I live in the Missouri Ozarks along with quite a few artists that travel to art fairs thru out the midwest and beyond. The feed back we give each other on FB and emails point to disappointing shows so far this season. Even though I am a big supporter of doing regional shows we allowed ourselves a trip to do 2 shows in Colorado (along with some fly fishing in the mountains). The two shows to report on were (1) Summer Art Fair in Evergreen July 17-18 and Greeley July24-25.
Evergreen show had a good mix, but fewer exhibitors than last year. Sales good on Sunday, Saturday was very hot for Colorado. Average to poor sales.
Greeley. Kind of state fair kind of show with a good number of non professional "stuff". But, on Sat people were buying art at a good clip only to be cut off at the knees by Sunday's low to no sales. Very frustrating and if not a work-cation it would not have been worthwhile to have traveled that distance. Fortunately we were staying in our pop-up camper and preparing our own meals when we could.
Next show: Fall into Art in Edina, Mn. Sept11-12. This is a underrated show, so don't come and don't tell anyone else about it.
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  • Thanks, Mark, for this report...I worked some with the people at Evergreen last year and it surely sounds like they are trying hard to make this successful and raise money for their hospital.
  • Mum is the word... see you in Edina!
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