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  Barry Bernstein March 15, 2011 at 6:59pm

  1 in 10 get into the Saint Louis show.  I want to do all the shows that only let in 1 in 10.  If I don't get in I think the jury is incompetent.  However, I then think I have to get better.  I get motivated to make work so good that they can't help but let me in.
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  mark oehler March 11, 2011 at 8:43pm

  I apologize. 40 years of trying to sell my ware has given me a less than charitable attitude. I know about the show and have, too, applied many times. When a show of 180 spaces gets several thousands applications at $35 a pop you'd think the show would be 250 or more booths like Ann Arbor, Art on the Square so yeah I see it as a money maker for people who don't really need more money. If you chose to view such a thing as a plus for the community have at it.
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  mark oehler March 11, 2011 at 6:03pm

  what I mean by 'too big' is not the size of show, which I agree is reasonable, but 'too big' in the sense that thanks to Zapp another fine regional show has become national in scope which almost always excludes rather than includes. As far as a competitive business ... art fairs are that for sure, but the love of art and artists shouldn't be, we are competing for the big dollar, but need to work together to support the artist, especially in one's medium weather or not we like the person doing it.
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  mark oehler March 11, 2011 at 5:57pm

  it's hard to type here in my bunker where I 've been hiding since expressing my opinions.
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  mark oehler March 11, 2011 at 2:10pm

  Oh Paul, you ain't met bitter.
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  mark oehler March 11, 2011 at 9:21am

  go ahead and apply. contribute to their bulging advertising budget and just wish you'd gotten in. or you just save your money and say that you did. how would you like to be on the jury for that mess? Another good example of a show that is way too big and should have stayed regional and limit the application circle area. That's my opinion and I'm sticking with it.