View from the Attic: Lovely Kenan

Wednesday, February 27

Lovely Kenan

Another "congratulations" letter today from one of my favorites. 100 American Craftsmen at the Kenan Center in Lockport. Love this show.

That helped assuage some of the frustration I'm feeling with my app for the Roycroft show. They want the images on the CD to be 4X6 AND 150ppi and I can't do 4X6 on some of my newer images. I'm guessing they put everything on a powerpoint and they want the images to have some commonality, but I've been banging my head on the desk for days. I really want to use pictures of some of my newer book designs, but they won't fit the criteria and I can't retake the picture because the books have been sold.

This is what happens to procrastinators.

I'm really going to have to deal with this tomorrow. The deadline is Friday.

No comments:

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Why this blog?

I have been amused and bewildered by how people think this life/career works. Most people walking the festive streets of an art fair don't give a lot of thought to how all this stuff got here or what the working lives of the exhibitors is like.

So, this is my little window into the world of the art show business. From the January days, cutting book boards with a space heater aimed at my hands, to the sun and chatter of the June shows, the inevitable July rush to keep up, the September road trips and the Fall shows that take place under red and gold canopies of leaves.

It's all here...or will be. The boring production part, the application dance, anecdotes from the road, good shows and bad, new designs to share, good customers and bad, the fun and the pain. And a little bit of real life thrown in.

If you have ever walked a show and wished you could be one of those folks selling stuff from a little white tent, you might want to read this first. :)

2017 shows

100 American Craftsmen

Kenan Center

Lockport, NY

June 2,3 & 4

http://www.kenancenter.org/arts/craftsmen.asp

Allentown Arts Festival

Buffalo, NY

June 10 & 11

http://www.allentownartfestival.com/

Roycroft Summer Festival

East Aurora, NY

June 29 & 30

http://www.ralaweb.com/

Chautauqua Crafts Alliance

Chautauqua Institution

pending

http://www.craftsalliance.com/page/the-shows/

Chautauqua Crafts Alliance

Chautauqua Institution

pending

http://www.craftsalliance.com/page/the-shows/

Art in the Gardens

Sonnenberg Gardens

Canandaigua, New York

pending

http://www.artsatthegardens.org/aboutus.php

Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts

Buffalo, NY

August 24 & 25

http://eafa.techriver.net/

Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival

Norwich, NY

September 7 & 8

http://www.colorscape.org/