The 2016 Secret Santa Report:
Hope your holidays were jolly and full of small moments to cherish. This was our 5th annual Secret Santa exchange. We are a community, all working in the creative economy and using our gifts and living by the seat of our
All I can think of for art shows is the St. James Court Art Show in Louisville, KY. We participated in this show for over 20 years and loved the atmosphere and loyal patrons. Here is an article and a video to get a glimpse of what it looks like, from
Read more…I wanted to wait a little while after attending the Zapp conference to digest and try some of the suggestions that were presented to me in Houston. I was close to overwhelmed with ideas on improving my sales. I learned better ways to set up my boot
Read more…A great fall weekend brings out lots of shows in the northern part of the country. On my radar:
80 Santa's are participating this year! Their gifts need to be in the mail by Dec. 16. 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 se
I recently searched the old threads and found mention of these neat protective bags, Gallery Pouch (https://www.framedestination.com/gallery-pouch.html). For my smaller work, I place the framed pieces in pillow cases and put those into rubbermaid-lik
Read more…Having just completed my final booked show for this year, we have made the tough decision that we will be leaving Art Fairs behind. We've had many years of fun and mostly profitable shows, but our age and inability to travel has forced the decision.
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I'll be at Penrod Arts fair in Indianapolis this Saturday. getting up bright and early tomorrow morning and plan to get a good start on the Friday set up that officially starts at 9:30. Hope to get in a little early as we have to be done and out by 3
Read more…Susan Lane, a painter participating in art fairs for as long as I can remember (a long time), always smiling, always ready to help others has found herself in a bad place. Her story:
Read more…I have been an artist my whole life and had a successful career sup
He is almost 29, she is 30. We think she is a wonderful young woman. The most organized and efficient bride I have ever met. She is an accountant, and a self-possessed and self-made woman who puts up with my son’s crazy schedule as a medical reside
Read more…We have had a very successful pledge drive and I thank everyone who "sent us money" and such supportive messages. The first 50 names have been drawn and most of them have claimed their prizes. If your name is on the list here you have qualified for a
Read more…I saw this somewhere this morning and wanted to post it here just for the fun of it.
I've been traveling for two weeks in the West, but just now caught the stories about the torrential rains in Louisiana. Greg Little and Cindy Welch, two of our top members, who check in here regularly live in the areas affected. I'd guess many others
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I'm always too late to reply to the "what are you doing this weekend" so I thought I'd post.
This weekend I'll be at Cain Park. Next weekend is the Central PA State College Show.
Wondering how Cain Park will b
Read more…Robert won a First Place award for his work here at the Gumtree Festival. Congratulations.....
Read more…Whew! That was one big weekend in Florida earlier this week wasn't it? Reports are trickling in ... thanks to the reporters, Geoff Coe, John Leben, Barry Bernstein, Nels Johnson, ---
For this weekend, I believe we all take a deep breath and go to th
Read more…What do you know about the Indian Wells Art Festival this weekend outside Palm Springs? I just read this article about the rising real estate values and the art and culture there. I visited the show about five years ago -- beautiful cars in the parki
Read more…Working on our art fair websites is a mission that gives me great satisfaction, but has a high cost in time and money. So glad you understand and I'm sending out a big thanks to the following people who get that and have contributed to our 2016 Pledg
BIG weekend in Texas as the Main Street Fort Worth Art Festival takes off. Wish I was there. Here's a good article about the show and a solid interview with artist David Conn: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/04/14/welcome-to-texas-main-st-fort-worth-art
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