Just joined the "Insiders" and am stoked about improving my show success. Does anyone have info about the Santa Clarita CA Cowboy Festival? I just learned about it last month.
I've already seen one of my pet peeves-"juried" shows that include lots of commercial vendors.
Dian
I've been in several shows where we had some extra room around the 10'x10' area, and some people have been very clever about erecting awnings or "back room" areas. This is especially handy for rainy or extremely hot days! Unfortunately I haven't really paid attention to how they made these areas, and I'd love some suggestions. I have a Flourish Trimline tent, and know I could just buy the 5' awning, but I'm not sure I really need that or want it. One lady made sort of a lean-to arrangement behind her tent where she stayed nice and dry while i was squeezed into the back of my tent space. Does anyone have any clever ideas? Thanks in advance!
This past weekend did a show called Hermosa Beach Arts and Crafts Festival in Southern Calif. I was told by friends that it was a good show. I did the show in the early 90's and it was an true arts and crafts. There were fine art painters, ceramics, metal work and others handmade arts. Well, now this show has sponsors, natural juice, milk, bottle tea, satellite tv. The show had very little handmade arts and crafts and a lot of buy/sell. What used to be a great show has turned into a not so good swapmeet. The surprise were all the sponsors and they got the good booth locations. Artists were there but not that many. The show was crowded I would say around 100,000 people. But most seemed to be out there just to go to the beach. Did not seem to be that many buyers. I did ok not great, but with all the sponsors and freebies I would not return unless they clean up the show I also drove from out of state. Cost me over $300.00 in gas alone, and the show was $600.00
I was also approached by another promoter who is looking to fill their show in two weeks, and that show has around 20 sponsors and a carnival. What are happening to the good old arts and crafts festivals.
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This was the third year for this Howard Alan show which is held on Memorial Day weekend in Hilton Head, SC. The first year it rained both days, the second year it was HOT & HUMID, this year was also hot, humid & a sprinkling of rain during setup. This show is hidden from the main road & banners of any kind are PROHIBITED.
Even with all those obsticals the people come, and every year the crowds get better. The show is held in Shelter Cove in a parking lot with a marina full of beautiful boats as a backdrop. Set up is the day before and quite easy, breakdown can be hectic, but was very well controlled by Helayne and Pia. This year the show was smaller than past years, around 85, and I think that is the ideal number for this space. The mix of fine art and fine craft was very well balanced. I spoke with several artists in many different mediums all were either happy or extremely happy with sales. Those of us that have done this show from the beginning have seen our sales improve every year, my sales have increased by 50% every year.
The crowds are a mix of tourists, beaching it for the weekend, and residents which are quite conservative. With that mix of crowd I saw all different types art being purchased from jewelry to large sculpture and these people have deep pockets.
This show definately has a future and is one I will continue to do.
This was the first big weekend for art festivals in the Chicagoland area. Mother Nature did not make things easy on anyone as Carla mentioned below. We got an early start Saturday since it was supposed to rain later in the afternoon.
I had been to Schaumburg in 2009 and found it to be a nice show, a little uneven quality-wise but good enough to warrant a return this year. My cousin (who goes to most Chicago shows with me) said it was a good show last year also. Well, this year it was not worth the trip. There were a few good artists but not many. The layout of the show was totally confusing which I think is unfair to both patrons and artists. We figured if we missed anyone, it probably wasn't a big deal since we hadn't seen much that we liked.
Then we went to Barrington for the 2nd year of Amy's show there. We hadn't even gone halfway down one row when the difference between the two shows became apparent. The quality at this show was excellent. The layout was manageable, we knew where we were going and where we had been. There were enough new artists to make it interesting and enough 'regulars' to feel at home and see how their work had grown since the last time I saw them.
Carla was away from her booth, her husband was there. Her work is bold, colorful and fun. Didn't get to visit with Patti and Bob Stern because it started to rain kind of hard so we left. Hope to see them next weekend in Deerfield with much better weather.
I still think that Amy has too many art shows but she consistently has high quality shows and when you go, you know what you are going to see. She has very few misses. She also has artists of varying price points at most shows. When she has live music, it is always festival appropriate. The food is pretty much festival food (those awful gyros, quasi-Greek vendors are all over, the same signs even as I saw in Florida) but atleast there was one booth that seemed to be above average, a local vendor, not the same-old, same-old usually found at all shows.
The Chicago season is off and running.......
So sad...I had my 1st show in 8 years, Barrington IL Art Festival by Amdur Productions. Very organized, easy setting, tons of parking. Show was right in the middle of town, coffee and cupcake shops, adorable gift stores and boutiques set in old style homes,tons of local independent business, banks and investment companies, the town is charming, beautiful amazing houses, mansions with horses.
Saturday was chilly and light rain couple times. People browsing, I didn't have a good day but too early to judge.
Sunday was starting to be crowded, people finally coming inside my booth,tons of families excited to be out for Memorial Day, they were asking questions, leaving their e mails, I was 11:00 am,starting to feel excited when they notified us to secure our tent because a storm was coming. End of the story...storm came, hitting hard, I got in my car and went to Mc Donald's drive through to kill some time, then I came back to check my EZ UP, EASY DOWN tent. I'm glad I did. Water on the roof was just about to cause a disaster. Other artists helped me to on do my tent so the water just came down like a waterfall. Amdur team told us that storm was coming heavier so just go ahead and pick up, we wouldn't be penalized.
There's always good things in bad things, all I can say is that I am glad I met wonderful artists and they helped me to take all my tent and displays down in minutes and load my car, everybody soaking wet and they didn't care, they were all helping other artists. I'm looking forward to see them in other shows that we will be doing this season, we will stay connected :). It's 1pm and I'm already home blogging, geez! Thank you weather!
Please, tell me not to get disappointed and all sows are not like this!
The title really says it all, but since this is a blog - I'll elaborate.
Last weekend I took my husband, under duress, to a fine art fair. Having exhibited at mostly local arts and crafts, I wanted to get a feel for fine arts and booth set ups. I also wanted him to check out how tents were weighted because I was hoping he'd take on that responsibility. Even though I told him it was fine art show, he still thought I was dragging him to another arts and "crap" show (his words). Admittedly, I gave up trying to explain fine art, especially in relation to jewelry.
Once parked, the husband thought he was going to just take a nap in the truck. No such luck for him. After I explained his role, we ate some greasy fair food and set off through the show. At some point we got separated because he thought I was spending too much time at a particular jewelry booth. When I explained that I was chatting with the artist, he scoffed "Artist???"
There's a lot about this whole scene that he just doesn't get. In his way, though, he is being supportive and really does want me to be successful. He finally understood what I wanted as far as weights and did go to the local masonry supply for cement blocks. And he'll lend muscle whenever he can. Yesterday was my first show with my new tent, so he met me there and helped set up. He doesn't quite understand that there are breakables in the Rubbermaid tub. Luckily, nothing broke when he tossed it to the ground. He forgot to lock the table legs - again, luckily, there were only a few things on it (and I was holding on) when one side collapsed.
I figured I was tearing down on my own at 5:00, but then my knight in shining armor rode up on his motorcycle.
Maybe some day, he'll "get it". In the meantime, I'll take whatever he's willing to offer.
In 1995 a group of 25 artists met informally in Chicago at the Old Town Art Fair to discuss concerns and interests of the current state of affairs in the art and craft show world. The concept of the National Assn. of Independent Artists (NAIA) was born out of that meeting and the organization was officially formed and named in March 1996. The stimulus for this meeting was a near riot at an art fair in Charlotte, NC, that April. What sounded like a gunshot went off and the huge crowd stampeded down the street smashing tents and artwork that was in the way.
Artists decided that it would be a good idea to adapt some "best policies" to present to art fairs in order to avoid this kind of occurrence happening again. I was at this first meeting and it was exciting to join the group to see if working together artists could improve our working conditions. The NAIA has done a lot of good things for artists, but to artists the most invisible one is the Show Director's Conferences.
I've attended most of these conferences, always held in conjunction with an art fair so the directors can see how events are held in different parts of the country and to learn how they can improve their shows. Last week they met in Indianapolis with our sponsor being the Broad Ripple Art Fair. In attendance: (photos below)
Dave & Carla Fox: Art in the High Desert
Sharon McAllister & Jeanne Seehaver: ArtFest Fort Myers
Jay Snyder & Craig Thompson: ByHand Cleveland
Brian Wood: Cedarhurst Center for the Arts
Antonia Lindauer: Cherokee Triangle Art Fair
Terry Adams & Tara Brickell: Cherry Creek Arts Festival
Vaughn Griffith & Mary-Sue Bartlett: College Hill Arts Festival
Peggy Finnegan: Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival
Stephen King, Angie Lolbet & Beth Johnson: Des Moines Arts Festival
Patty Narozny & Elise Richey: Hot Works
Sara Shambarger & George Barfield: Krasl Art Center
Georgie Kelly & Mary Fourhman: Madison Chautauqua Festival of Art
Nichole Smith: Newport Arts Festival
Linda Beckstrom & Lynn Pritchard: South Shore Frolics Festival of Art
Lisa Konikow & Connie Mettler: Arts, Beats & Eats
Sarah Arnold: Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival
Lisanne Robinson: Sebastian Art Festival
Leah Charney: Zapplication
Artists: Les & Ella Slesnick, Marji Rawson, David Rosenberg, Rich Fizer, Kate Strong, Teresa Saborsky, Carroll Swayze & Mary Strope, Admin for NAIA
As you can see from this list it is an excellent mix of events from the big name festivals to smaller volunteer run events. This makes for great dialogue as, depending on your point of view, just about every issue has a different answer.
This year's conference was a dialogue among the attendees addressing what artists feel are the most important topics at today's shows.
The first presentation was on the costs of doing art shows presented by Terry Adams (the guy with the really big budget), Sara Shambarger (smaller budget) and two artists, Carroll Swayze and Rich Fizer (really small budget). The budget for Cherry Creek is well over $1,000,000 and Terry presented a pie chart for where the money comes from and where it goes. How much is funded by jury fees? Make some guesses in the comments below.
The next topic was Booth Images, facilitated by Carla Fox and Stephen King. Everyone weighed in on what the booth image meant to their show and how important it is. The general consensus was that shows use booth shots for two purposes:
They also agreed that indoor shots or outdoor shots were not any kind of a deciding factor, they just really wanted to see how your art would fit into the finest possible presentation to the attending public.
This was followed by a cocktail party. We were asked to attend as our favorite artist, work of art, or style of art.
Nichole Smith as "Mixed Media", Jeanne Seehaver as "Annie Liebovitz"
Stephen King as "Stephen King"
Who is this show director who attended as "Andy Warhol"?
Connie Mettler & Lisa Konikow attended as "Art Fair"
Lisa took first place and Connie took third place in identifying important works of art. We were proud!
Leah Charney as "The Lady in the Hat" by Matisse.
Would you believe that this is the face of Zapplication?
The next entire day was spent on buy/sell, identifying imports and production work. Carroll Swayze presented a paper with excellent research to help directors identify imposters and buy/sell people. Some show directors google every applicant to make sure that the applicant is the actual artist. We all shared our personal experiences and resources for finding buy/sell. All agreed it was best to find out these agents before the show and allow them to make their case rather than wait until they were in the show, causing disruption on many fronts.
That evening we rode a school bus to the Preview Party on the lovely grounds of the Indianapolis Art Center. Congratulations to Patrick Flaherty, the new director of the Broad Ripple Art Fair, for this excellent gathering. Then back to downtown Indianapolis to make some last connections with one another and promises to weed out the buy/sell.
Even at a party the directors are still reviewing booth images! This is Teresa Saborsky, Jeanne Seahaver, Terry Adams, Carla Fox & Leah Charney (back to camera)
Peggy Finnegan from Chenango Colorscape and Terersa Saborsky, director of the NAIA
Almost all of us returned on Saturday to Broad Ripple to see the show, meet friends and BUY ART!
Summation: much of substance does get covered at these conferences but nothing beats the interaction with fellow directors and the networking that continues through the year.
The Northern VA Fine Arts Festival has always been one of my favorites. I find that they nearly always deliver a knowledgeable and appreciative crowd. Although the spring weather has often brought storms with winds tunnels from the tall buildings, this year was definitely a wonderful exception with near perfect weather both days. I only saw about 60% of the show and I thought it looked well juried.
This year, with a donation of a piece of art valued at at least $500, I was invited to participate in the Preview event on Friday evening. Another group of artists was invited to set up mini-exhibits of their work for the preview. There were just less than 20 pieces in the live auction and the average winning bids seemed to be around $400. The donating artists had the option of splitting the bid 50/50 with GRACE or donating the bid entirely to GRACE. The event was very well attended by approximately 250 people and the food was fantastic.
In the past several years, this show has been challenged with new layouts, due to "growing pains" in the Town Center. However, it seems that construction near the site of the show is almost completed and, for one of the first times, there appeared to be no dead zones. With the exception of Library St., booths were set up only on one side of the street. This contributes to easy load-in and load-out as well as making it easier for the crowds to see the show and not missing exhibitors.
It was my observation that this was one of the better selling shows that I've attended in some time, with many customers carrying more than one purchase. I, personally, had my best show, anywhere, in five years, due to repeat sales to some good collectors. I do contemporary paintings in the $200-$5000 range.
I enjoyed finally meeting fellow AFI'er, Jim Parker, and his lovely wife, Karyn, who were my neighbors. I agree with Jim, that this may be a show that starts slower for newbies but picks up, so I hope they will give it a couple more years!
GRACE was challenged for funding this year, by the loss of some big sponsors, and were trying to be creative in recouping funds. But, I think most artists were not happy with their new (optional) fee of $100 to select their block (not space) assignment. This is a bad precedent to be setting for other shows, who already charge extra for electricity, corner booths and parking, etc. Instead, I think that booth or block preference should be rewarded to 1) award winners, 2) artists who donate to the Preview Party auction or the C-Note event and 3) artists who pay their booth fees promptly after receiving their invitation to the show.
There are so many wonderful restaurants in the Town Center, that I wish the show would have them provide us with sample menus for orders to go and perhaps coupons for the artists, in lieu of meager lunches.
Finally, there was never a lack of volunteers if you needed to take a break. I'm glad the weather cooperated to provide for a successful show this year in Reston.
Always on the lookout for the good news in the Arts business it was a pleasure to read about a gallery in Birmingham that decided to do their part in the rebuilding of their region after the deadly tornadoes that came through in April.
"When Acme Gallery director Wes Frazer and artist John Lytle Wilson decided they wanted to do a show for tornado relief, they had no idea what they were in for," as donations of art for auction poured in. I haven't seen the entire list, but do see artist Dori DeCamillis, a fixture at the nation's top art fairs in the list of donors for the "Rebuild Alabama" exhibit.
Here is the rest of this story: http://blog.al.com/aharvey/2011/05/post.html
Ann put about two miles on her new knee during the show
We had heard horror stories of the force of winds blowing through this show in the past and were quite concerned. As it turned out, it was probably the best weather this show has enjoyed in years. Thank God. We only brought sixty pounds of weights per corner and the tent rental people were all out of the 250 pound weights they furnish for artists who request them well ahead of time. Which we didn't.
Anyone familiar with Parkinson's Law will understand that if you have six hours to set up that somehow it manages to take six hours, especially if you pause for lengthy conversations with artists you haven't visited with for months or even a year or two. We enjoyed the visits and welcomed the relaxed pace of the setup. It looked like everyone was able to get close enough to their spaces to have an easy time unloading and setting up. The whole scene was relaxed and the artists made room for each other with grace and good humor.
As our friends know, Ann is recovering from knee surgery so we decided to cough up an extra fifty a night so we could stay in the Hyatt, which was close enough to our booth for a minute and a half walk. Cane and all. Wow. We've never experienced anything quite like it. The Hyatt people were wonderful. As soon as they saw Ann's cane they set us up with a complimentary free parking spot right next to their entrance. When one of the staff tried to bring out our van the first morning, he managed to wedge it solidly into the vehicle parked next to it. While the manager was trying to figure out how to untangle the vehicles, I unloaded the rest of the stuff for the booth onto a hotel baggage cart which one of the bellhops carted to my booth. It was quite a parade.
There was minor damage to our Sprinter, but the hotel contacted their insurance company and we're on the way to having it repaired when we get home. The nice thing is that they cannot do that repair without also correcting the one next to it that I put there myself at the St. James show when I backed into someone's bumper, which left a nice black streak. Damn.
The show started off a bit slow and on Saturday we were only at a few hundred bucks by about two PM. Then it took off. We have not sold that many big pieces (@ several hundred $ each) in YEARS along with a large volume of our smaller images. On Sunday it was a near repeat, but not quite as strong as Saturday. We were happy with the results. Other artists around us did better than we did. Some by quite a large margin.
We were quite happy with our sheltered corner spot. Since we were one of the first to send in our fees, I was able to ask the nice lady to put us where she would want to be in order to be protected from the winds. She done us good.
On Saturday around noon one of the artists came up to the booth to see if I had gotten the same lunch he had. He seemed to be under the impression he had offended someone in charge of feeding the artists. When he saw my lunch he was relieved to see that this had not been the case.
In all fairness, we did get a note that the show had lost lots of financial support for that kind of thing.,
The award structure was unique in our experience. Although I did not get an award (nothing unique about that) I was impressed with the way they did it. Ten artists got awards of $500.00 each. Period. Although they did not have a list of the award winners, I was given a link for this info.
http://NorthernVirginiaFineArtsFestival.org/awards.php
If they take us back next year, we'll do this show in a heartbeat.
As a footnote, I was able to meet with a dear old friend of mine, renowned entomologist David Nickle. We were in bug school at University of Florida way back when. He went on to get his doctorate in entomology and a job with the Smithsonian Institute while I went forward to open a a pest control business to support an art career beginning in the late seventies. I sold the business in 2004 and went full time with the art shows. It's been fun. David is retiring soon. I will do art shows until I run out of money,
We were all able to enjoy a great dinner at the Tower Inn in N.E. Washington. The Decor was a bit over the top, however, but the men's room was a great experience. It was like peeing with the Gods.
The Fobot folk. The twins had a great show (or so they said)
Jim Copeland had lots of new stuff.. until he sold most of it.
I highly recommend the valet parking at the Hyatt.
..They're heavily insured and promised to fix everything.
We hope that next year the Democrats will be put
back in charge of the lunch budget.
.. With Dr. David A. Nickle, mild mannered entomologist. An old friend of mine from college days who took time from advising National Geographic just to have dinner with us.
Oh My..
I was so overcome by this level of elegance that I almost forgot why I was there.
Before I'm off and running again, here are a few photos from the Reston show this past weekend. I was busy enough that I didn't get the time to walk the entire show. It appears well-juried, the booth sitters are constantly offering assistance, and the weather held out well. Parking for trailers and larger vehicles was provided in a secure lot a block away from the Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE), and food provided for breakfast both days. A lunch was also circulated, but it was darn skimpy (see below). The show takes place in an upscale urban environment, the Reston Town Center. Lots of offices, restaurants, and a few shops. Very built-up, and it can be super windy at times. The show will rent you large concrete weights, and many artists take advantage of them. They are large and bulky though, and can be a tripping hazard for unwary patrons.
We saw lots of friends and made a couple new ones, too. Ellen Marshall was just a booth away, with her lovely pastel paintings. Ginny Herzog was our neighbor on the other side, and she had a great show, with long-time collectors coming by to say hello, and bring new pieces home.
Bill Sargent was there. So were other togs, including John Hartung, John Scanlan, Jim Copeland, Doug Remien.
Sales were good for some, and spotty for others. The higher-end contemporary 2-D work seems to do very well here, especially for established artists who work their lists. I was a first-timer, and made a few sales. The show wasn't up to my expectations, though, for either size of the crowd, or the buying energy, which seemed pretty low for such a highly-rated show. I think this is one of those shows that you need to establish yourself for a year or two before the sales pick up. At $500 for a booth, plus another $100 to choose which blocks you'd like to be in, this is a steep learning curve.
Ellen Marshall, relaxing. She takes after Nels that way...
Ginny Herzog (center), with two of the show organizers.
Lunch, such as it was. Everything was miniaturized.
Bill Sargent, up to his neck in Live Alligators.
Can you identify the real John Hartung?
One of the ever-changing displays in the covered Plaza. On Sunday, we had strings and ribbons. Very cool.
John Scanlan with his lovely European work
Scott Wilson, great contemporary paintings. We were neighbors at Coconut Grove this year, but I didn't have a chance to say hi to Scott, as he was busy with customers every time I saw him.
Jim Copeland, from the Atlanta area, another photographer.
Ribbon art in the Plaza. Wassup wit dat?
Sunday afternoon, and everyone is dog-tired, including the many pets in attendance.
The ever-lovin' Karyn Kozo, sherpa and assistant to the stars.
Ibbidity ibbidity ibbidity, that's all, folks!
Hard to believe that another year is almost gone! Where on earth does the time go? Although I do not post that often, I do keep up with what is posted and the various calendar of events, thanks to Connie.
In keeping with postings, and I know it's waaaay early, I would like to invite all out there to mark on their calendars the dates of October 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2011. Why, you ask, well it is the celebration of the 16th Annual Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival, that's why! This is a wonderful group of people who go over and above the volunteering to help preserve, protect and, in many cases reconstruct, our nation's lighthouses as well as those world wide. Lighthouses played, and still to in many areas, an important part of our maritime history and during times of war served as lookout points in some areas. There will be craftsman, artists, vendors, stainglass, clothing, authors, winery, interactive events, entertainment and FOOD! Can't forget that now, can I. ~2~ The GLLF has a number of scholarships going that go to our young and future lightkeepers and is our way of thanking them for volunteering their time. Hope to see you there.
This past weekend I was in Escanaba, Michigan attending a mini-conference for the Michigan Regional chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. It was wonderful! One of the events was a visual art competition between the chapters and the artwork and sculptures were fantastic, not to mention the performing arts that were put on. Quite a lot of talented people there. Believe it or not there were a large number of attendees in the 40, 50 and 60 plus age bracket there that are in the process of obtaining various degrees from community colleges and university. I myself was recently awarded a medal of achievement and made the All Michigan Academic Team, which was a very humbling experience. Now I know this has nothing to do with the arts; however, without the artistic dreaming and abilities of many of these individuals in graphic arts, oils, performings arts, writing and such, our craft and the beauty that is created could disappear or not grow to its full potential.
My hat is off to all of you out there who go that extra mile and never listen to the voice that says "you can't" because those words are not in our vocabulary. Well done one and all and thank you for providing the encouragement that help push the rest ofus on to keep striving to create, to dream and to achieve.
Here come a couple of couples of definitions to provoke specifically general thinking:
Thank you to Amy Flynn for her reviews on the Artisphere and Four Bridges Art Festival. You might like to read what she has to say about these two shows. You can read her review on the Four Bridges Art Festival at the following link: www.artshowreviews.com/2011/04/4-bridges-arts-festival.
Amy had some interesting things to say about Artisphere. You can check out her review at the following link: www.artshowreviews.com/2011/05/artisphere.
You can also read other reviews or even leave a few of your own. It is simple and artists will appreciate what you have to say. Take a few minutes to look over the website at the following link: www.artshowreviews.com.
No one predicted that Connie Mettler would end up an Internet guru.Sure, Connie's decades in the art fair business made her an expert in art events, and helped her develop friendships with artists like you nationwide. But when I told her about this “Internet” thing, she saw it as just a distraction from the "real world" art fairs she loves.
Luckily, I kept up the pressure to put my mom’s love for the art fair business to use on the World Wide Web. In 2004 I started ArtFairCalendar.com so she could collect the nation’s art fair event listings all in one place because of her concern about falling attendance at the events.
And then, as the social media revolution arrived, I started ArtFairInsiders.com to help her help the artist community come together online. In both cases it is Connie’s decades of expertise that have made these sites successful.
This week is Connie’s birthday. Surprisingly to both of us, she has now been working full-time as a “web producer” for several years (in addition to her roles in producing Arts, Beats and Eats, the Great Lakes Art Fair, and consulting for other art events nationwide).
Perhaps more importantly, it’s been over two years since ArtFairInsiders.com took off and seven since the launch of ArtFairCalendar.com.
So welcome to our 2nd Annual Connie and ArtFairInsiders.com Birthday Party!
Will you please help me recognize Connie’s years of efforts to support and promote artists and the art
fair community? I would like to invite you to show your support for the AFI community with a small PLEDGE.
Learn more here about how you can support ArtFairInsiders.com and send Connie a Happy
Birthday wish, too: http://www.artfaircalendar.com/art_fair/pledgedrive.html
Thanks for being here!
Scott (Connie’s son)
P.S. And, mark your calendar for the next two Thursdays, (May 26 & June 2) at 6 pm ET. At ArtFairInsiders.com we'll have two online radio "AFI Birthday Party" broadcasts.
1 - This Thursday (5/26) you can listen to popular (and often controversial) ArtFairInsiders.com members Munks and Nels Johnson battle it out on the air and share their insights into the crazy world of the art fair artist.
2 - Then next Thursday (6/2) you can call in LIVE to talk with Connie Mettler for the ArtFairCalendar.com Happy Birthday Show! She'll be taking your art fair business questions and birthday greetings, too.
