This event was a fundraiser for the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Fine Arts, since funding has been cut for the arts in this country, museums must rely on donations or fundraisers. It was held August 14 and 15 in the museum and we had about 25 local artists inside the A/C selling their wares. It was an excellent show for this time of year and weather here. This was a first time event, so the advertising could have been better, but even so, I was very pleased with my sales. The artists all donated 40% of their sales to the museum. Ann Feldshue, who is the buyer for the museums gift shop arranged the event. She carries local artists work in the gift shop and it is NOT full of buy sell items. It is nice when a local museum supports the local artists. She has now included my work in the shop.
Each artist was unique and even in the same media there was no competition between artists, since each one's style of work was chosen carefully to be different from the other. Fantastic job and fantastic weekend.
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