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Phil

August 16 & 17 

Huntley, Illinois

First Congregational Church of Huntley

Sat. 10am-5pm; Sun. 10am-4pm

75+ Artists

Deadline:  August 3

Huntley Artfest is a community event sponsored by the First Congregational Church of Huntley, a community in Chicago's western suburbs. It draws 8,000 art lovers-viewing the Fine Arts of participating artists, a full stage of entertainment and a vast array of delicious food from our Food Vendors.

This is a Juried Show ($25 non-refundable jury fee-if accepted jurying for that Artist is good for the current year and the two following consecutive years).  We ask that Artist send in 3 photos (or digital files) of their work and 1 photo (or digital file) of their display.

All work must be that of a Fine Art nature and fall into the following mediums: ceramics, drawing, fiber non-functional, fiber wearable, paper non-functional, glass, jewelry, acrylic, oil, watercolor, pastel, sculpture, wood sculpture, mixed media, photography, printmaking, creative writing, furniture (designed and crafted by artist).

REPRODUCTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED unless they are a series of an artist's original art work.  The following will not be accepted-knitting or sewing from kits, resale items, non-original pieces.  Booth Fees:  $200 [10'x10'] - $300 [10'x20']; $30 extra for corner booth 

Huntley Artfest is free admission to the public with free parking; we also provide free parking (and overnight parking for all Artists as well as accommodations for RV's-overnight grounds security is provided on Friday and Saturday nights.

For more information and application:  www.huntleyartfest.org  

Chairperson: Joe Femali, P.O. Box 98, Huntley, IL  60142
Email contact: huntleyartfest@gmail.com 

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Find even more shows looking for artists: www.CallsforArtists.com

This was my first year as an artist in the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair. I've been attending the fairs since 1998 as a customer buying art. There are many pieces in our house from the collecting over the years. Some are in storage in the basement because there is not enough wall space in our house.

The truth is that I was accepted into both the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair and the State Street Area Art Fair. But being a new artist at the Ann Arbor art fairs is both exciting and demanding at the same time. Oh boy... was Wednesday such a ride! Being this my third year of art fairs, I was surprised that I was accepted in! But Wednesday was my first $2000 day ever! Prints were flying out of my booth that day. It was difficult to enter in the invoices in Freshbooks. But... oh... was it so much fun! But Wednesday was followed up by three consecutive $1000 days!

Thank you to a late order of Tender Embrace # 7/125 selling for $275. That 24x24 frame is going to Boston. Oh the stories of where your art departs and finds a new home!I hope it makes the flight alright. But that late order put me ever so slightly over the $1K make on Saturday. Plus a Canadian bought my Lego minifigure Canadian Mountie print! And my neighbor's were congratulating me for a successful show. This was my highest art fair ever! And I hope to be back again next year!

My packed booth...

Tender Embrace...

Best of Show:  Faryn Davis / Mixed Media 

Second Place:  Jennifer McCurdy / Ceramics 

Third Place:     Donna Veverka / Jewelry 

Merit Awards:  Theodore Gall / Sculpture 

                      William Kidd / Ceramics 

                      Aaron Hequembourg / Mixed Media 

                      Joachim Knill / Painting 

                      Gregg Rasmussen / Ceramics 

Juror’s Award: Tim Byrns / Wood 

Juror’s Award: Katie Musolff / Painting 

Juror’s Award: Shadow May / Ceramics 

People's Choice Award: Erin Curry / Drawing

Does anyone know anything about the show "Cleveland by Hand" in November? I looked in the archives and didn't find anything here or on any of the AF sites. It's a pretty far drive for me and just wondering if it is worth it.....anything you can add is appreciated.

Okay. I guess I have a really good booth spot in the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair. I'm on State Street just north of South University. Booth location is C053. Well, the skinny is that I am really surprised by the sales totals I have received. Prints were flying out of my booth.

Wednesday was my first $2000 day ever. My sales totals were $2180! But wait... Thursday was a another big day! Wow! This is my first year in Ann Arbor. Thursday's totals were $1590. Being on the main drag on State Street has been pretty good to me. I am just waiting for the Friday and Saturday totals to come in.

Being a new booth in Ann Arbor is exciting. And I am running low on inventory now. Let's see what Friday and Saturday bring...

October 16-18  
Bella Vista, Arkansas
8am-5pm
325 Artists
Deadline: July 31 or till filled

The Bella Vista Arts & Crafts Festival is known for the highest quality, fully juried, art and craft work.  Since 1969 the Bella Vista Arts & Crafts festival has been steadily growing in size and reputation! 

• Arkansas' Premier art & craft festival
• Booth fees: $130-$190
• Extensive advertising
• Early setup: drive close to your space; high school students available for a donation for assistance
• Artist amenities include volunteers

 

This event is part of 10 local shows held on the same weekend with over

200,000 people attending. The Bella Vista show is known as the Premier event for the quality work where everything is handmade, bringing loyal buyers back to this event year after year. 

The Festival is sponsored by the Village Art Club, a Non-Profit organization that uses the profits from this endeavor to sponsor arts scholarships and the local arts club.  

A few pictures from Ann Arbor Wednesday. The one with Connie and the one with Greg Lawler were selfies. The one with Nels, Greg took and the picture from dinner was taken by one of Connie's friends. It was great seeing old friends again.

Larry Berman
http://BermanGraphics.com

Hi all,

I did a few small shows a couple of years ago and became very discouraged.  They were "Wine, Food, Music, Antique Car and Art Shows".  I found out all of you were right, the visitor's priorities were in that same order.  I packed up my Trimline and have been rethinking my approach.  I got in a good show happening this weekend.  I did a practice run on putting the tent up and discovered a zipper had bitten the roof just above the wall line.  There is now a short row of mini-skylights in the fabric.  I was going to pursue this issue after the fair but now there is a "slight chance of showers" Saturday night & Sunday.  Anybody have any quick fixes that could work for the long term too?

Thanks.  Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Bernie

Hey Yall!

Did a couple of shows a few years ago and now ready for some action in the art show scene. I have been reading the good the bad and the smack nasty on art shows on the AFI and want to do well next year. 

Soooo is a good price point of $25-$100 good or do we load up the big guns at $300-$500? I am just a painter but have 5 galleries now and ready to put ALL of the money in my pocket vs sharing. (They are doing well but it takes a while to get paid.)

Thanks again from Sunny Steamy South Carolina.

Heather

Well, I waited...Oscar- you were there....no review? Bet you are on the road to Ann Arbor...So anyway, it's a dirty job but somebody has to do it. Last weekend the 10th thru the 13 was one of the Big Daddy's of art fairs, the Central Pennsylvania Fine Arts and Crafts Festival. It's a long one...four days -10 till 8 each day on the week before Ann Arbor with lots of artist's heading there this weekend. I got into both but I heard such mixed reviews about Ann Arbor last year that I chose to do CP instead, which now I kind of regret.

Central Penn a well organized show, people are nice and the load in is well organized and works pretty seamlessly. It's laid out all over State College in the town most famous for Jo-Pa and Penn State and people come in from Pittsburg and Philly to see this show. There is no electricity available or generators allowed, because it's on campus and in town and it was hot. But there also was a nice breeze and luckily I was under some beautiful big elm trees. Other's were not so lucky and were in full sun. If you were set up on campus you had a bit more room. Artist's were only on one side of the street and the flow of people was better. It seemed that in the town part it was a bit more chaotic because they were on the merchant streets...more distractions.

There was coffee served every morning, but if you were in my section on campus, you were too far away to take advantage of it. There wasn't any food or water in my section and I was very glad I bought a cooler since I got pretty dehydrated at times. We were however closer to the ice cream which is famous here...to the chagrin of my waistline.

Ok, down to the nitty gritty. The crowds were off...last year I had 12 deep at times in my booth and lots of lookers and buyers, this year it seemed that everyone was walking ten feet in front of booths and just strolling by. Of course in a show like this, where there is four days to decide on your purchases, maybe that was what was happening. Nevertheless, it was truly noticeable. I talked to many who said they had a good show but nobody who said they had a great show.

It seemed that is was a pretty conservative crowd. The realistic oil painter down the way did very well, selling big paintings and small and walked away with a good return. The contemporary photographer next to me sold many small and medium size pictures but nothing big. I sold only 2 medium sized paintings and a slew of mono prints and small work. Last year I had a very different outcome. So, maybe it was me, maybe the new work isn't as well received, but I think I speak for more artist's than not- it was kind of an off year with a different crowd.

The awards judging was a bit weird with most of last years winners winning again. It seemed that a lot of regional artist's were judges... I guess I'm just bitching because there were, out of more than 20 award and 17 thousand dollars awarded only two photo, 2 painting and no 2D awards....it was heavy jewelry and fiber....maybe it might be better if they chose by categories- it seemed a bit slanted. But hey, that's just my opinion (I hope I don't sound like a sore looser- i don't mean it that way. I sure never bet on awards-they are just gravy if they happen).

Saturday was my busiest day and the most crowded. Sunday was dead, as I think that most people drove home that day. I didn't see the organizers at the show, at least they didn't introduce themselves. There was a very nice dinner and drinks at the Penn Stater Hotel on Friday night, last year I went, but skipped it this year as I was really tired. Maybe they were there and that is why.

On Thursday morning I came to my tent to see my awning pole laying halfway across the green lawn and my font tent zipper unzipped. I reported it and apparently there was some other student shenanigans on the town side where there are more frat houses. Some paintings missing and one was found by the police. I believe that is what happened with mine. Thank god, I could tape it back together and nothing seemed to be missing.

Load out went very smooth and I was out of there and drove the 9 hours home that night. Probably not the smartest thing to do but the call of my own bed was pretty strong.

All in all, I kind of wish I had done State Street instead. I hear it's going to be great weather up there this coming weekend and people are always excited about it. I think that is what was missing...nobody seemed that excited that we were there....shows do have ebb and flow years and this seemed a bit of a down year for me. I would love to hear what you all thought. 

Okay, I did really, really well at Art in the Park in Plymouth, MI this past weekend. Friday was my second thousand dollar day (my first was last year on Saturday of Crocker Park in Westlake, Ohio). The crowds loved my Lego and vintage Fisher Price Little People photography. I am in only my third year doing art fairs, and this show was my highest yet. (But keep in mind I am in Ann Arbor this week too)

Since stuff was flying out of my booth so fast, I had to take the 5x7 prints out of the booth on Saturday to conserve for Ann Arbor. But that did not stop the buying too much. I was amazed by my final sales total. Plus, towards the end of the show - someone bought Princess Rescue #1/125 a moderately sized framed piece. Princes Rescue is one of my favorite because of the color in the print.

While there were some craftsy booths there, there was high end art there too. Raychel Rork (the event's director) stopped in my booth and said I did have nice art. I absolutely will be back next year. With a wild July, Art in the Park and the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair - I called this the gauntlet of shows...

Princess Rescue

This show is not an arts festival.

Bonsai and beaded jewels sell here.  This show is a joke.  It is radioactive, do not do it.  Unless you do crafts fit for a flea market.

This was worse than Grand Haven.  They expanded from one-day to two-day and nobody made more money--in fact, more of us made less.  This committee is clueless about how to run a true art show. Do not do it unless you can sleep in your van or your own home.  It is not worth it.  They have ruined a perfectly good show. Sorry folks, that is the way it is.  Nels.

Do not do it unless you live close enough to not have to stay in a hotel.  Real lower-end.  People do not want to buy art.  Nice committee.

I could say more. but I do not want to trash their show.  They try hard, God bless.

November 1 & 2
Rising Fawn, Georgia
Cloudland Canyon State Park
Presented by:
  Friends of Cloudland Canyon State Park
10am-5pm
Up to 200 artists
Deadline: September 26

Artisans (Artist, Crafters and Musicians) that are established to emerging are invited to submit their application.  The beauty of the park and the fall foliage add to the arts, crafts, food and music being featured all weekend.  Major attractions are nearby and Chattanooga is rapidly becoming the location of choice for tourists, a 40 minute drive from the Celebration.  The staff is friendly, helpful and courteous and works to make exhibitors and visitors welcome and happy they came.

Our first year produced over 5,000 visitors and 70 exhibitors.  Survey feedback from exhibitors and visitors was very positive.  We are working now to make the 2014 Celebration much bigger and better.  We have a large list of radio and TV stations, newspapers and magazines, websites and other outdoor organizations that will use our marketing material.

Artist amenities include a free breakfast each morning, someone to watch your booth for you while you take a break.  A nearby ATM machine for visitors to use.  A friendly and helpful staff dedicated to helping you be successful and overnight security.

• About 10 million people live within a 150 mile radius and have the discretionary funds to purchase art and crafts.   
• Access to the Celebration is from three interstate highways (124, 159 & 175).   
• Several major corporations and smaller businesses are sponsoring the event by providing supplies or cash.
• Extensive signage makes it easy to get to the Celebration.

This year we have already started our aggressive marketing and could accommodate about 20,000 visitors.  Our vision is this Celebration will be in the top 11 Arts and Craft shows soon.

We work hard to make each visitor know they are special and appreciated by having golf carts that meet them when they park and take them back when they leave.  Friendly well identified staff to answer questions and provided needed help plus special parking for the handicapped and those needing special assistance.

There will be free children and adult activities so everyone will have a great time and be eager to return next year.  Music will be provided all day and the chosen food vendors will have tasty food and snacks to enjoy in our special picnic area.

The best of the show exhibitor will receive $700, the second runner up will receive $500 and the third runner up will receive $300.

For more information & to apply:
 www.mountainartsandcraftcelebration.com

Email: info@mountainartsandcraftcelebration.com

Event Dates: 7/12/2014 - 7/13/2014
Location: Centennial Park
Address:
410 West Rainbow Blvd
Salida, CO 81201
Website: http://www.salidaartsfestival.com/

Application is on ZAPP

The inaugural “Salida Arts Fair” is one of the premier arts destinations in Colorado. The small town of Salida is known as an arts community. The show location is a beautiful park adjacent to the Salida Aquatic center and on the major highway through town. (Large trees, grass, and bathrooms)

There were 55 artists for this first time show. Artists came from many states. There was NO buy-sell or commercial. The show looked great. This show is put on by a local artist and gallery owner, Jerry Scaveezze. Jerry, has been doing art shows as an artist for over 30 years. He did a lot of print advertising  in newspapers and magazines around the state, and had posters and signs also. Show is adjacent to HWY 50 which will have 10,000 cars a day drive slowly past. (Stop light on the corner.) There was a steady flow of cars pulling off to visit the show. Folks living in the Salida area were in strong support and were in attendance and buying.

Crowds were great on Saturday morning. I sold best from 10 am to 12:30 PM. There is also a beer festival in town on this date, and many folks left to attend that event. Show was slow on Saturday afternoon. Show was off to a slow start on Sunday but then folks started milling about and I made more sales. I am a local Salida painter selling original oil paintings. I was happy with my sales. I sold one large painting, one medium sized painting and quite a few small paintings. Another fine art artist a couple booths down from me had a better show. Amado Peña had a double booth at this show.

Pottery, metal arts, baskets, scrolled wood and jewelery seemed to have the most sales. Also, a new artist selling stone chairs and sculptures did very well, selling most of his items. Good show for artists with a lower end ($$) in their booths. I think furniture would do well at this show if it is reasonably priced. Some higher end artists did not sell well. Clothing and fiber arts could do well at this show.

Set-up and tear down was made easier with the help of a few boys and girls from the local Boys & Girls Club. The promoter paid them by the hour but artists were expected to tip them. A wise investment, and my young helpers were great. You parked on Holman Avenue and dolly to your booth space. Set up was all day Friday.  Jerry and his staff supplied all artists with a free collapsible water bottle and then delivered ice cold water to our booths.  Jerry and his staff were VERY helpful and were listening to all suggestions to help with next year's show. Booth sitters were available also. Jerry and his staff helped artists with their tear downs too. Excellent!

Weather was nice in the mornings, then turned humid and hot. We had threatening storms moving over head all afternoon. The storms moved around us and there was no rain.

There was a free shuttle from the beer festival to the art show. Show needs chairs and resting spots for customers, water and lemonade stands.

I believe this show will grow and become more popular. The Lake City show is the Tuesday following, and the weekend before is Cherry Creek, Breckenridge and Pike's Peak (a few more too). The following weekend is the Lake Dillon Show and Winter Park. All within a few hours drive. Do not confuse this new Salida Arts Festival with the Riverside Arts Festival held in Salida. I would not recommend the Riverside Arts Festival.

Here are some photos of cool usages of materials to display and store art and equipment in a 10 x 10 space:

Michael Wommack who does pastels figured out how to put this shelf on his pro panels:

Look at Jodi Perry's cool floor - I think it was linoleum:

Metalsmith/Jeweler Matthew Naftzger makes his work from found recycled metal. I love the panels that he has put beneath his glass cases that reinforce what the work is about:

Amazingly, woodworker Michael Hamilton was able to install this shelving unit in the back of his booth:

I'm just plain loving this nice installation by Robert Longyear that makes you want to go in and walk around:

Watercolor painter Paul Adams just rolls this old desk out of his van and has everything ready to go, including a nice top where he can wrap his paintings and clean them:

Do you have anything to show me?"