive on May 31. We held the drawing for the top ten winners on Thursday, 5/26.

If your name is listed below you've just won a prize. Go to the pledge page, look over the options and send me your top two…

Since 1988 Elizabeth Kubie/Crafts America LLC, has been a top independent presenter of fine craft shows. The organization presented three shows in very classy venues: the Washington Craft Show 1988 - 2014 at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC, the Westchester Craft Show, 1994 – 2012, in White Plains, NY, and the Palm Beach Fine Craft…

THURSDAY, MAY 26, 6 PM ET - Expert advice on Mobile Websites, Photography for Shows and Marketing to Patrons

The guests:

• Scott Fox, author…

August 13 & 14

Atlanta, Georgia

7th Annual Piedmont Park Arts Festival

Midtown

Sat., 10 am to 6 pm; Sun., 11 am to 6 pm

250 artists

Deadline: June 3



Application fee: $25; Booth fee: $275

• Award Winning Event…

(with apologies and thanks to Nels Johnson who posted this on AFI a while back):

So this is my kuleana (that is a  Hawaiian word that means a gift of the spirit) to all of you out there.  

HOPES AND DREAMS. Never give up. We are all special. Nobody can fire us, not a lot of people can feel that way. You are your own boss, nobody gets to tell you what to do. You are the…

October 8 & 9

Las Vegas, Nevada

Presented by:  Summerlin/The Howard Hughes Corporation

10am-5pm both days

100 Artists…

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 15-May 31 we are asking for donations to our PBS/NPR style 7th Annual Pledge Drive. Will you…

Next Podcast: Thursday, May 19, 5 pm ET

Stories from Art Fair Land

How do you earn a living as an artist? Let's talk about the pleasures and the pitfalls of choosing to be an artist in the U.S. This episode will either have you running…

1. Watercolor painter Scott Hartley won Best of Show in Belleville, IL, at Art on the Square. Scott has been participating in art fairs for 37 years. I remember being next to him at Art and Apples in Rochester, MI, many years ago when you could buy an original for $10. Those were the days!

More about this show and Scott: …

September 23-25

Ferndale, Michigan

Downtown Ferndale

Fri. 3pm-7pm; Sat. 10am-7pm; Sun. 11am-6pm

110 Artists

Deadline:  May 15…

From my mailbox:

Hi Connie,

I work on the arts festivals for _____ ____ on ___ _____.  We have a show in the fall, where we try to attract more fine artists, and we provide judging and cash awards.  We have one unique very talented artist who has attended for the last several years.  She has won the top prize every year for the past several years.  Some of our return artists have begun grumbling that she…