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.
Forging Great Retailer Relationships
October 2024, by Diane Sulg
As you begin to build a roster of retailers who are purchasing your products, it is also time to consider forging lasting bonds with those customers. While it is natural for some relationships to…
Show Review of the Month Venice-Nokomis Rotary Art and Craft Festival
October 2024, by Brenda Flynn
January 20-21, 2024; 32nd Annual Venice-Nokomis Rotary Art and Craft Festival, Venice, FL. Contact: Venice-Nokomis Rotary Club, P.O. Box 8, Venice, FL. 34284; Phone: 941-468-1254; Email…
Building a Blooming Business
August 2024, by Diane Sulg
Chris Messina has the mind of a businessperson. She has a degree from Boston College and holds a full-time position with an engineering firm, managing product marketing and four teams with nine…
What Is Art?
July 2024, by Scott Obernberger
I was recently talking with a friend of mine about a painter’s group she is in. They had an intense discussion, I am told, about the age-old question, “What is art?” The focus was on whether…
What Happens Next
May 2024, by Scott Obernberger
In the last issue, I started writing about all the things that go into organizing, planning, and running an art fair. There is so much we take for granted as artists because we do not see what goes…
Forging Great Retailer Relationships
October 2024, by Diane Sulg
As you begin to build a roster of retailers who are purchasing your products, it is also time to consider forging lasting bonds with those customers. While it is natural for some relationships to…