Thank you Lori Kay, Alison Fox, John Leben, Robert Wallis and everyone else who shared their St. James Court experiences. A show that has this many exhibitors deserves to be reported. I was there too, but have been so distracted by getting the statistics together for the Best Art Fair Survey that I am finally reporting in.
Here is a quickie video:
Spotted on the Court were Tara Brickell and Terry Adams from Cherry Creek and Katrina Delgado from Coconut Grove.
I didn't arrive at St. James Court until 4 pm on Saturday. I would have been there earlier but was sitting in my car for an hour on I-65 south of the city in a traffic jam. What did I miss? Maybe a few downpours, but surely did miss seeing a bunch of friends.
Probably the happiest creature in the show, thankful for all the water - ceramic sculpture by Dennis Thompson
I had a list of people to see: Deidre Nabors, Sharon Tesser, Robert Wallis and Greg Little who had contacted me earlier that I wanted to meet and I was invited to a reception on 4th Street that evening. So sorry to have missed you, and the party also.
As I hustled through the show I saw Nels Johnson, Chris Maher, Annette Morrin, Chris Coffey, Aaron Reed, Sean McDougal, the Hand Jive folks, Lee Cohn -- who else? Not enough time.
This is a show I know well as my husband participated in it from 1984-2005. From the quick look around I saw that some very good art had migrated to 3rd Street, so it looks like there is a war going on for hosting the best artists that I hadn't seen before.
As you can imagine from being in the show all those years we've seen all kinds of weather but I'll never forget the first time we were there. It rained all day Friday and Saturday and it was raining when we got up on Sunday morning and people were loading out. The artists were complaining a lot, but this was my first season not to be working in the public schools and my feeling was "any day at an art fair is better than a day in the classroom."
I don't have the name of the found object artist nor this glassblower. Can anyone help me out?
So pleased to see 2nd generation artist Jason Stoddart (son of our friends Jack and Lynn Stoddart) and his wife Beth carrying on the family tradition shooting and selling images of the Tennessee backwoods at St. James
Picnic tables in Belgravia Court waiting for a better day
Who was there that I missed?
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Sorry Carol and I didn't get to meet up you Connie. It was quite a rainy and messy weekend but fortunately Friday kept it from being a complete washout.
Yes, Chris' booth really looked beautiful on this very overcast day. It jumped out at me and drew like a magnet. Do you think it would have been as nice with gray Pro Panels? and the other booth also, Devlin's very attractive booth that displayed his work well, brought it up to a level where you'd want to touch and own it. And it was a great combination of "wall art" and sculpture, something for everyone.
Love the colorful glasswork in your pictures! I think people are more into colorful artwork now! I am going to take some classes in contemporary art. I see very modern furniture being shown now etc. Thanks for the pic's.! Looked like a nice show!
(photo of Devlin's business card)
Hi there everyone--this is my first post. I'm a newbie...I believe that glass you have pictured is from a Missouri artist named Chris McCarthy.
I want to thank you all for every tip I've already read and for every tip I'll read in the future. This site has been quite a help to me so far, and I'm only in the beginning staged of my new career as an artist.