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Year in Review: A Look at Attendance, Sales, Lessons
November 2021, by By Angie Landsverk
As promoters and organizers throughout the country brought their in-person art festivals back in 2021, they often found themselves creating new layouts and adding extra space between booths due to…
Christmas Made in the South: How to Make 40 Years
November 2021, by By Angie Landsverk
What started as a one-day show among crafter friends has long since become an annual tradition in multiple cities and states for exhibitors and customers alike. “I like that we have…
Marking a Milestone - Kentuck Festival celebrates 50 years
October 2021, by Angie Landsverk
What began in 1971 to celebrate a city’s centennial has evolved into an arts festival and a center with year-round programming. The 50th Kentuck Festival of the Arts will be held Oct. 16 and 17, in…
Get Ready to Exhibit - How to Prepare After the Pandemic
October 2021, by Angie Landsverk
After a year with few opportunities to exhibit at in-person festivals, artists throughout the country are returning to the show circuit this year. They are seeing additions to events like…
Talented Hands (And Tiny Ones, Too)
October 2021, by Diane Sulg
Frequent readers of this column have learned that few art businesses follow a straight and narrow path. Nowhere is this truer than with my talented friend Karen Fincannon. As a child artist, she sold…