Posted by Connie Mettler on September 8, 2009 at 10:13pm
Saturday, November 21
Plymouth High School
8400 Beck Rd.
Canton, Michigan
Sponsored by the Plymouth-Canton Music Boosters, a 501c3 organization
90 exhibitors
Canton is in the metro Detroit area, right here.
Several years ago, with funds from the school district drying up that supported a nationally recognized band program, the parents rallied and started fund raising so their children could continue to be enriched by participation in the music program. Their drive to provide an excellent music program for their children is illustrated in their similar efforts to provide a quality craft show.
The juried arts and crafts event is held annually to support the music/band programs at the Plymouth Canton Educational Park. A bake sale, raffle, concessions, and entertainment will also be available. All funds raised go to the band programs at all three Plymouth-Canton High Schools, including the nationally-acclaimed Plymouth-Canton Marching Band that ranked 7th in the Nation in 2007.
What does this mean for you?
-a small quality event
-low booth fees
-easy in and out in one day
-solid support by the community, resulting in a day well spent by you
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If I knew now what I knew then... Ever said this? Personally, I think I have said it too many times. Despite that, we all learn from our trials and tribulations as well as things you wouldn't change for the world when it comes to learning the ropes when it comes to selling at art and craft fairs.I have to say there is a pattern many fall into from their first year to their second and so on down the line. If you don't mind taking a stroll down memory lane with me, here's how I see "the pattern" and how some of it relates to my experience - can you relate?The first year. Have you ever met a craft person who isn't more motivated to want to start their own art/craft business than during your first year? "You" are gung-ho! Motivated! The more research you do the more you find yourself believing you are on the right track or finding the tools to be on the right track as things fall into place. Then you apply for your first show and get in! The first show is the most nerve racking experience you have ever been in your life thinking "will I make money, will people buy my stuff, and worrying if you are prepared enough". Then you get there, set up and it is one of the most eye opening experiences. First, you pinch yourself - you've made it selling at a show with other people who have "made it". The next thought? Wow, there are some other displays that are much better than mine and you start talking to neighbors who are more than kind enough to play mentor to you as you take mental pictures of displays and craft objects. Third, you make your first sale! While holding in the excitement, your first customer is proud to be your first customer too (as usually you have to let them know they are your first customer). You might make a few more sales, but end up with a whole lot of compliments - a real ego booster. Then at the end of the day you are tired yet pleasantly happy it is over ... and can't wait to do another show. As you get more shows under your belt you feel more at ease talking to show patrons, talking and getting tips from your craft show neighbors, your products are improving and incorporate those mental photographs of displays to your own display.The good and the bad of "year one". The biggest lesson is learning about how shows are run and that each one is different - different size booth spaces, the "ease" of loading and unloading is different, learning how to properly price your work, and the list goes on. Another lesson is finding out all this info is something you just can't learn in a book, but have to experience. Why, because each person and their art work is different with the results being as equally diverse - there is no cookie cutter, sure fire way to get rich quick. You find that when you thought shows would be easy, just isn't as easy as you first thought and underestimated the stresses that can occur (like making stock up until midnight the day before the event or the frustrations of packing a car last minute).After my first show, I was bit by art and craft show bug. At that show my husband helped me out - I was nervous. I ended up selling out of many things - I first started out selling my homemade jams, bread and butter pickles and pumpkin and apple butter (it was during Fall show season). I did two other shows that year - both street festivals. One was good with a nice visible space but the other was in a gutter like alley and no one was able to approach my table. It is embarrassing to look back on what I considered a "good booth". One of my early embarrassing photos of my display is the one featured with this blog post. But with getting bitten by the bug you then get a sense of over confidence - wanting to apply to A LOT of shows without taking the time to know what they are really about as well as adding to your expenses - wanting better displays and so on.The second year. Most exhibitors learn what a vendor show is compared to an art and craft show put on in a high school as well as art festivals and street fair craft shows, as they branch out to try and find more of a niche. Also you start seeing hearing about shows called "juried shows" and want to learn what they are all about, if you haven't already. What usually takes the cake though is deciding if branching out to do out door fairs is worth while and the old question - which canopy should I buy enters in. Another realization is networking at shows and on craft/art websites becomes a staple in your everyday life. Meeting new friends, reading reviews of shows, learning more about the medium you work in and finding new shows to apply to, and a chance to vent or share frustrations with "on-line co-workers" helps you feel connected and not alone in woes or joys.How does this experience par with your own? Similar? Maybe in some parts but not others? So, as I am in my 7th year of doing shows, if I were to do things differently, I would probably do a little more research into shows before signing up to them. Because of this I am a big advocate in telling people check shows out first. Go to them, read reviews, email/talk to past exhibitors about their experiences - not only can you save time (wasting a day at a lousy show), you can save money too (money that can go into buying more supplies or a different show). I wish I had better table coverings than cheap cloth from Jo Annes fabrics - bed linens, professional table covers, and other similar products work so much better. Anticipating my expenses more, would be another thing I would have paid more attention to because I fell into a category of - awesome I have money, now I MUST spend it. Aside from a few shows that were truly bad, I can't say I have any regrets. I love my life of being my own boss - yes the days are longer than first expected, but the work is fun and rewarding. I have met so many awesome friends and peers that have made some of the worst show dates delightful and we look out for each other too - suggesting shows and truly getting to know each other (even their families).I hope this stroll down memory lane is either educational or at the very least entertaining. I think we all have moments of - why did I do that and learned from those experiences. Please share any of your experiences here (or on my official blog - www.quickcraftartisttips.blogspot.com). Have a great Labor Day weekend - don't work too hard! - Michelle
Posted by Connie Mettler on September 16, 2009 at 4:18pm
One of last year's big art fair stories was about the volunteer at Indianapolis' popular Penrod Arts Fair, sponsored by the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Said volunteer stole $380,000 from the organization's treasury. Now what would this theft done to most art fairs? You've got it -- devastation, anguish, cancellation. But not in Indianapolis!
The show must go on! And on it did go last weekend, bringing thousands of people to enjoy all the arts on the lovely grounds of the Museum of Art. Proceeds from the event go toward non-profit grants to help art organizations in the community. Penrod Art Fair Chairman Bill Leppert said, "We're on great financial ground right now."
Read the rest of this story here: Penrod Thrives Despite Theft
Anyone reading this participate in this year's Penrod event? We'd love some feedback from you.
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Please send me your reports - really I'll take not-so-good reports also. But it is June and you know what that means across the upper part of the country! Art fair season!! So far this year we haven't had the torrential rains that were an every weekend occurrence last Spring. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
Amy Amdur reports from Chicago: Arlington Heights..Great weekend, huge crowds, great sales..happy artists. I have had direct contact from artists on this also. Hopefully this one, as well as the Deerfield Festival last weekend, are the harbingers of a great season in Chicago. Arlington Heights Art Fair See you at 57th Street this weekend? Always an interesting event in a terrific old neighborhood.
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I have tried to get into the Cherry Creek Art Festival for over 13 years. I have walked through the festival and I can not believe I have never been accepted. I instead have gone have done the art shows in the past in Brekenridge and for the last several years Fresco. I am continued asked why am I not in the Cherry Creek Art Festival. My work is in 8 different galleries throughout the United States, and I have a European following. I am amazed at the response to my paintings, especially since I started using a pallett knife. I have had many articles written about me, last one American Art Collector June issue.
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Posted by R. C. Fulwiler on September 16, 2009 at 5:30pm
Michael Craven was one of my best friends. A phone call from Michael meant you would be "involved" for a while. His perception of this business was always interesting and often controversial. Our last phone conversation was just after Larry Berman published his interview with him. He had just finished jurying the Longs Park show. Michael had stated that a booth slide should be limited to a sanitized gathering of images with maybe a bin below; no canopy visible. I always thought a booth slide should be taken at a show, as your booth appears, open for business. At the end of our conversation neither of us had changed our minds, but we had a wonderful dialogue. We disagreed about many things but were never disagreeable. The first time I met him was at the Gulf Breeze show sometime in the '90s. I won second place in photography and went looking for first place.... The blue ribbon was on Michael's booth. A few years later, I couldn't find him at a show we had planned to do together. A phone call found him broken down in his RV somewhere on the east coast of Florida. He thought the RV was dead and he was in a jam because all his inventory was in the trailer hitched behind. He needed to get it back home to Charleston, SC. Sunday night, I packed up my booth and drove to meet him. I pulled his trailer home for him and we stayed up all night drinking Jack Daniels and talking "shop". That night, we disagreed on whether an artist should display his whole body of work or just his newest work. I love producing new work, but feel I slight my patrons if I don't show "my greatest hits" as well. Michael thought an artist should be producing great works all the time and should retire older images. He never wanted to be falling back on the tried and true.... And, he could do it! My wife always referred to Michael, affectionately, as a curmudgeon. And he was, in the sense that he didn't suffer fools lightly. I remember being in The Plaza with him one year and during a sale my customer said he had tried to buy a photo from a photographer down the way, but the artist had treated him with such disdain that he had to walk away. Kim chimed in, "Oh, that's just Michael. He's a bit of a curmudgeon!" When Larry asked Michael and me to join his Yahoo group "Artshow_photo" Michael made many enemies and had to quit the group in disgust. Here is an excerpt from one of his postings: "What would be beneficial to those beginning a career in the arts, more than an encouragement to find a place at the trough, is an exaltation to realize themselves as artist. That is find a voice that is uniquely yours, depart from the well worn trails and often trendy subject and/or technique such as the "wall and window" photographers or as I call them the "portals to mediocrity lot" and most importantly be about valid expression and communication which is supposed to be what it is all about to begin with. Communicative art first, decorative art second. As I walk the rows of plastic booths at a show I play a game when passing all the 2-D artist...upon looking in does the art DEMAND that I interact visually and mentally or is it just posing as art (and often for arts sake) very few booths grab these jaded eyes and beckon that I enter." To read more go to the very beginning of the group's postings (January '03). In the Autumn of 2000, while loading out of a show in Gulf Shores, AL. I suffered chest pains and Michael insisted I sit down while he and some fellow artists finished my load-out for me. Within a few months I had to undergo bypass surgery. He may have saved my life. Michael had bad knees and he couldn't get around as well he would've liked; hence the motorized scooters and cycles. He always tried to get to a show early enough to get a parking spot close to his booth. He told me the story of going all the way from Charleston to Memphis to do a show and when he got there they had put his booth where it would've been difficult to set up. When they wouldn't move him he gave them a piece of his mind and drove home. Michael burned a lot of bridges! I'm proud to have displayed his work in my Saugatuck gallery (Nels & Ron too). My personal favorite piece of his was one that showed a bowl of Cheerios; the bowl is cracked; the milk spilled... the title? "Cereal Killer" We have lost a great artist and advocate of excellence. I will miss him.
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The Relentless Eye: Global Cell Phone Photography 2009Cell phone cameras are the relentless eye of the global simulacra. Simple and everywhere, cell phone cameras have transformed how photography is practiced. Helen Day Art Center announces the first of its kind international call to cell phone artists. We seek entries that reveal the creative mind through this ubiquitous medium for a ten-week exhibition opening September 25th, 2009. Entries will be juried by the acclaimed photographer, Eirik Johnson (www.eirikjohnson.com). For detailed information and submission guidelines visit us online at www.helenday.comDeadline for submissions is August 31, 2009.
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Usually there are very decent relationships between art fair organizers and artists, but two different sources sent me this info recently about the Virginia Highlands show in Atlanta, Ga.
From Sally J Bright at the NAIA forum:
This weekend an artist told me he was on the waitlist for the Virginia highlands show, which had a $300 booth fee. He said the show contacted him and offered him a space for $400! He is now a new member of NAIA.
Another artist member, upon hearing this, told me about his last experience with the same show. He was offered the opportunity to set up one day early, if he paid approximately $50 additional. Considering the congested area and set-up hassle, he decided to do so but when he pulled out his check book, the show staffer told him cash only. After a few words he relented and told her/him to give him a receipt. That person had the audacity to say no, that could not be done. The artist refused to pay cash without a receipt and the show finally gave him a hand-written 'receipt'. He has not applied to the show again.
I'm pretty surprised, and I'd guess you are too. Can this be the whole story? Let's see if we can get an answer.
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Are you wondering how the fairs are doing this year? Tales of events being cancelled, others growing, artists starving and artists thriving got you confused?
Here's a thorough look at the economics and challenges of it all by AP writer Tom Breen at the Yahoo News:
"Fun-seekers venturing out to farm fairs, art festivals and other mainstays of the American summer are finding either crowds or cancellation notices this year — and sometimes for the same reason.
Many festivals have met their demise when national sponsors pulled away and lawmakers slashed grant budgets, leaving organizers without enough money to buy tables, tents, portable toilets and other fair basics. That has many wondering whether their events will ever mount a comeback, though the ones that downsize stand a better chance than the ones that cancel entirely."
The article covers events at Watkins Glen, NY, the Ohio State Fair, the Alameda County Fair (which broke attendance records), and many other places across the country.
In Allentown, PA, when they had to slash their budget in half the organizers reported increased attendance!
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Here is another bellwether art festival - the six day long art festival in Oklahoma City taking place this week. My hope is that the good art fair news from Texas spills over to Oklahoma City.
"What more could you ask for? Beautiful weather, gorgeous art and delicious food. But still some festival goers have a complaint- the high prices.
I saw a lamp down there that was 3, 500 bucks...." read the rest of this story and see the video from the streets of downtown Oklahoma CityRead more…
September 26 & 27 Bloomsbury, New Jersey on the historic Main Street 80 Exhibitors Deadline: June 15
This sounds like the September art fair for which you have been looking: "This is a community run festival and all proceeds go directly to our local elementary school, funding the cultural arts program. We have a very small school (pre-k thru 8th grade, one class for each grade) and a correspondingly very small budget...the festival provides for cultural and/or educational assemblies that our children would otherwise go without. We've had local artists in for an Artist's Day, authors in to do readings & workshops, dance/music assemblies and many more.
The festival was started 10 years ago by a former art teacher at the school, and when she moved last year community members took over the running of it. It's an enormous undertaking & many many people are involved & committed to its success. Bloomsbury Fine Art/Craft Festival is in Hunterdon County, NJ, a very affluent area of the state, and is easy to get to, directly off a main highway about 1 1/2 hrs from both NYC & Philadelphia. We usually attract artists from NJ & eastern PA, but have had people travel from further away (Florida, Ohio off the top of my head). The festival is held on Main Street, which is lined with old trees & Victorian era homes. Local non profit organizations (churches, PTO & the FD Ladies Auxiliary) run food booths, all featuring home-made goodies...we have a stage & feature 5-6 different musical acts throughout the weekend, and also have a children's area with various activities (magic, story telling, face painting etc.) that are run throughout the festival." --Lisa Thomas, Chair Visit their very nice web site for more info and to download an application:
www.bloomsburyartsfest.com *********** Looking for more art fairs for 2009? Visit:
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October 17 Walled Lake, Michigan Presented by the Walled Lake PTSA Walled Lake Central High School Gymnasium 1600 Oakley Park Rd. 10am - 4pm Deadline: Sept. 17 Walled Lake Central PTSA is featuring the area's most prestigious vendors & caterers! Being an exhibitor at this show gives you a chance to promote your business to people who are ready to buy. This exclusive show has one purpose, to put you the "seller" in a room with hundreds of buyers. This is not some intimate affair! You'll be alongside the areas top merchants and caterers, plus be right in the midst of a fashion show! This is the Shopping Extravaganza our Community won't miss. What's in it for you...Exposure in our program directory; this is the tool for the shopper...Make your company name one that they carry with them everywhere they go!!! Let's not forget a $100 Dior Gift Certificate for the most Extravagant Vendor Display voted by other exhibitors! Important Information: · October 17, set up from 6-9am · Free overnight/day parking · Easy load in and out
Sponsor Package - $250 - includes: * Your Company Logo placed on all of our marketing & advertising * Premium location inside our venue - 10x10 Booth Space * ½ Page Ad featuring your Company Name & Contact Information in our program guide that will be distributed to all attendee's
Vendor Package - $100.00 - includes: * Premium location inside our venue - 10X10 Booth Space * Your Company Name & Contact Information in our program guide that will be distributed to all attendee's * Options: o Booth spaces near electrical outlet are available; $25.00 additional charge. o An additional connecting 10 x 10 space is available; $75.00 additional cost. Visit:
http://www.wlcsd.org/webpages/wlcptsa/ for more info. Email application requests to:
shoppingextravaganzaptsa@gmail.com Tabitha Stasie @ 248-921-4531 or Suhair Kallabat @ 248-420-7123
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Posted by Bert Herrera on September 14, 2009 at 7:45pm
The show takes place in the downtown area of Clayton, which is a suburb of St Louis. It's on the street with artists back to back, down the middle of the street. The show spreads to a couple of streets, including side streets, with 160 lucky artists present. There is about 4-5 feet between the booths, so plenty of space to hang on outside walls if you need/want to. Electricity runs through the rear of all booths, so we can plug in for the evenings. Show hours are Friday 5PM - 10PM, Sat from 10AM - 10PM and Sunday from 11AM to 4PM.While this show has music, entertainment, and community booths, art is clearly the king here. I'm talking about art which is truly of remarkable quality!One word sums up this show for me - BEST. It's the best run show I've ever participated in. The committee doesn't overlook anything -- starting with a very thorough packet they mail to you sometime before the show. They even come by the booth the evening before and give everyone a printed weather forecast for the next day! The crowds were the best I have ever seen in terms of energy, interest, attitude and caring. Oh, yeah, and sales - you guessed it, the best I have ever done. For me, Saturday was a killer day, especially in the evening. I had folks waiting to buy stuff on Sunday 30 minutes after the show officially closed. Some artists, who had done the show in the past, said their sales were down some, but were happy nevertheless.From my perspective, I really cannot say enough good things about this show. I would say to any show co-ordinators out there reading this, if you want to learn how to do it right, come here to learn. These folks have it!I don't have a tequila report, but there are lots of restaurants in the area, and I'm sure some have great tequila! My wife did enjoy the house Merlot at the Sharaton, and their long island iced teas weren't bad either. But after getting back to the hotel (4 blocks away is the Sheraton which is the show hotel), at about 11PM on Friday and Saturday night, all I wanted to do was crash - and hope I can get back in sometime!
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(I'm away from my office visiting family in California, but still keeping my ear turned to the latest news in the art fair business.)
Whenever I hear people decry the lack of young artists entering the art fair business, I look around, and see plenty of new artists, the problem is that they are not "young." Maybe this is an older person's business. This article from the Denver Post, quotes director of the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Terry Adams on the CCAF's Emerging Artist program, "This is our way of introducing them to this business," Adams said. "There are more artists leaving at the upper end of the age group than are coming in at the lower end, so this is our way of replenishing this generation."
Pretty cool...just like many of today's artists, people leaving established careers (for a number of reasons) and entering the arena in their '50's and '60's.
Read the article here: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_12759316
Were you at Cherry Creek? Tell us about your experiences here.
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Let people know your work is made in the USA!Do you get people asking if you are a local artist or if your work is Made in the USA? If you are a local artist and the materials you use are from the good 'ol US of A, you need to let people know it.In today's market there is a HUGE demand for locally made products - honey, produce, gifts with local flair such as souvenirs, recycled nostalgic crafts, culture influenced art and crafts.... The tourism industry - which is profitable in any market - is one many artist/crafts people are targeting and getting their name out there regarding their homegrown work. Pottery made locally with hometown names on them, Christmas ornaments, rag rugs, purses, recycled jewelry (like earrings made from local sea glass) - they are all in high demand. Why? Because consumers are more likely now than before to want to support people who do create items Made in the USA. With many toys made in China being recalled, USA jobs going over seas, are all pushes to drive more Americans to buy local in order to support the American economy. Inform anyone willing to listen that you are a local artist and supporting local artists (with items made in the USA) also helps build and is an investment in local economies.How can you show that your work is made locally or made in the USA? The easiest thing to do is have an 8x11 sign (bigger might be better) in your booth stating "My art is PROUDLY made in the USA" or "Locally Made Products Sold Here". Sometimes the sign alone will draw people in to see get a better look at what you make. Another idea is to make (or use) labels and use them as apart of your pricing stickers/hang tags. Try displaying a few small American flags with a tag stating Made in the USA. Put Made in the USA on all your promo material - websites (every page), business cards (on the back if you don't have room on the front), and on brochures or fliers that you give out to people for your up and coming shows.Of course this can help with Memorial Day events and the weekend shows leading up to Independance Day, this is something that should be done year around to remind the public that it is important to buy items made in the USA.Michelle Sholundwww.quickcraftartisttips.blogspot.comCome visit my website, www.bythebaybotanicals.com
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September 26 & 27
Art Fair at the Meadows
Lake St. Louis, MO
Art Fair at the Meadows at Lake St. Louis
I-64/US40 and Lake Saint Louis Blvd
25 Exhibitors
Sat. 10 am to 6 pm; Sun. noon to 4 pm
Deadline: August 20
Your chance to get in on the ground floor of a new event. Here is what artist/organizer Don Crozier told me:
"The first year might be a little rough, but if we can make it to years 2 and 3 and beyond, the potential is huge. Beautiful venue, room to expand, affluent area."
The rest of the good news:
This first time event will be held in the most affluent area in St. Charles County, Missouri. Lake St. Louis sits 30 miles west of St. Louis and the nearest art fair is 20 miles away. In August 2009, Lake St. Louis was ranked no. 9 in Money Magazine's Top 100 Best Places to Live: money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2009/
The Art Fair at the Meadows at Lake St. Louis is presented by a partnership between the St. Charles County Arts Council, The Lake Saint Louis Artists Association, and members of The Best of Missouri Hands. Support is also given by The Meadows at Lake Saint Louis and ArtFairCalendar.com.
Do you live nearby? Have a mailing list in the area? Want to be in on the ground floor for a new event in a promising area? You know what to do then.
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Posted by Connie Mettler on September 1, 2009 at 10:57am
1. Open Clay Studio Facilitator, Reach Studio Art Center - Lansing, MI: Reach Studio is currently recruiting an Open Clay Studio (OCS) Facilitator. OCS is a fee-based, drop-in ceramics program open to all ages. The OCS instructor will handle all aspects of running the OCS sessions for which they are scheduled. Major responsibilities will include instructing participants in clay building (wheel and hand building) and finishing skills, orienting new participants to the studio and clay building processes and rules.
For more information 2. Kresge Foundation to Provide $200,000 for Arts and Community Grants: The Kresge
Foundation of Troy, Michigan, is piloting a new community arts and engagement project in Detroit, Baltimore, and St. Louis that encourages residents to use art and culture as a tool to address issues in their communities. Individuals and groups are encouraged to apply. The foundation is investing $200,000 over two years in each city. Grants will range from $2,500 to $10,000.
More information 3. Ann Arbor based Artist-in-Residence, Martin Soo Hoo is screening and interviewing qualified candidates for
artists and art support technicians to assist in the production of
world class murals and associated decorative painting products for a client seeking multi-year commitments. Email Martin Soo Hoo for details:
soohoolm@gmail.com 4. Rust Belt to Artists Belt II Conference Dates: September 17- 18, 2009 - Cleveland, OH RBAB2 is a continuation of the conversation that began at the From Rust Belt to Artist Belt summit about how artists and community developers are partnering in their efforts to reinvent the industrial Midwest. This year's event will be held in Cleveland's Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood.
Click for more information on RBAB2 or to register for the event. 5. News about the world's hugest
Art Prize: $500,000! 1,261 artists get matches for next month's ArtPrize in Grand Rapids. To be human is to often wait until the last minute. ArtPrize participants are not immune, even with $449,000 in prize money on the line. The competition has seen accelerated matching numbers. By the last day for artist-and-venue matching, more matches were registered.
Read full article.
6. A wonderful new tool from
Larry Berman's digital brain: a fr*e service anyone can use - a web site designed to help artists improve their jury presentation. It answers the two most asked questions artists have. Which images should I choose and what order should I put them in. Create a free account and upload your ZAPP or JAS images. Oh, no, did jurying just get easier? Check this out:
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September 25-27 Kansas City, Missouri On the beautiful and historic Country Club Plaza 230 artists Deadline: 5/2/09 Please note: earlier deadline this year! Ranked #6 Fine Arts event in the 2008 Art Fair SourceBook The Plaza Art Fair marks the beginning of autumn for all Kansas Citians, and attracts art enthusiasts from all over the nation. This annual celebration is located on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo., recognized as the oldest shopping center in the country and a beloved destination in Kansas City. The Plaza Art Fair exhibits have grown in quality and creativity over seven decades to become a nationally recognized fine art and fine craft event. The three-day celebration of the arts allows visitors to experience the personalities and diverse talents of world-class artists firsthand. Beyond the colorful collections of art, this extraordinary event offers even more. With delicious food, magnificent music and interactive art experiences for all ages, there is something new around every corner.
carved wooden bags by Kimberly Chalos POINTS OF INTEREST: * 300,000 art enthusiasts attend * $10,000 in cash awards * Individual Artist Electricity * Artist Breakfast, booth sitters, hospitality area * Free Parking Join us as the Plaza Art Fair tradition continues... Applications available at:
www.zapplication.org CONTACT INFORMATION: Director: Kara Breitenstein Phone - 816.753.0100; Fax - 816.960.6215
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