On Friday, November 6th I am participating for the 4th year in the Lewisburg PA Stroll Through the Arts. It is a fun short show in which about 30 artists set up some of their art in different businesses in downtown Lewisburg. From 6pm – 10pm the public can wander through while shopping or perhaps
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Festivals and Events
Small Art Quilts
Now that I’m in my third full year of making and selling art quilts, I have some data to use from previous years as I plan for the fall. It is hard to tell how many quilts are purchased for gifts but when I reviewed my sales in the fall last year I saw two trends:
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Learning and Sharing at Arts Festivals
I always plan for great sales at arts festivals and the Sonnenberg Arts at the Garden show in Canandaigua, NY this past weekend did not disappoint. In fact, this was my best festival yet in my limited three years of experience! YEAH! But beyond selling, the next best thing about being at festivals is the
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Festival Report and Plans for Sonnenberg Arts at the Garden
The 45th Eagles Mere Arts and Crafts Festival was FABULOUS this past weekend! This was one of those times that the weather, the customers, and the sales all aligned for a great show. There is no better temperature than 75 degrees with a slight breeze and no precipitation at all for an outdoor summer festival. All
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Eagles Mere Arts and Crafts Festival Aug 8 and 9
The car is packed except for the quilts which will go in tomorrow morning. We are headed to beautiful Eagles Mere, PA right in the middle of a VERY SMALL town in a lovely park for a two day arts and crafts festival. There will be about 100 artists, several food booths and some periodic
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Arts Festival Booth Improvements
An important part of the arts festival experience is learning from other artists about booth displays. At a recent fine arts festival I saw how artists shared how to display art in your home or office. I wrote about that in a previous blog which I called “Interior Design with Art Quilts”. At this same
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Interior Design with Art Quilts
I participated in my first fine arts festival the last weekend in May. It was an opportunity to learn from accomplished artists about booth displays. One of the tips I went home with was that I should have a small section of my booth set aside for some photos of how and where to hang art quilts.
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Crozet Arts Festival Prep
I only participate in five festivals a year but three of them are in late April and May. My next festival is in Crozet Virginia. This festival is celebrating its 35th year which is incredible!! The Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival is sponsored and managed by a non-profit community group. It is about a 5
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Featured artist for Lewisburg Arts Festival April 2015
I was honored to be selected as the Featured Artist for the Lewisburg Festival of the Arts this past Saturday, April 25. Lewisburg, PA is a small rural town in central Pennsylvania about 10 miles from where I live. The community is home to Bucknell University and a thriving college town. Lewisburg started their one
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