Connie Mettler's Blog – June 2015 Archive (20)

When one of our active members shows up in my news feed I need to share it. 

Carrie Jacobson was in Norwalk, CT, at the Norwalk Arts Festival -- and they chose her for the article:…

Des Moines, IA - June 28, 2015 - The on-site jury of the 2015 Des Moines Arts Festival® presented awards to ten visual artists at an awards ceremony held this morning at Centro Restaurant in downtown Des Moines.   Ceramic artist, Michael Schwegmann was awarded Best of Show.  Zora Murff was named Best of Emerging Iowa Artists.

Michael Schwegmann received a BFA from the University of Illinois.  He has made ceramic…

Sponsored message from Chroma - Atelier Interactive Acrylic Paints…

Lots of us have been waiting to hear this. Who will (or possibly even can) replace Terry Adams as the CEO of the Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver? When Terry took over 14 years ago the organization was in very rough financial shape. An event of this scope needs a strong fiscally smart and responsible manager.

We were wondering if the job would go to Tara Brickell, the Associate Director, who has been acting CEO since Terry…

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/06/21/thieves-hit-gold-coast-art-fair-tents-overnight/

November 21 & 22 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Polish Center of Wisconsin

47 booths

Deadline: June 26

Wisconsin Designer Craft Council is thrilled to announce the return of Winter Glory Fine Craft Show at an exciting new location. The new venue,…

For the readers in our group who want to stay on top of earning a living in this business, some books to check out.

1. Amanda Palmer - The Art of Asking. Look specifically at how she engaged fans, promotes their…

September 18 & 19

Adrian, Michigan

in the historic downtown

80 Artists

Deadline: June 29

Jury fee: $0; Booth fee: $75…

The awaited Spring/Summer art fair season in the upper Midwest seems to be succumbing to extensive storms. My weather info for the coming week is thunderstorms every day! and there is mold and mildew crawling up my house. It seems we are living in a rain forest rather than an arboreal forest.

So how goes it at the shows? Hope you all are prepared with good strong tents and weights as well as insurance.

Many members were in Columbus, OH, this weekend for the big show. Columbus…

It finally happened and it is official. The Ann Arbor Art Fairs are moving their dates in 2016. Instead of the Wed.-- Sat. schedule they've had "forever" in 2016 the fair will be held Thurs.-- Sunday! It's about time!

What was holding this up? A lot of it seems to have been the concern for parking for the…

Kracklauer Park in downtown Mundelein

45…

Here are the winners from the Pledge Drive drawing. You can hear more about this on the podcast here. They will all be receiving emails notifying them, but in the meantime, if your name is listed below please visit the prize page and…

Tuesday, June 2, 6 pm ET

Connie Mettler, publisher of ArtFairCalendar.com and moderator at ArtFairInsiders.com is joined by Internet marketing…

September 25-27  

Downtown Ferndale