AFI Celebrates its 4th Birthday! Thanks to these supporters!

AFI is one very happy website -- bringing the art fair community together to help each other, solve our problems, find out about the shows, tell each other stories and give us all a break from the solitude of our workspaces.

Would you like to recognize our years of efforts to support and promote artists and the art fair community?  Now is the time!  It's our 4th Annual Pledge Drive and we're celebrating our 4th year of success in creating this wonderful online community for artists.
 
Please join us in the "Happy Birthday Pledge Drive" to show your support for this site and our mission to keep art fairs alive and well by bringing the art fair news to patrons and helpful information to artists.

 Please make your pledge to support AFI here.
 
 And, if you have already pledged, please let us know below. (Pledgers who also comment below will also be entered in a "Bonus Drawing" for additional "Thank You" Prizes!)
 

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Connie Mettler June 10, 2013 at 3:28pm

One more: Bill Moore, who was the big prize winner in 2012. Thanks, Bill!
Connie Mettler June 3, 2013 at 10:10am

More pledges -- thanks to Jin Powell, Marianne Shepardson and Ann Fee. It's been so much fun this year. I have surely appreciated the kind words that have accompanied the pledges. Thanks for brightening my day every one of you.
Connie Mettler May 28, 2013 at 2:21pm

New pledges to add to today's drawing:

Friend: Elizabeth Kline

Patron: Harrison Otalor, Tamara Kelly, Lisa Berry, Pat Sorbini, Kaleidovisions, Rhonda Grover, Andrew Shea, Noma Freeman, Pepper Run Studio, Angela Howard, Kathryn Ottman, Joyce McAdams, K.S. Funderburg, S. William Bishop, Jerry Maschinot, Donna Wallace, Nancy Basinski, Elizabeth Williams, James Parker, Laurie Hein, Darren Plante, Susan Parry and John Leben

Supporter: Douglas Farrar

Hope you'll be listening at 3 pm ET -- many, many thanks!
Connie Mettler May 23, 2013 at 1:39pm

Thank you, thank you, everyone! Here are our latest pledges:

Friend: Heather Scott, Johnnie Dobson, Kim Bemis, Megin Diamond, Amelia Wall

Supporter: Ann Spirek-Wierbinski, Patty Gamin, Robert Wallis, Geri Wegner, Mary Meehan, Ruth Jellema, Sandra Garrigan, Mark Van de Bogart, Jenny Donaldson and Annette Piper. (Boy, Annette, I hope you don't win the tent -- would hate to have to ship it to Australia!)
johnnie dobson May 23, 2013 at 9:07am

hey connie, just wanted to thank you for the great looking afi sticker. johnnie
Connie Mettler May 22, 2013 at 8:49pm

I'm pretty overwhelmed with all the pledges. Thank you so much, everyone. I really appreciate this support.

Here are the latest:

Friend: John Kennington

Supporter: Sherry Curtis, Michael Tingley, J. Ivory, Jay Brill, Muffy Young, Lois Anderson, Marjorie Camelet, Teresa Haag, Beth Keenan, Carol Joy Shannon, Anne Von Ehr, Renee Snell, Tim Longwell, Jennie Viers, Julia Friis, Amy Miller, Kristi Kelly, Candyce Glaze, Beth @ Studio42, Dina Leona, Dever Originals, Wayne Hayden, Connie Thatcher, Claire Ruf, Barbara Bisker, Judy Zeddies, Kathleen Alpert, Roxanna Santoro, Jacquelyn Zajac and Barry Bernstein

Patron: Susan Kubira, Jenny Henley

Angel: Jim Cryan

Hope you'll be listening to the podcast tomorrow when we draw the names!
Connie Mettler May 21, 2013 at 7:22pm

I think you like us and our art fair sites. Thanks so much for your kind notes and your pledges!

Friends: Devin Johnson, Sandy Accuosti, Brian Billings

Supporter:

Brett Hall, Stephen Cebula, Greer Peters, Linda McAdams, Lorrie Dallek, Beth Tivol, Stephanie Gutzman, Ruthie Schulz, Business Brainwave Training, Carrie Zippull, Chuck Bruce, Mary Gwyneth, Ellen Schneider, Frederick Swarr, Karen Sconyers, Mike Leedom, Jackie Gedrose, Paula Grill, Kelly Bort, Karen O'Lone-Hahn, Jan Tunnell, Kate Qualley Peterson, Susan Thornton, Barb Machulis, Greentree Creations, Kind Designs, Liza Scheffer, Clark Howard, Margie Luttrell, Britt Hallowell, Paul Flack, Darien Bogart, Dave Hinde, Alison Thomas, Rose Duffy, Alexis Barbeau, Snazzy Beads, Christine Rodriguez, Peggy Lonsway, Tamra Morris, Deborah Connolly, Teresa Howes, Susan lambert, Jacqueline Bradley, Michelle Bende, Dale Yakaites, Alan Anderson, Finny Lazarus, Mary Staby, Roberta Starbird, Ann Light and Bobby Harr

Patron:

Francine Schwartz, Stephen Schubert, Megan Martin, Margaret Park, Ilisa Millermoon and Greg Sobanski

Angel: Keith Wilkie, Elle Heiligenstein and Candiss Cole
Kale Van Leeuwen May 21, 2013 at 11:22am

I pledged for the first time, I just discovered this website a couple of months ago. It has been a great help for a newbie. I am experienced in doing gallery shows, but art fairs are another animal all together.
- Connie Mettler > Kale Van Leeuwen May 21, 2013 at 2:26pm
  
  Thank you, Kale! We'll be posting more thank you's soon... computer glitches has me upgrading my Mac this afternoon ...
Connie Mettler May 21, 2013 at 10:18am

More pledges have come in. Geez, now we have more pledges than prizes -- this is not like the lottery where there are millions chasing millions ;) This is some nice prizes going out to just a few supporters of the site - and really, I know AFI has helped a bunch of people in this business friends, new shows, avoid shows, buy tents, escape the loneliness of their studio, and learned how to batten down the hatches in bad weather. The Internet is free, but providing this site and our other sites that support your careers in the art fair business is not free for us. Please help with a little support and we'll keep the art fair news coming to you.

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