HI all,
Looks like some good shows coming up. Too bad I seem to miss the deadline buy a few days. Why are some shows almost $1,000??? Glad I found this site!
This is what I make.
Have a bright and colorful day!
Sharon
Read more…Here is a little warning for art/craft show veterans over age 60. I set up at the State College Pa.festival this past summer. At 3AM that evening I woke up with considerable pain in my knee . The knee, lower leg, ankle and foot were greatly swolle
Read more…Every so often an AFIer throws out a comment about lurkers who should be joining in on the discussion. Then today I read another thread that appeared to be written by a newbie (i.e. lurker), followed by two pages of comments that jumped all over her
Are you in Florida, or wishing you were? BIG weekend brings the Coconut Grove Arts Festival in Miami's trendy Coconut Grove neighborhood. This show is a rite of passage for anyone involved in our business and considered the pinnacle of February shows
Read more…The Week from Hell
6:30 Monday morning we woke to the sound of running water and the pipes banging. Nothing wrong in the house and water pressure was fine, but we knew there was something wrong. I called the emergency number (I keep it on my cell phon
It is thawing, a little, here in Michigan and some of us are going to be brave enough to get out of town this weekend. I'll be attending the Garage Sale Art Fair in Kalamazoo on Saturday. Will you be there? Let me know.
Here's some info: http://fox17
Read more…Santa's gifts should be arriving soon at your house.
Here is Part 2 of the gift exchange: post a photo of your gift in the comments below -- Show us what Santa sent you, please?
In exchange we will have a guest judge award a prize to the person who p
Read more…It's Friday -- time for some fun that has absolutely nothing to do with art - how about taking this quiz to find out what you know about "death metal bands" vs IKEA brand names?
Click here: http://ikeaordeath.com
Then report back with your results
Read more…Since weekends are for work in our business, Saturdays and Sundays are not usually spent like the rest of the world. We go to work, so holidays are those rare days when we are on schedule with everyone else.
Many artists use these weeks to not only h
Read more…Many of the artists here at AFI have full time day jobs in addition to their art work business. Below are just a small portion of the artists at AFI who do something else for their day job.
Michelle James - I work full time in IT and full time i
Read more…Time for a little online Christmas cheer. Welcome to AFI's second annual Secret Santa gift exchange!
Secret Santa is a Western Christmas tradition in which members of a group or community are randomly assigned a person to whom they anonymously give a
I thought I would put out this topic to see what people think about its viability (and maybe sanity!).
This Spring I decided to try something new. To be able to create my works while living a lifestyle that was as just about as frugal as possible. So
How is everyone holding up this week with this challenging weather spread over much of the middle and eastern part of the country?
I am still trying to get home after spending the holidays with my children and grandchildren in the Los Angeles area. I
Read more…The Midwest tornados this week—what a tragic situation. Anyone on here impacted?
Hope you're all safe.
Yak
Read more…Hey everyone who signed up for our 2013 Secret Santa gift exchange. I have just sent out the "invitation" emails from DrawNames.com. If you receive an email from DrawNames.com please open it and click on the link. We can't draw names until everyone h
Read more…Our town of Coldwater, MI had it's semi-annual ArtWalk, sponsored by Arts Alive, last thursday evening in the shops and restaurants of the downtown area.
It was a crisp, dry autumn evening and attendance was good but not great. Participating venues
Read more…I'm excited. I'm heading out on Friday to Kentucky! This is the weekend of the St. James Court Art Show in Louisville, a very big show with nearly 750 artists and I know lots of our members will be there too.
In addition to the weekend's show on Mond
Read more…Hi everybody, I’ve been ordering my stretched canvases from www.JerrysArtarama.com and www.dickblick.com. The canvases I buy from them are standard sizes, made in China which I don’t mind. Now I need to order some custom sizes like 60x20, 36x12, 48x
Read more…What a wonderful headline to see during the holidays: Five city projects receive historic tax credits
Read more…A century-old Station North movie theater, an East Baltimore church, a former cotton mill and two downtown office towers are among the renovation pr
Wishing everyone a wonderful day full of fine food and fine friends.
I am very grateful for all the support you have given me in this community site. Many thanks and many hugs!
(off to the kitchen)
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