2024 200 Best Announced!
Iola, Wis. — Sunshine Artist magazine, www.sunshineartist.com, has announced the release of its annual 200 Best, ranking the nation’s most profitable art and craft festivals based on artists’ reported sales in 2023.
Art Show Reviews Now Online
Sunshine Artist has been adding show reviews to its new website. Read our latest show reviews here.
This guide provides details about advertising, event listings, show reviews, the 200 Best, show poster contest, and the Promoter Guild.
Turning Art Into Products
January 2025, by Diane Sulg
If you are an artist creating two-dimensional art, you might be wondering if there is a place for you in the wholesale world. Listen up all you painters, graphic designers, and photographers — the…
Show Review of the Month Hobe Sound Festival of the Arts
January 2025, by Brenda Flynn
February 5-6, 2022, 21st Annual Hobe Sound Festival of the Arts, Hobe Sound, FL. Contact: Howard Alan Events, 270 Central Blvd., Suite 107B, Jupiter, FL 33458; Phone: 561-746-6615; Email…
A Letter-Perfect Business
January 2025, by Diane Sulg
Grace Connell says her business is portraiture and weddings. But as you see, it is so much more. In her youth, she was strongly influenced by her father. He encouraged Grace to appreciate…
It’s Almost a Wrap
January 2025, by Scott Obernberger
The traditional show season is wrapping up. As I write this, what is left for the year are Christmas/holiday shows, so it is a wonderful time to review the year that was and plan for the year to…
Putting on a Show
November 2024, by By Scott Obernberger
I missed you last issue! I hope your show season is going well, and sales have been good! Since my last article, we successfully completed our first art show here in Jefferson, Wisconsin, and much…
How To Price Art
December 2024, by Crista Cloutier
Knowing how to price your art can be intimidating. It is one of the things artists ask me about the most. Do you price your art in the same way a lot of other artists do? Are you so traumatized by…