These things just rattle around in my head, keeping me awake when I'm trying to nap.
How do we know the rodent saw his shadow? Does he point at it and shriek? Sniff it? Try to mate with it? What? A few old guys in top hats stand around a rabbit hole, looking officious, and declare yay or nay. I'm not sure what's worse. Old guys channeling the intimate thoughts of groundhogs or having every major media outlet covering it.
Super Bowl commercials cost a gazillion dollars and the best of what we get is raunchy adolescents fantasizing about naked race car drivers, breast implants, nailing your boss with a snowglobe to the nachos, men injuring each other with macho things like bowling balls and one for flowers that insults women in all their vulnerable places. Really? Who is the target demographic here? 16 year old boys? I got news for you. They are not going to spend money on your product. They're too busy trying to find naked pictures of ....anyone. I say next year all ads should be written by and for women. We watch the game, too, you know. We have senses of humor. Really. We spend money and you don't have to get naked for us. Really.
Why is my puppy afraid of dogs? He IS a dog.
If you know the answers to any of these things, please let me know. I need sleep.
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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
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
Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival
Norwich, NY
September 7 & 8
So important
Artists in Buffalo
Artists I know and Love
- Ann Peterson, see through her eyes
- Anne Bliss Jewelry
- ArtFair Insiders
- Betty Stephan, the bead as art
- Brian Nesline and his Buffalo faces mosaics
- Cheryl & Don Olney-colorful. joyful
- Conard & Sandy, Natural Reflections Leather, classic quality
- Deb Florian's Inspirations
- Deborah Spence, stained glass and dichroic jewelry
- Donna White, art jewelry
- Elizabeth Andrews, printmaker, writer, purveyor of whimsy
- Jim Saba photography-sometimes on a stick
- Leah Corey, Bead Goddess
- Linda Surace, weaver, artist, sock collector
- Marsha Van Vlack, art tiles honoring nature
- Michael Morgulis-Buffalo as art
- Michael Smith, Pen and ink and golden retreivers
- Michael Tabor, Renaissance Man
- Molly Atkinson-heart of gold, art of steel
- Nicole Ambarchian jewelry
- Paul Morgan of Avalon
- Steve Appler, potter, artist
- Tanya & Joe, organically cool
- Tim See, more than just clay
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2 comments:
Quincy is afraid of other dogs because he worries some other cutsie-furry-four-legger will cuddle it's way into your hearts and steal all the love and affection he gets from you! Kinda like stealing his bone...
All animals are aware that they can be prey, and that every confrontation can end in death.
That is why you can stare down an animal that has the capability to kill you - they don't roll the dice unless there is a good reason, such as impending starvation.
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