Each year subscribers to Sunshine Artist send in ballots from the magazine ranking their 10 top-selling shows. On these ballots they indicate their gross income for each of the shows. No other influence is used to determine the winning shows. The staff simply applies the math to determine each event's score. This year nearly 1000 shows received votes and the top 200 with the highest scores were ranked.
This is entirely a subscriber based ranking. So, if you're not a subscriber you had no input. The results of every poll, no matter what the subject matter, are open to discussion and questioning, nonetheless you can't argue with the facts:
- subscribers only vote
- gross income only is used for the rankings
Congratulations to these Top 20 shows:
- St. James Court Art Show, Louisville, KY
- Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA
- Art on the Square, Belleville, IL
- Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO
- Port Clinton Arts Festival, Highland Park, IL
- Bayou City Arts Festival Memorial Park, Houston, TX
- Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Coconut Grove, FL
- One of a Kind Show and Sale, Chicago, IL
- Naples National Art Festival, Naples, FL
- La Quinta Arts Festival, La Quinta, FL
- Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI
- Art in the Glen, Glenview, IL
- Downtown Festival & Art Show, Gainesville, FL
- Bayou City Art Festival Downtown, Houston, TX
- Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival Balloon Fiesta Show, Albuquerque, NM
- Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA
- Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO
- Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, Winter Park, FL
- Allentown Art Festival, Buffalo, NY
- Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff, St. Joseph, MI
