What are you Doing This Weekend - July 8-10? - Forum

Here it comes: The Great American Art Fair Weekend! If you live in the Midwest and aren't doing an art fair there are only two reasons not to be working this weekend:

You sold out at your June shows
You just don't care

Here are news stories about some of the events taking place:

Wyandotte, MI, From the Detroit News: Wyandotte's kid-friendly art fair remains free of mobs and pretense

Royal Oak, MI, from Patch.com: Sneak Preview: Royal Oak Outdoor Art Show is This Weekend

Madison, WI: Art Fair on the Square

Plymouth, MI:

Plymouth Art in the Park: Festival organizers offer tips for enjoying art fair

Cleveland Heights, OH: Cain Park Arts Festival Opens Friday

one of my old favorites. We must have participated in this one for at least 20 years

Wickford, RI: 49th Annual Wickford Art Festival Will Host 200 Artists this Weekend

I'll be in St. Joseph, MI, at the Krasl Art Fair as part of the jury panel, so I'm sure I'll see everyone there!

This ought to be a great weekend for networking. Where will you be? Tell us here, booth # please, so we can meet.

Well.

I was looking forward to attending the 19th Annual Fairchild Mango Festival in Florida this weekend.

I was especially interested in the growing mangos in Japan program on Saturday as well "Selecting and Growing the Perfect Mango" at 11:30 on Sunday.

But, I have decided instead to devote myself to a new way of doing things. I am going to try to be a nicer person in order to have the opportunity to meet new people and share my knowledge with others and so forth and so on.

Here is a link to help explain my change of plans for this weekend. Sadly, no mangos for me this weekend, but I believe there is a higher calling here by a power greater than all of us.

I wish everyone peace, and kumbaya, and nice thoughts and positive vibes and all that stuff!

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Jack Glaab June 23, 2014 at 3:50pm

I'm off for a month before doing Belleville MI municipal event then two Howard Allens in Colorado early August.

Will be checking out local shows in the meantime and consolidating lessons learned so far this year.

Lesson # 1 Artists are good peeps

Lesson # 2 You can't figure out the customers
- Jim Parker > Jack Glaab June 23, 2014 at 7:13pm
  
  Jack, this is a thread from three years ago…
Carolina Niebres July 8, 2011 at 10:39pm

I'm at Madison. Art Off the Square. Booth #16
Connie Mettler July 8, 2011 at 9:08am

Looks like the two big events (produced by Howard Alan Events and Amdur Productions) In the Loop in Chicago are getting equal billing: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/events/ct-ott-0708-art-...
Munks July 7, 2011 at 10:47pm

Well.

I was looking forward to attending the 19th Annual Fairchild Mango Festival in Florida this weekend.

I was especially interested in the growing mangos in Japan program on Saturday as well "Selecting and Growing the Perfect Mango" at 11:30 on Sunday.

But, I have decided instead to devote myself to a new way of doing things. I am going to try to be a nicer person in order to have the opportunity to meet new people and share my knowledge with others and so forth and so on.

Here is a link to help explain my change of plans for this weekend. Sadly, no mangos for me this weekend, but I believe there is a higher calling here by a power greater than all of us.

I wish everyone peace, and kumbaya, and nice thoughts and positive vibes and all that stuff!
- geri a. wegner > Munks July 10, 2011 at 1:20am
  
  Don't knock the Mango festival if you have never been there, It is a lot of fun and exceptionally delicious!
- Jacqueline Roberge > Munks July 8, 2011 at 5:23am
  
  I will be at the Royal Oak Outdoor Art Fair in Royal Oak, Michigan, Woodward Ave & 13 Mile Rd.
  - Anita Elaine Peters > Jacqueline Roberge July 8, 2011 at 9:00am
    
    I will be in the Northbrook show this weekend. EM Events is the promoter this year. There will be a lot of good artists there so check it out.
    - Amy Ikenn > Anita Elaine Peters July 8, 2011 at 9:47am
      
      Let me know how Northbrook goes. I grew up there and this is the first year I am not doing the show. Sales last year were not high enough to make we want to go back. The crowds were outstanding but it was too much reunion and too little sales event.
      - geri a. wegner > Amy Ikenn July 9, 2011 at 6:25pm
        
        Well Amy, I can think of 5 artists who had sales by 11am today. This show has done a 180 and turned into a wonderful little show. I got to see artists I had never seen before, some I hadn't seen in a while and favorites I had seen recently. What a difference a new promoter makes.
        
        I am going back tomorrow and will buy more.
        
        I'll do a full review tomorrow but I had a ton of fun there today.

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