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That was a lot of fun, with a wonderful response from artists, art shows, art fair patrons and advertisers across the country.

Here are the official winners:

1. Dorraine Watts - Kindle with built in Wi-Fi
2. Brian Bass - pottery by Sarah Silva
3. Tahmi DeSchepper - consulting services with Larry Berman
4. Shirley Baker - canopy weights from James Eaton
5. Kristen Walsh - Sunshine Artist subscription
6. Woody Smith - Auntie M's peanut brittle
7. Steph Mader -Sunshine Artist subscription
8. Lenore Lampi - free booth at a Howard Alan Event
9. Barbara Johnson - mobile Polaroid printer
10. Suzanne Krongold - NAIA membership
11. Barbara McLaughlin - consultation with Connie Mettler
12. Susan Miller - consultation with Connie Mettler
13. Melanie Rolfes - subscription to Sunshine Artist
14. Leslie Kaplan - Level 2 membership to Festival Network Online
15. Donald Dixon - CDs from Paul Adams and Dave Hoffman
16. Barbara Nelson - Expert Website Review from Scott Fox
17. Michelle Wermuth - pottery from Barry Bernstein
18. Carolina Niebres - t shirt from the Des Moines Art Festival
19. Barbara Berney - Frog Bag from Lynda Wallis
20. Jetze Beers - Sunshine artist subscription
21. Wendy Edwards - CDs from Paul Adams and Dave Hoffman
22. Anne Tindell - a year's membership  to ClickMillionaires.com Online Marketing Coaching Community
23. Jacqueline Gomez - Frog bag from Lynda Wallis
24. Ginny Herzog - Expert Website Review from Scott Fox
25. Julie Crouse - subscription to Sunshine Artist
26. Wendy Shattil - a year's membership  to ClickMillionaires.com Online Marketing Coaching Community
27. Br. Xavier Pankovits - candles from Michelle Sholund
28. Paolo & Patty DeMaria - Frog bag from Lynda Wallis
29. Peggy Whitson  - t shirt from the St. Louis Art Fair
30. Linda Shields - decorated cookies from Auntie M's Baked Goods
31. Don Lake - choice of tshirt
32. Terri Anderson - oatmeal cookies from Auntie M's
33. Terry McCray - Silver palm tree from Lynda Keen

A last thank you to the supporters:

Brian Bass, Michael Kuehl, Loree Rinck, Hyacinth Manning, Joan Tweedell, Stacey Miller, Bobby Schochet, Steph Mader, Anne Tindell, Roberta Starbird, Philip Marty, Paula Grill, Dorraine Watts, Sherry Martin, Margaret Hagopian-Slack, Geri Wegner, Charles Bingham, Barbara Berney, Ronald Gould, Don Lake, Pat Finney, John Leben, Jerry Maschinot, Jill Richman, Kay Foley at Ampersand Cards, Linnea Swanson, Michelle Wermuth, Emily Pezzulich, Shaari Horowitz, Silent Echoes, Howard Rose, Barbara Nelson, John MacDonald, Luisa Velasquez, Currie Silver, Bruce Eaton, Gary Willcock, Rick Hall & Tina Willis, Barbara McLaughlin, Melanie Rolfes, Wally Parshall, aLightGoesOn, Bo Mackinson, Harrison Otalor, Clair Thompson, Bruce and Christine Green, Ginny Herzog, Teressa Getz, Margie Luttrell, Dave Dinsdale of Pristine Images, Maija Baynes, Nancy Potts,Tahmi de Schepper, LJ Young, Susan Hohman, Lynn & Michael Krause, Nancy Wasserman, Richard Grossman, Shirley Baker, Danglez, Carol Faith, Kay Cummins, Betty Householder, Mary Hermansen, Sherry Curtis, Impact Gallery, Ilze Heider, Diana Bruni, Beverly Shine, Hannelore Jundt-Pritchard, Susan Russo, Karen Brown, Lenore Lampi, Lynda Chevrier, Crystal, Medusa's Stones, Annette Piper, James Parker, Michael Wommack, Patricia Simmons, Nicole Moore, Woody Smith, Christine Heisler, Susan Miller, Jennifer Thomas, Lisa Scheffer, Melanie Moore, Tara Dalga, Joanne Wendel, Heather Watson, Suzanne Krongold, Vinnie Sutherland, Sharon @1-2-3 It's Me, Xavier Pankovits, Gregg Gustafson, Paul Messink, Artwear Design, Jacqueline Gomez, Annie Omens, John Ziemann, Candy McFall, Scrap Felt, Helen Jarocki, Leslie Kaplan, Circle D Metal Art, April Schwaegerle, Sharon Fink, John Wilson, Creative Bead Connection, Joy Hafford, DeVer Originals, Karen Kress, Kathleen Clausen, Jill White, Kristen Walsh, Judith Weisblatt, our friends at the College Hill Art Festival, Michael & Carol Weber and Deborah Banyas & T.P. Speer, Leo Charette, Peggy Whitson, Jan Richardson, Ann Akland, Lisa Cutler, Denise Bizot, Rusty Leffel, Terry McCray, Mark Brodnan, Barry Bernstein, Wendy Shattil, Jan Anderson, John Pulbratek, Richard Freund, Wendy Edwards, Monika Green, Sarah Silva, Douglas Farrar, Donald Dixon, Lynda Wallis, Pamella Harris, Judy Zeddies, Ruth Finkenbiner, Zee Galliano, Marilyn Troutman, Donald Dixon, Marcia Grout, Donald Thompson, Michelle Babcock and old friends Gert & Sheila Olsen!

Patrons:  Beth Sergeant, Eugene Hughes, Debra Ehmann, Howard Rose, Deborah Gall, Caroline Niebres, Barbara McLaughlin, Wally Parshall, Jeanne Steck, Mary Johnston, Paolo DeMaria, Diane Rose Jewelry, Ariela Boronat, Jetze Beers, B. Felt, Judith Walton, James Nelson, Pat Falk, Julie Crouse, Mark Sarlson, Ed & Carole Schmidt

And the "Angels": Linda Billet, Linda Shields, Allison Bernknopf, Melanie Allen & Ross Graham

Everyone send us your mailing address so we can send you your "Red Dot" bumper sticker and award ribbons for the Patron and Angel sponsors.

Deepest apologies if anyone was left off this list -- I truly appreciate this support and look forward to year 3 of ArtFairInsiders.com!

It surely has been fun handing out the prizes to all of you who have been such great supporters of our websites. Many thanks to all who have pledged.

Here are the prizes that are left:

1. 3 memberships to the online marketing community - if you are trying to market your art online this community is run like AFI, but it is all about BUSINESS and making money online. This is an invaluable opportunity for you to get some great advice.
2. 2 expert reviews of your website -- great advice on how to make your website work better for you!
3.  2 - baked goods from Auntie M's  (peanut brittle gone)
4. 3 subscriptions to Sunshine Artist
5. candles from Michelle Sholund
6. jewelry from Lynda Keen
7. notecards from the Mt. Clemens Art Center
8. CDs from Paul Adams & David Hoffman
9. 3 Frog Bags from Lynda Wallis
10. vintage t shirts from the top art fairs

Here is the next group of winners.

1.  Barbara Berney
2. Jetze Beers
3. Gary Willcock
4. Wendy Edwards
5. Anne Tindell
6.  Jacqueline Gomez
7. Ginny Herzog
8. Pamella Harris
9. Julie Crouse
10. Wendy Shattil

Please visit the pledge/prize page and make a choice and send it to me.  Please send three choices as someone is sure to take your first choice!

Everyone who pledged should have this "Art Star" on their own page on this website by now. If you don't let me know so I can add it.

and also, if you don't already have a "Red Dot" please send me your mailing address.

Pledges are still being taken and many thanks to you who are just now getting around to it. Your names have been added to the list for the drawings.

We'll be doing our last drawing on Friday morning, June 10, for the rest of the prizes.

Congratulations to these Art Fair Insiders members, all prizewinners in Fort Worth:

Michael Brown, Ginny Herzog, Renee & James Engebretson and Jeffrey Zachmann

A total of $10,500 in award money went to:

Best of Show

• Mimi Damrauer - Fiber, Booth 810

• Marvin Blackmore - Ceramics, Booth 606
• Harry Roa - Jewelry, Booth 526
• E. Douglas Wunder - Jewelry, Booth 804
• Theresa Honeywell - Mixed Media, Booth 424
• Victoria Varga/Daniel Brouder - Jewelry, Booth 472
• Lynda Ladwig - Ceramics, Booth 304
• Ayala Naphtali - Jewelry, Booth 726

• Thomas Diel - Emerging Artist, Booth 353

• Luis Enrique Gutierrez - Ceramics, Booth 504
• Michael Brown - Digital, Booth 624***
• J D Hillberry - Drawing/Pastels, Booth 625
• Viviana Bonanomi Santamarina - Fiber, Booth 437
• Renee Engebretson/James Engebretson - Glass, Booth 709***
• Seung Lee - Graphics/Printmaking, Booth 316
• Christy Klug - Jewelry, Booth 517
• Carol Hearty - Leather, Booth 310
• Jeffrey Zachmann - Metalwork, Booth 507***
• Richard Curtner - Mixed Media, Booth 607
• Ginny Herzog - Painting, Booth 704***
• Randy Dana - Photography, Booth 468
• Elizabeth Frank - Sculpture, Booth 422
• Marilyn Endres/Eucled Moore - Wood, Booth 319

This has been a whirlwind week for us with this pledge drive and the two podcasts. Once again many thanks to all who have pledged to keep our websites alive and happy and continuing to make your art fairs more satisfying to you in every way, physically, emotionally and monetarily.

We have a bunch of prizes to award to those who pledged. We have chosen the following names using the www.Random.org site. Instead of directly awarding a specific prize will the following people please contact me and let me know their 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices, as I know not everyone wants web consulting or a Kindle or some of the other prizes on the list. You can find the prizes here: http://www.artfaircalendar.com/art_fair/pledgedrive.html

The winners are:

1. Dorraine Watts
2. Brian Bass
3. Tahmi DeSchepper
4. Shirley Baker
5. Margaret Hagopian-Slack
6. Scrap Felt
7. Woody Smith
8. Steph Mader
9. Lenore Lampi
10. Barbara Johnson

Please have your choices to me by midnight June 5.

Everyone who has pledged is receiving:

• an official Art Star on their profile page on this site (going up soon)

• a "Red Dot" bumper sticker. Please send me your mailing address so I can get those out to you.

Haven't pledged yet? Get in on the next round of prize drawings. Pledge here now.

Next prize drawing at 9 am on June 6.

Many members of Art Fair Insiders were in St. Petersburg this weekend to participate in the Mainsail Arts Festival, the unofficial end of the Florida art fair season. While we are waiting for the reports let's all congratulate members of our community who were the prizewinners this year: