What are you doing this weekend (July 4-6, 2014)?

Holiday weekends traditionally are not big weekends for art fairs. On my radar:

Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver -- one of the really big ones.
http://www.9news.com/story/life/events/2014/07/02/cherry-creek-arts-festival/12080095/

One day show in northern Michigan in Harbor Springs
Muskegon Lakeshore Festival (MI)
Berkshires Festival in MA
Boston Mills (OH)?
Westerville, OH
http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/westerville/news/2014/07/01/41st-annual-westerville-music--arts-festival-festivals-varied-lineup-aims-to-suit-many-tastes.html
and how about the Art Car Boot Fair in Liverpool, England? http://www.artcarbootfair.com/

Maybe you're not doing an art fair at all. What's up, folks? and how did your June shows do for you?

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Barrie Lynn Bryant July 6, 2014 at 10:42am

Applying traditional gesso to a frame, preparing it for gilding later today. WOOHOO!
Camryn Forrest July 4, 2014 at 9:23am

Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver. Beautiful morning so far, but we've been having those afternoon showers, so cross your fingers!
- Barrie Lynn Bryant > Camryn Forrest July 6, 2014 at 11:00am
  
  Hi, Camryn. I just viewed your profile and discovered you've exhibited at cons? Maybe Milehicon? We've been there several times and also at Denvention 3 in 2008. We travel to Florida during October and into November and thus can't participate in Milehicon right now. Anyway, we had a blast there! Oh, we also did World Horror Con at Denver in 2001 I think. WOOHOO!
- Connie Mettler > Camryn Forrest July 4, 2014 at 9:40pm
  
  How cool is that, Camryn? I know the crowds are out in full force on the first day at CC. Hope the pesky rains stayed away and you had a banner sales day.
  
  I remember the artists standing outside of the hotel after the show and watching the fireworks over the Rockies. Nice.
Scott Pakulski July 3, 2014 at 11:16pm

Staying at home and getting ready for my big two July shows... Art in the Park and the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair because I was waitlisted for West Shore Art Fair in Ludington (which I did last year) but was never called up... I still don't know why I was accepted into Art in the Park and the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair but not West Shore in Ludington...
- Connie Mettler > Scott Pakulski July 4, 2014 at 9:36pm
  
  Art in the Park is "juried by check", I believe, Scott. It does get huge crowds though and I believe you can sleep at home. Always a bonus.
Geoff Coe July 3, 2014 at 9:50pm

In SW Fla, pickings are slim...well, really nonexistent! However, Englewood (which hosts the killer Rotary show in March) has a Fourth of July community celebration from 10a to 11p (I can start packing up at 7--and I will). For only $75 and an 80 minute drive, I get a booth space, so no reason to stay home. Last year I did nearly $1K here, and I've got a couple of clients from the spring show that live there year round and are coming by.
So ya never know!

At worst it will be a continuation of my annual "Clear the Nest" sale, which I can promote more directly (with SALE signs) than I can at a regular art show. I mark scratch-n-dent and dead inventory down to near-pocket change level, put those items in a separate bin, then put out a few regular items.

I'm off the rest of the month so it would be nice to have a decent showing. But it's going to be HOT--low 90s.
- Connie Mettler > Geoff Coe July 4, 2014 at 9:35pm
  
  Hoping you have put another $1K in your pocket by now, Geoff. Then you'll be back to painting your place?
Richard L. Sherer July 3, 2014 at 8:43pm

Reupholstering the front bench seat in my '88 Suburban and getting more orders from art shows done. Back on the road next week.
- Connie Mettler > Richard L. Sherer July 3, 2014 at 9:45pm
  
  Getting the hoses straightened out in the garden. I was told I need to fertilize and reupholstering is a winter thing around here. But then, I've never reupholstered the seats in a car.

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