Arrived on Thursday for Friday setup at the the fall Cottonwood Arts Festival in Richardson, TX part of the Metroplex of Dallas-Ft.Worth. I'm no foreigner to big cities having grown up in "Chicago Land" but I wasn't prepared for DFW! Statistics show the Metroplex at over 9200 square miles. What really got me was the highway interchange on the drive in that seemed more like a roller coaster than a highway. At one point, as we came around a curve, I looked down on what was seemingly traffic some 100 feet below us! Drivers in this complex were less than courteous or forgiving of out-of-towners. Fagetaboutit if you didn't know where you were going! I had heard that load-in at the show was unbearable but we were fortunate and it all went smoothly with plenty of time on Friday. A wonderful dinner was provided Friday night with musical accompaniment. As we ate the weather changed, as was expected, and by Saturday morning the temp was in the low 50's! It didn't improve throughout the day and I was glad I had set up my lights for the expected late day as we had to have them on all day as it was so overcast and gloomy. The folks still turned out but not in the droves that I had expected from other reports. Sales today were pretty dismal but we have slightly warmer temps to anticipate for tomorrow so perhaps the turnout will be better as well. We shall see.
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I hope you got to spend some time talking to Marina, Brian. She has great stories and has had an interesting life. Her art is very distinctive also. www.marinaterauds.com
1k from last year. Seemed slow and attendance seemed way off. I'm not sure why since it rained last year on Sun too. Hope to meet you down the road!
Thanks for this report, Brian. I know so little about it. Sounds like this show has good credibility for doing the right things for artists, then we get the weather, the economy and that little thing, the election! Wishing you well at Bayou City and hope your week in Texas finds great new images for you. San Antonio is on my "to visit" list. Been there before?
I was at Cottonwood this weekend too. It was very COLD...even for the Michigan artists next to me. Not much the show can do about weather. Cottonwood treats the artists as THE show. I won't hesitate to apply again...but sure wished the weather would have cooperated for us.
Sounds like a challenge! Hope day 2 was busier for you :)
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