If only a person could be in two places at once. Recent top shows were in La Quinta, CA, and Houston, TX. If you can jury into the top shows and live somewhere in between La Quinta and Houston, do you make the trek to both?
La Quinta, CA, March 22-24 - La Quinta Arts Festival
Best of Show – Teresa Saia – Drawing, Pastel and Painting
Best of Category:
Ceramics: Hasuyo Miller and Robert Farmer
Fiber: Debora Hyde (first time at La Quinta)
Glass: Christopher Jeffries
Jewelry: Harry Roa (first time at La Quinta)
Mixed Media: Sathya Burchman (first time at La Quinta)
Painting: Annette Hammer
Photography: Mark Stephenson
Sculpture: James Hill
Wood: Tom Thornton
Event Manager Kathleen Hughes reports:
Art Sales - $2.77 million up from $2.5 million in 2012 (plus post festival sales are still coming in!)
Number of Artists – 233 of which 24% were new to La Quinta. They came from 29 states.
Attendance – up 3% from 2012 – 25,500 patrons. (We draw from the BNP Paribas Tennis Tournament and from the international equestrian polo finals which are both great demographic matches and within 3 miles of Festival)
Houston, TX - March 26-28 - Bayou City Art Festival in Memorial Park
Prizewinners:
1. Nicario Jimenez - Booth 150 - Score 39.5
2. Lisa Kristine - Booth 277 - Score 36.5
3. Ella Richards - Booth 265 - Score 35.5
4. Gaston Carrio - Booth 290 - Score 30
Best Booth
1. Steven Potts - Booth 209 - Score 62
2. Michael Gard - Booth 91 - Score 60.5
MFAH Curatorial Award for Excellence in Mixed Media - Chris Dahlquist
Here is an excellent article about the business of being an art fair artist: http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/03-23-13-business-incubator-bayou-city-arts-fest-says-no-more-starving-artists-debuts-innovative-program/
And here's a video: http://www.khou.com/community/bayou-art-festival/video/Bayou-City-Art-Festival-A-wonderland-of-artists-creativity--199626601.html
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