I was a happy participant in the 2013 Mundelein Fine Arts Festival. Well, I was the furthest artist there traveling 290 miles to be in the event. It was my first ever Chicago area show and it was a pretty good two day fair!
Mundelein is about 45 minutes north of Chicago. The show is run by artist Christa Lawrence who personally greats each artist and making sure the artist is doing well at the show. It's a small show only 46 booths (some of those are double booths - so only about 44 artists).
But the excellent thing about this show are there are many volunteers (which from a one person team is a very nice). Attendance was about 2500 people. It's not a big show but I had decent sales. Yes, I made over $1100 at this show. I am fairly new to this show - so established artists may have been a bit higher. So from an artist's perspective, good sales from a small crowd is great! It was my third best show to date and I won a ribbon too! Thank you to Wee Kirk Pre-School for the purchase award of my Playtime print!
And next year, I will apply again to this show! I love it!
This last image from from early Sunday morning...
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Yes, it is a small show but one of those small shows that is a gem for artists. Even though the crowds were light, they are a buying crowd!
Scott, I am embarrassed to say that I didn't make it over there last weekend. Glad you had a good show. I will have to try harder next year. I did see the ads for the show in the papers but didn't travel in that area before the show to know if there were any street signs or banners. I wish the show was a little larger.