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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.

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Art Show Reviews Now Online

Sunshine Artist has been adding show reviews to its new website. Read our latest show reviews here.

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This guide provides details about advertising, event listings, show reviews, the 200 Best, show poster contest, and the Promoter Guild.

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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…

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Show Review of the Month - Spring Daze Arts and Crafts Festival

December 2024, by Sunshine Artist Editor

Location: Cary, NC  Date: April 27, 2024  Contact: Town of Cary  Website: www.carync.gov  Email: jenna.kostka@carync.gov  Phone: 919-469-4000  Venue: 100% outdoors  Space fees: $130 to $300…

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The Spirit of ZPOTS

October 2024, by Diane Sulg

It might have been fate or a foreshadowing of things to come that Noelle and Eric met in a pottery class at West Virginia University. They were friends for a couple of years and then that friendship…

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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…

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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…

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Fount Atelier of Fine Art

November 2024, by Angie Landsverk

When Cody Wheelock was growing up, he was known as the art kid in school.  “I enjoyed drawing cartoons and comics, receiving positive affirmation from friends, teachers, and family,” he said. “In…

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