2025 200 Best Announced
100 Best Fine Art & Design Shows | 100 Best Classic & Contemporary Craft Shows
See the 2024 shows artists and craftspeople ranked as their most profitable.
This guide provides details about advertising, event listings, show reviews, the 200 Best, show poster contest, and the Promoter Guild.
Winning New Customers
October 2025, by Diane Sulg
Is there anything more satisfying than getting great orders from new customers? Or for that matter having your current wholesale customers place larger orders with more frequency? This is the way…
Show Review of the Month Ballyhoo Festival
November 2025, by Brenda Flynn
Ballyhoo Festival Location: Gulf Shores, AL Dates: March 1-2, 2025 Contact: Paula Powell Website: ballyhoofestival.com Email: ballyhoofestival@gmail.com Phone: 318-218-7673 Venue: 100…
A Fanciful Felt Genius
November 2025, by Diane Sulg
Most of us have seen spectacular jewelry with precious gems and gleaming metal. However, when compared to the work of Danielle Gori-Montanelli, well honestly, they look just ordinary. Even though…
Feeling Down After a Slow Show?
October 2025, by Scott Obernberger
The summer season has ended, and (as I am writing this column) the fall season is about to begin. This is a great time to take stock of how things went — our successes and our failures. What went…
A Trade Show for Makers
June 2025, by Scott Obernberger
Summer is approaching, and most of us are getting ready for our standard bevy of shows. We are making sure the tent is in good repair, displays look decent, and — most importantly — that we have a…
The Art of Applying
November 2025, by Brenda Flynn
Artists who participate in outdoor art festivals try to do as many as possible during their seasons based on where they go or where they live. It is their livelihood and ways and means to pay bills…