Included in the interview are L. Brooks Patterson, Oakland County (MI)'s Chief Executive (and probably the most powerful politician in the state), Jon Witz (Arts, Beats & Eats; Motown Winter Blast), Max Clayton (The Guild), and several others who discuss the impact of the economy and sponsorship on the continuation of events. Read it here: Survival of the Fittest by Adam Graham.
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Included in the interview are L. Brooks Patterson, Oakland County (MI)'s Chief Executive (and probably the most powerful politician in the state), Jon Witz (Arts, Beats & Eats; Motown Winter Blast), Max Clayton (The Guild), and several others who discuss the impact of the economy and sponsorship on the continuation of events. Read it here: Survival of the Fittest by Adam Graham.
Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda Row: Woodmont Ave., Bethesda Ave.
& Elm Streets
180 Artists
Deadline: May 29
Where is Bethesda, MD?
This preeminent urban festival attracts art lovers from the metropolitan Washington, DC, region, displaying the works of a select group of highly creative and talented artists in the heart of Bethesda's Arts & Entertainment District.
Bethesda Row is a popular dining and gathering place, covering four city blocks and features more than 50 fine shops and restaurants, and a movie theater. Low-rise, retail and office buildings create a very pleasing, human-scale, town-center feel.
What makes the event unique is its continuing tradition of free attendance while financially helping kids through NIH Children's Charities in partnership with the Bethesda Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce.
A bit about the patrons:
• This year's show is expected to attract more than 45,000 visitors
• They come from one of the nation's most affluent regions, with 40% of households earning $100,000 and over
• The area is ranked 6th in the nation for the number of households attending arts/cultural events with 38% of households attending arts events and purchasing fine arts
There are two ways to apply to the Bethesda Row Arts Festival:
- download an application at: www.bethesdarowarts.org/application
- or submit digitally at: bethesdarowarts.org/app
Have you attended any art fairs in the East? If not, this is a very hospitable event where you can find an audience if you have distinctive and sophisticated art. The date should be attractive to artists from the Midwest whose art fair season has ended.
August 27, 28 & 29
Warren, Michigan
Warren's new City Square
just off Van Dyke, north of 12 Mile Road
Deadline: May 30
Warren's City Square
TJ's Customs, Inc., and the City of Warren are joining forces, presenting the Warren Birthday Bash and Artrageous Fine Art & Craft Show. With the City of Warren's expertise in mounting large scale events, the Warren Birthday Bash provides a wide variety of experiences to guests, last year drawing 30,000 visitors.
Warren, Michigan
Warren's new City Square
just off Van Dyke, north of 12 Mile Road
Deadline: May 30
Warren's City Square
Warren is the third most populous city in Michigan and Metro Detroit's largest suburb and metro Detroit's largest suburb.
The event includes:
• a fine art and craft show
• fireworks on Friday night
• childrens' activities
• food vendors
• live national and local entertainment
New this year -- a lower booth fee -- $195.00
Get more information and download the application: www.metalsculpturesbytomcrimboli.com
For more information contact Tom or Jackie Crimboli: tjspromotions@gmail.com or 586-933-6119
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you are) and love to report on their latest ventures. Jack is now a music producer on his farm in rural Tennessee and has incorporated his children into his business. On Memorial Day weekend they present a festival featuring American roots style music. You can camp near the river, listen to the music, eat barbeque and hand out with your friends. You are invited. You're going to love this music and the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeFetML7STA.
And here's the story behind the video:
Time Travel Sometimes Takes You Back
Took a walk yesterday…..with my youngest son and his sweet girlfriend. My old bud Dave came with us. Up the old road behind Pat and Beverly’s. They are gone now, victims of age and bad driving. Not gone dead, just moved back to Texas for proper supervision. Beverly always baited me with conservative conversation, and I always took the bait. Often she really pissed me off, I miss them. We loved them in a way that only long time neighbors who live far out in the country can love each other. I’ll never forgot the night that someone shot our dog. Pat and Beverly showed up armed and dangerous to protect our children while we rushed him to the vet. As they hopped out of the truck Pat discharged his beloved 12 gauge a few times for effect. Beverly had a 357 on her hip that I’d seen her use on stray dogs that were after her chickens..I'm pretty sure she didn't shoot our dog though. Even drop-out hippies need protection.
As we walked up the steep rutted road I explained that this was the longer way to Bill’s old place. For a few years in the 70s two pair of south Alabama hippies had tried to make a stand way up in the woods. No doubt victims of Mother Earth News coupled with authority issues and general discontent they had left Alabama and bought 75 acres with not enough water, way up on the ridge below Tinch Town. I’m certain it seemed like a good idea at the time, get as far back as you can and live off the land. And so it went in 1975, with nothing more than a V.W. Bus, an old army surplus Dodge Power Wagon, a few hammers and saws, Bill, Jody, Fuzzy and Peggy tried to do something impossible. First they built the geodesic dome, out of mostly rough cut oak purchased from Coalie (M.C.) Garrett, who had a small mill near by and an affinity for freaks of all kinds. With the simplest of tools they worked, and the object of their efforts become "The Dome". People would tune up their big four-wheel drive trucks and go visit when the weather was nice, and sometimes when it wasn’t. For Bill and the rest, that was not the plan. Bill even went so far as to catch some snakes, some copperheads and rattlesnakes and keep them in old aquarium’s he had trucked up the mountain. Feed them mice from the house. Hill people will drive even farther to see some snakes, so that didn’t work out. Once the Dome was more or less livable, it was time to build the "Icosa", a five sided smaller version of the dome. I remember tightening the last room bolts and pulling the house together. Somehow that was my job and I enjoyed it. Even though I lived down below on the river, we were all attached and friends, hippies helped each other. At this point both couples had a house and the real job of living there began. As good an idea as living 7 miles back in the woods might seem, anyone with a taste for any kind of worldly goods is in trouble when they run out. In this particular case it was beer and smokes that ran out quickest. There was no way to work at a job and no real way to make money… it just sort of fell apart. After the building part, the living part proved too hard. It was a grand experiment without much planning. Hippies can by impulsive and direct. They’ve all been gone for a long time now Bill, Jody, Fuzzy and Peggy.. One is completely gone and the other three just away. So what does it mean to me? I still live on the river with my family. Grandchildren and friends are often here. Sometimes we sit on the porch and watch the day fade to night. Sometimes we talk about what it was we were all looking for, who found it, who didn’t. Sometimes we just sit and remember the old freaks that have left us, graduated to the greatest escape of all. I still walk up to the Dome, to the Icosa. Not often….a few times a year. It never fails to make me sad…lonely for my younger days. But it makes me happy as well. They did something real, even if it didn’t work. They took a stand and built with their hands, and the buildings stand there still. Like a shrine or a landmark to a short period of time when we thought we had some answers. Maybe we did.
Many thanks to:
Mark Zurek for his thought-provoking blog posts, in particular his thoughts on "Sitting it out for a Year" that explored the whole modus operandi behind this business - member since April 2009
Holly Olinger for her on-the-spot no-nonsense and helpful take on the business behind this business that is refreshing to hear. You may not like what she says but you know she is on target - member since October 2008! She must be one of the original 100!
Geoff Coe for his excellent blog posts, helpful contributions to discussions and especially for the excellent online tech information he has sent my way. I definitely need backup in that area - member since July 2009
Holly Olinger for her on-the-spot no-nonsense and helpful take on the business behind this business that is refreshing to hear. You may not like what she says but you know she is on target - member since October 2008! She must be one of the original 100!
Geoff Coe for his excellent blog posts, helpful contributions to discussions and especially for the excellent online tech information he has sent my way. I definitely need backup in that area - member since July 2009
There were great nominations this month. Luckily former "Art Stars" continue to contribute volumes of helpful information. Many thanks to all of them.
Keep your reports and questions and answers coming. Today we almost 2700 members strong, hosting 5685 photos and the discussions are about all aspects of the business in over 600 topics and 900 blog posts.
Who knew we could do this? I am so psyched every time I visit the site -- I love the show review posts from this past weekend. They are about art fairs in Texas, Maryland, South Carolina, Missouri, Florida, Virginia and New Jersey, and Nels Johnson wasn't even doing a show this weekend ;)
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Friday was really thin crowd-wise, i had only three sales, but looked forward to sat and sunday....Saturday was better but the crowds, so i heard, were nothing like in the past, still, my sales were really good. It was really windy (2 booths went over) and 68 degrees and Sunday was no different, the big crowds were not there. i picked up a couple of retail stores ( a main goal of mine) and i did well for sales. i'd go back again. But talking with other people i found out some weren't making their booth fee.
Load-in and load out was a breeze because it didn't rain, but ive heard it's dolly in and out if its wet. we broke down at 5 pm and i was on the road by 620pm.
I saw alot of nice quality work and also alot of very dated work. I can only think the flood last week kept the masses away which may be the reason some people didn't do well. On to the next one in june. hope this is helpful for anyone considering it next year.
I visited on Friday evening for about an hour and a half then went back for about two hours on Saturday. During both visits I saw decent (but not spectacular crowds). I did notice a very high level of talent in all mediums so the judges did a commendable job of selection. Most booths gave you the impression that almost everyone there were seasoned professionals. However there were a couple booths with EZ ups and and very weak displays which begs the question "what booth slide did they use to get in?" (unless they had to make an emergency substitution or something).
Having done about ten shows already this year, I've become very alert to the number of patrons carrying bags or purchases. With that focus constantly on my mind, I only saw a small handful of people (over the combined 3.5 hours of my visits) with purchase bags. Of those it looked like all were matted prints (whether from a watercolor artist, photographer, or other). I saw 10 times more bags being carried last month in Myrtle Beach with only 1500 visitors all weekend. And even in Melbourne, I saw bags everywhere. And there, most reports point to $2,000 being a strong showing. So I'm very interested in seeing any posted sales totals or results from Artisphere.
Last year I did the same thing (except I visited the event on Saturday and Sunday). I remember saying to my partner last year that I didn't see how the artists here were possibly doing the sales that had been "publicized" by the promoters. Yet after last year, Art Fair Sourcebook ranked it #6 in the country with sales of about $7,000 per artist.
In Monday morning's paper, the promoter was praising the event yet again and stated that she spoke with one local artist that was "excited because he/she sold 12 pieces". Of what and at what amount, I do not know. That was the ONLY sales result that was mentioned. Surely she had spoken to quite a number of artists. And if that was the best she could gather, it would point to some disappointing results for others.
Now with all that said, I will say that most vendors had high end (and high priced) products. There could easily be large sales that were not noticed by patrons with bags. Perhaps patrons purchased large items and would return at a later time to pickup, or had made other arrangements for delivery.
I know that rankings are based on respondents voluntarily and anonymously reporting their sales results. And if only a few send in reports with unusually high (or low) sales, then the results (and ranking) of that festival could be unjustly rewarded (or penalized). That's why I give so much weight to what I read from fellow artists here who post reports on shows they personally attended.
I know my observations are non-conclusive. And I do wish that I could have visited again on Sunday and surveyed a lot of artists about their results. But I had a conflict and was unable to return.
Anyone else have any knowledge about how the weekend went in Greenville?
40 Questions Blog Series: Question #18 How Do You Deal with Negative Booth Neighbors and Negative Customers?
Those of you who don't know, I do actively sell at art fairs. I had my first show this year this past Mother's Day and have first hand experience with this topic. Despite high winds and some profits being made I was pretty annoyed by one negative craft neighbor. I will spare you all the details on the experience, however will not
skimp on the on the tips I want to share with you regarding how to deal with negativity in your booth – albeit from a customer or a neighboring craft artist.
Question #18 How do you deal with negative booth neighbors and negative customers?
People just have bad days – upset about paying to enter a show, parking was bad, slow sales, etc. While we are not therapists people do expect us to listen to their good and bad times, simply because you are at the right place at the right time. The acronym SAD – Smile, Acknowledge, and Distract helps when encountering unhappy people. A smile is the first thing people see when they see you – if you smile at them, they will smile back. Acknowledge that you understand or recognize their horrible experience was awful is all people want
in order to turn their mood around. Lastly, distracting a person from whatever it is that makes them unhappy will aid in putting themon the right track to forgetting what made them upset and make them look forward to something that will make them happy.
Don't let them get to you. The main objective to spew how upset a person is, is to let all those around know how miserable they are for sympathy. Misery loves company – and it is true! Yet, if you give into the anger, your whole mood changes and so does your booth. People don't realize they are doing this however it is like a
billboard sign telling all “keep away” if you take a step back from the situation. Nip it in the bud or else it will spread and kill the happy aura that should be in your booth. How do you deal with this? Make a conscience choice to not let it enter your booth or affect your mood. You might have to excuse people from your booth
or do your best to distract them with a different, happier topic. Try, “I am so sorry to hear you're having a bad day, but the good news is you are here now and that incident is in the past...” then pick out something in your booth that would instantly make them forget about their troubles. If it is a neighbor, you need to either
ignore them or be frank and state, “I am busy (with customers, setting up, organizing my booth, etc.) and I cannot help you, please leave so I can finish my work.”
Dealing with “shrieking customers”. Shriekers are those who shriek about the cost of something or argue with you in how something isn't handmade. When you have a shrieker try, “Yes, my hand knit scarves are $125, but what you might not know is they are made from wool from my own sheep on my farm in Kentucky. I personally sheer the sheep, spin and dye the wool, and make all the scarves you see here. Granted, they are NOT for everyone, but I wouldn't be here if people weren't coming back time and time again buying them because their
friends and family want one due to how warm they are and they go with anything!” The idea is to twist it around, showing them there are many reasons why people buy it despite the “sticker shock”.
While each situation is different, I have used these tips to help diffuse negative situations. Try it at your next show and report back how effective the advice is. Don't worry be happy, have a good week all!
- Michelle Sholund, www.quickcraftartisttips.blogspot.com
downtown at Macomb Place
Fri. & Sat. 11 am-11 pm; Sun. 11 am-8 pm
Deadline: May 15
TJ's Customs, Inc., and FunFest Productions are joining forces, presenting the fourth annual Stars and Stripes Festival and Fine Art Show. With Fun Fest Productions' expertise in mounting large scale events, the Stars and Stripes Festival provides a wide variety of experiences to guests, last year drawing well over 500,000 visitors.
The festival takes place in picturesque downtown Mount Clemens, a small-scale urban landscape with great restaurants and nightclubs. It will include a fine art show, childrens activities, fireworks on Friday night, food vendors and live national local entertainment. Admission is free.
Downtown Mt. Clemens has a very nice newly developed retail center with upscale shops and restaurants and a plaza specifically created for hosting special events. Easily accessible from throughout Metro Detroit, with good marketing in place to draw large numbers, the right artist with the right goods will find opportunity here.
The art section of this event is being handled by Tom and Jackie Crimboli of TJ's Customs. The Crimbolis have participated in art fairs for over 30 years and accordingly know this marketplace well.
www.metalsculpturesbytcrimboli.com
click on "Stars & Stripes 2010"
click on "Stars & Stripes 2010"
I feel like i was manipulated into this show with false information that is posted on Zapp. I could go into details But what's the point i would advise everyone to stay away from CITY ARTS FESTIVAL DALLAS.
I have done over 200 Juried shows and this may have been the worst.
How do we make Zapp Investigate what a show says about itself on Zapp ???
This was my 2nd year at Mayfaire. It is in Lakeland, Florida, around Lake Morton. It is a home show from me, within an hour’s drive. It is usually hot and a fair to good show for most.
Set up is grueling due to the heat, since check in is from 11-4. It would be better if they had latter check in, so that one does not have to set up in the midday heat of early summer. Summer comes early here. That being said, at least you can easily drive up to your booth, since they are on grass along the lake in a single line. When I arrived I discovered that my spot was on top of a man hole! Joy! When they came to deliver juice, water, and bagels in the morning, my husband asked if they had a rug that we could cover the man hole with to contain the sweet acrid smell and cover the holes in it. We did not want to have someone trip when they got a heel caught. Surprisingly, they brought a rug within an hour for us to use during the weekend. I guess if you never ask you never know if a solution can be found.
The weather was hot, but breezy, so it was not as unbearable as last year. Last year my knuclebuster literally melted with the heat and sun. It now is always covered when it is hot. Sunday was somewhat cooler after the front passed by overnight, which reduced the humidity.
My sales were of by half. I was really worried after Saturday's zero sales. People were looking and very interested, but did not buy from me. I was at the beginning of one end, so I frequently heard I just got here, I will stop back on my way to the car. In the heat, they probably forgot about us and left for some ac. On Sunday, people actually bought, but enough to make up for no sales on Saturday. The crowds seemed lighter that last year. I do know of several that had good sales, but most were off from previous years.
The judging seemed fair. He actually asked questions and looked at the work. I did not hear any negative comments about him just passing by and not at least looking. The main negative comments I heard were about the usual suspects receiving the top awards.
Other than the midday check in time, the only other main thing that needs addressing is the lack of boothsitters. They go out of their way in so many respects, bring water frequently, etc, but provide no booth sitters. The award winners had to wait a half hour after when the award ceremony was supposed to take place. They may have lost sales waiting for their checks. Luckily, my husband was there to man my booth, as most of sales for the day came right then.
I would do it again. You must be prepared for the heat. The crowd does buy.
Sorry no pics.
Just drove home from the Dallas "City Arts 2010" and should have left on opening day.As I hadn't done an indoor show in a few years I had called a couple of weeks in advance when they announced that the show will be held for the first time indoors in the Automotive building, if they would have anyone that rents pipe and drape, the answere I got was "what is pipe and drape?". After explaining what they were she said she would call me back.. After a couple of days I called back and was told of a rental company I could call and rent some for at $45 a day per 10 ft and $90 delivery ,but they were not apposed to us setting up our canopies . No big deal so I just brough my Lite Dome frame and some drapes.. Arrived on Thursday to chech in and set up at Fair park in Dallas. Checked in and asked for my packet, Why would you need a packet or an Artist tag.I was told..again no big deal, I go into the building find my corner and set up, the A/C was off, again no biggie, for sure it will be on for the show. Remember this is Texas in May.
The show starts at 6PM on Friday till 10 PM for VIP's. The crowd of VIP's was underwelming to say the least but I was one of the lucky ones and did $1200. Most that I talked to did zero. BTW the A/C still hadn't been turned on. On Saturday they claimed on their web site 12,000 people were in attendance "No way" maybe and that's a big maybe 2,500 and most of them just happen to drop in because they came .....now get this for the "Craft" show that was in another building which we were never told of and had sticker shock when seeing Art for Thousands of dollars when they came to buy and look at $10 whirlly birds. Again no A/C untll 5PM and by that time you couldn't have cooled the building down, most were going back outside to cool down. This show had some fantastic Art, a lot of very high end Art and most said they will never be back. Sunday (Mothers Day) was no better. I at least made expences but most didn't and I talked to at least 20 who did zero.
Why, with the resourses of Dallas cant they at least put on a show even 1/2 of Houston's" Bayou's", even" The Woodlands Waterways",, Ft. Worths "Main Street", Southlake, Austin etc.
The jury selection was terrific. There simply wasn't anything that even remotely resembled buy /sell. There were substantial prizes and the judging for them was spot on. The park was beautiful, level and had power. The people that attended were there expecting to see art and bought art. I guess I'd have to sum up this to say that this was a really exceptional show.
It's been said this show is very good, with lots of people spending money. Was happy to be set up close to my sister, who has made great money there in years past. We were also blessed in the fact that there was no rain or thunderstorms like there were in PA (where I live). Show was from 10-4:30. By 1:00 the wind just started getting tricky, but where the heck where all the people who supposedly come to this show? Turns out the promoter did NO, absolutely NO advertising of any sort this year, not even a sign. Most of my customers said they had no idea there was a show. They were going somewhere else in town and happened to notice the tents and came on over. Sales were very low compared to what was expected.
By 2:00, the wind gusts left many artists/crafters with destroyed tents and damage to merchandise, so everyone packed up and left.
I have to make a comment about the shoppers though. As artists were scrambling to get their stuff packed and get out of dodge, people were actually asking WHY we were all packing up?? They were obnoxiously still trying to paw at your merchandise while you were frantically trying to put it away, AND asking questions about the product, oblivious to the mayhem going on around them. All vendors I talked to said the same thing. Where were these "interested" people when the weather was half decent in the morning??
Had one customer at the very end, that dug in my bin already being packed, who insisted she must have this item. Told her the price and she was trying to make me a deal. Told her NO deal and as a matter of fact there would be another 7% added for sales tax. She was upset but I told her she had 30 seconds to decide because I was leaving and officially closed for business.
Another problem at the show was NO FOOD OR DRINKS! Not one concession there to buy anything from. This should have been made clear on the application.
Had a higher dollar show booked for today, but opted not to even bother going due to the high winds.
If that sounded like the worse of it, I have more! I only wish I had my camera, however due to flying things - my receipt book, business cards and such weighted down I wouldn't have been able to take any good photos. I am going to break this down in sections...
"Space 14 man". I called him space 14 man, because I never got his name. Mind you this isn't a spectacular fine art fair - more like a community festival. Space are $25 and I do them once in a while just to get the word out about what I make to the locals and make some sales. This guy complained from the very beginning. "Someone should have told me I need to bring a canopy! Why didn't anyone tell me???" I and two others said it was visible on the application - "but no one told meeee!" Then he couldn't see space 14 clearly painted on the road (which was next to space 15 - couldn't miss it") and decided to set up in 15's space (which apparently he could see) - which was next to me, space 16. I on the other hand am in the midst of setting up my Trimline by myself (not complaining, just stating a fact) plus doing setting up my display. I couldn't help but notice he has a card board wall display to hang his 2D paintings - the work was actually nice, but card board? and expecting it to stand in no wind let alone WITH wind. So, now enters space 15 woman - late due to "Murphy's law" and clearly said to Space 14 man, "I think you are in my space." So the guy starts ranting and raving how "can't you just set up in my old space? It just isn't my day..." She said no, I specifically requested not to be next to other jewelry and I would be if I did." So then another 5-10 mins of ranting and raving how he has to move his WHOLE display - mind you it is just a card board wall - to the space "he couldn't find". I tell you this is just like a live soap opera happening all around me! He finally moves - within 5 mins. - and then his display constantly gets knocked down time and time again. The kindness of a merchant provided him with an antique table - set it up for him as he didn't seem interested in doing it himself - and helped display his work for him on the very nice table. In between this guys ranting and raving he just announces he just isn't a happy guy - this is not my day - and then starts complaining about the economy and trying to give me a lesson on the whole thing. I just ignored him, however still feel sorry for the poor guy. Which leads me to "Late Space 15 girl".
"Late Space 15 Girl". She wasn't all that bad - nice work, simple beaded stuff, and pleasant to talk to, however she just had to bring her dog. The dog, a mini fox terrier, and boy does this dog have lungs. Not only does he have lungs he didn't stop the whole day and it got worse when other dogs walked by with their owners. Side note - I have 3 dogs and am a HUGE dog lover. But it is just common sense to not bring a yappy dog with endless energy to a show and expect him to behave and devote time to selling to people. I think she loved her dog more than selling jewelry from what I was able to see. Again, my beef isn't with the lady, just with yappy dogs that scare people away.
The good news is despite all my "woes" I made money and thank Mr. credit card machine for that. The atms were down at the venue and no one had a whole lot of cash on them. People who were just going to buy one thing ended up buying double. I have been hyping up my new candle line and finally was able to start selling it at the show. The display was cool (and the one that didn't fall down) with the help of vintage luggage and old fishing nets. Everyone who saw the candles thought the jars were awesome and so different from the ones on the market - I let out a whew under my breath for that. And the prices $10 and $18 were "very reasonable" people said. What I liked a lot were the reactions people had after smelling the fragrances like "Amish Country" not expecting a creamy cinnamon fragrance, but wowed by how IT IS LIKE LANCASTER, PA or Annapolis Waterfront smelling like a watery spa fragrance. I do think if were able to stick around I would have sold more, but for me it only takes one two shelving units to fall over completely to realize it isn't worth it, especially if it can happen once it can happen again. All in all - the show had ups and downs, but at the end of the day - profit wise - worth it! They are doing more shows during the summer, and might entertain doing them - gotta check my schedule, but $25 isn't bad when you can easily triple it or more and have nothing else going on - especially if the locale is just 25 mins away from home.
My "tequila report?" I love mojitos and had an excellent one at Don Pablos - a chain around here, but freaking awesome!
We're buying everything," Terry Ross said, showing off a photograph taken in Zion National Park by Rick Preston. "We're doing our part."
After a rough couple of years, vendors on the art fair circuit say more buyers such as the Rosses are opening up their wallets.
Above photo copyright by Christian Goodin in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Here's the rest of the story by Georgina Gustin: Spending is up at Laumeier Art Fair
Here's hoping Sunday's news from Laumeier is just as good!
Sterling Heights, Michigan
on the grounds of Bethesda Christian Church
16 Mile & Schoenherr
Deadline: May 15
TJs Customs, Inc., and FunFest Productions, a veteran Detroit area production company, are joining forces, presenting the Bethesda Community Festival and Artrageous Fine Art & Craft Show. With Fun Fest Production's expertise in mounting large scale events, and the Crimboli's attention to artists needs, this festival will provide a wide variety of experiences to guests. It will include:
• a fine art & craft show
• children's activities
• food vendors
• live musical entertainment
Expect excellent promotion that will bring visitors to your booth. Love to be a part of a new event and the attendant excitement? This one may be made for you.
Where is Sterling Heights? Click here.
Applications & more details: www.metalsculpturesbytomcrimboli.com
