Call for Artists: Crown Valley Art Fair

June 18 & 19

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri

11am-6pm

75+ artists

Deadline: May 20

The Crown Valley Art Fair is located in Wine Country, 75 miles south of downtown St. Louis, in

Coffman, Missouri, outside of Ste. Genevieve.

All artists' displays will be arranged on the parking lot of the Crown Valley Winery, the crafters will display on the parking lot of the Crown Valley Brewery. Shuttles are available to move attendees between the sites.

The Art Fair will be promoted to the entire metropolitan area via billboards, newspaper, and radio advertising, Web sites, posters, stories and interviews in the St. Louis, Southern Missouri and Illinois media areas.

This year we expect 75+ artists and crafters to exhibit at the Art Fair, at both the Winery and Brewery, which we project will be attended by approximately 5,000 visitors.

Artists Amenities and Accommodations:

A box lunch will be provided each artist every day.
You will receive a voucher for this meal at check in on Friday.
A complimentary artist cocktail party will occur on Friday night at the Winery at 6p.m.
Several options are available for lodging. The bed and breakfasts are available at discounted rates as are rooms at The Tradition Inn for $49/night plus tax.

For artists that like a little ambiance with their art fairs:

Crown Valley is a drop dead gorgeous place, great accommodations, great restaurants, most importantly great wine and beers.-- Larry Weinles, organizer

Deadline: May 20.

Entry fee: $25, electronic payment through the web site with EntryThingy

www.crownvalleyartfair.com

Larry Weinles, Director

Shaw Fine Arts & Crafts Fest

Historic Shaw Art Fair

(314)406-9112, larryweinles@aol.com

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Comments

Gabriela Bryant June 26, 2012 at 10:44am

It sounds like a repeat of last year's event minus the damaging storm we had!
Keith Pearson June 26, 2012 at 10:08am

I did the Crown Valley Winery Father's Day Art Fair 2012. There were only about 20 artists there. The event was not advertised, so the only visitors to the Fair had come to the winery and we happened to be there. The winery is on back country roads such that you have to want to be there to find it. We probably had only 40 visitors for the two day weekend. All of the artists were upset by the lack of support from the promotor, Larry Weinles, who was not there the entire weekend. Many artists left early. I am not aware of any artist who plans to return to this show. I do not recommend this Fair to any artis.
Robin Ragsdale February 24, 2012 at 1:06am

So, even without the storm, sounds like this show was a bust. Guess I won't apply for this year.

Robin Ragsdale
www.evenbetterimages.com
Marci Blank June 21, 2011 at 1:02am

Gabriela, I hope your things survived! I had packed all my product into my car at the end of Saturday and just left my fixtures and tent, so everything was fine - except the tent, which looked like a bunch of toothpicks when I got there on Sunday. A lot of my display is attached to the tent, so it made it difficult to show anything without it. That, and the fact that there really weren't many shoppers made it easy to call it quits. We toured the winery while things dried out and had a leisurely drive back to Lenexa.
Gabriela Bryant June 20, 2011 at 9:08pm

Hi Marci!

I was booth #24, I am sorry we didn't meet! I hope all your art survived this horrible weather. The artist next to me, I believe her name was Kay, also had Fiber, some of it got wet, but was able to dry her pieces and stayed the rest of the day. I just couldn't do it.
Marci Blank June 20, 2011 at 6:05pm

I was also at Crown Valley. It was a beautiful place, but the only people shopping on Saturday seemed to be other artists. I think every tent at this show was damaged by the overnight storm. I also left on Sunday after cleaning up and drying out.
Connie Mettler June 20, 2011 at 1:02pm

This weather pattern also hit Leawood, KS, with bad storms...Here is a video: http://www.kmbc.com/video/28283503/detail.html

Kansas, Missouri -- what happened in Kentucky this weekend...did this bad weather hit you also?
Gabriela Bryant June 20, 2011 at 12:08pm

We had a nice day Saturday, but very few customers. Not many people seemed interested in the Art Fair, they were there to drink and have a good time. We were hoping we would get more customers on Sunday, but were shocked at the scene of tornado like weather devastation. See pictures. Many artists decided to stay and set up near the covered entrance to the winery, but there was not enough space for everyone. We decided to leave.
Amy Butts June 20, 2011 at 10:25am

Can we get a report onhow was crown valley?
Gabriela Bryant May 16, 2011 at 4:13pm

Hi Ladies!

I will be at the Crown Valley Art Fair, I don't know howit will be, but I am taking the risk since I have heard nothing but great reviews about Larry Weinles. If nothing else, we'll have a great time in a beautiful setting!

I'll report back after the fair. :)