The place to be this weekend, May 1-3, is definitely the Brookside Art Annual in Kansas City.
Kansas City is a place that takes its two major art fairs seriously and artists take Kansas City seriously also, I'd hazard a guess that between the Plaza Art Fair in September and the Brookside event in May that they definitely get the cream of the crop of applicants for at least one of them.
Here's an excellent critique by Steve Shapiro in the Kansas City Tribune: Van Gogh: Wouldn’t He Have Enjoyed Brookside Art Fair?
"The annual rites of spring inevitably begin with three things: the arrival of tornado season; Opening Day at the ballpark; and the Brookside Art Fair. If the first two can disappoint, the Art Fair represents its own pleasures, which rarely prove to be a let-down. It is art, booths and booths of it, from traditional oil paintings to pastels, jewel-work and latterly digital and mixed media; as well as people, young and old, with strollers and walkers, relaxed couples wherein one half of the relationship wanders off, connoisseurs and browsers, artists and critics." Read the rest.
And, you'll like the upbeat report by Mark Clegg, at the local NBC affiliate, including video: http://www.nbcactionnews.com/news/local/story/
Reading over the list of exhibitors it sounded like an art fair reunion of "lifers" in the business, including at least 25 members of this network. Donna Potts does a great job organizing and running this art fair. We pray the weather gods are with her this weekend.
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