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What does it mean outside vendors will be allowed at St. James?

Posted by Connie Mettler on September 3, 2010 at 10:39pm in Art Show Information and Discussions
Help me out here. There is a news story out from Louisville about an amended city "ordinance that would allow outside artists and vendors not participating in the art show to set up nearby". I believe it pertains to all city events but specifically, of course, affects the St. James Court Art Show. Here is the article:  http://www.fox41.com/Global/story.asp?S=13086652

What does this sound like to you? Is this a good thing or a bad thing for artists?

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  • Connie Mettler October 2, 2010 at 11:31am
    And now MORE, a big story in the Louisville Courier talking about the "Unfair" held at Magnolia & 8th-- so the locals can participate. Wonder if these folks also had to purchase a permit...Don't you just love that name?

    http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20101001/NEWS01/310010103/Th...
    • Linnea Lahlum > Connie Mettler September 1, 2011 at 12:59pm

      Reminiscent of "Les Salon des Refuses" .....  it IS a good name.

       

      Link is no longer active.

  • Richard P Sullivan September 4, 2010 at 7:45am
    For the past 10 years separate shows was setting up in the gas station nearby and the parking lot of a local bar and a couple of other spots. These shows functioned as shows for local and nearby artists to participate in if they do not get into St James. Eventually the city was asked to curb this behavior and they were going to monitor these sights and shut them down because these shows were not held to the same standard of permitting and public safety and organizers of the St James event were paying for all the advertising public safety etc and the small local shows were benefiting without contributing. An ordinance was passed by the city that prevented any peddler from setting up within 1000 feet of the St James Show, even on private property. After some discussion, and a lawsuit, some of the off-site shows will be able to continue in certain areas that are able to satisfy the requirements of city permits and public safety requirements.

    It ends up functioning like the shows surrounding Coconut Grove. Good for the artists who can't get into the main event but perhaps takes away from those at the big event.
    • Andy Priest Lee > Richard P Sullivan September 4, 2010 at 1:32pm
      The 2009 city ordinance that Mr. Sullivan broadly describes set a 100 ft proximity limit
      (not 1000 feet).

      "No vehicle, other conveyance or temporary stand shall locate closer than 100 feet of a Metro Louisville permitted special event without the written permission of the event organizers."

      This is the language that the Consortium is hoping to change on 9/9/10. The word on the street is that this move is purely expedient and temporary and will be corrected in 2011 or 2012.
      • Andy Priest Lee > Andy Priest Lee September 9, 2010 at 8:50pm
        All is well for the St. James Court Art Show (SJCAS) as long as the necessary permit(s) by the city were granted (or whatever your choice of operative word). And so it seems so.
        Louisville metro council passed tonight (9/9/10) the assorted changes to metro codes that impacted the boundaries of the SJCAS for 2010. District 6 (containing the SJCAS) freshman councilman Deonte Hollowell commented to the entire body that his district
        "was ecstatic that its community fairs will be protected". I guess all artists-vendors contracted for the 2010 show can sigh collectively in relief. Phew!!! Close call.
        • Andy Priest Lee > Andy Priest Lee September 22, 2010 at 8:42pm
          Hmmm. Very odd. Ear to the ground. Word on the street is: mixed signals about when exactly is next year's St. James Art Show in 2011 and whether there will still be an Art Show Consortium next year that links all legs of the show into a single corporate entity. What are the implications of this? Who is calling the shots?
      • Connie Mettler > Andy Priest Lee September 4, 2010 at 7:10pm
        okay, that makes sense -- these other venues are profiting from the organized events, and I can certainly understand the permitting, licensing and security concerns...I just couldn't figure that out from reading the articles.
        • 30g3kly5uk9y2 > Connie Mettler September 5, 2010 at 12:13pm
          It seems like Andy summed it up. This ordinance amendment will affect all community festivals in Louisville not just St James. It is our hope the city festivals and events can rally together in 2011 and the City will see the importance of protecting these events. The costs to put on these events keep increasing and it's not right that others can "glob on" without incurring expenses. The artists coming in from out of town sees it as St James not managing their borders where in fact it's not St James it's the city ordinance that is allowing this to happen.
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