I've had several interesting things happen, or that I observed, at shows over the last two weekends. Fortunately all good things, no storms!
I don't have a true blog, but I put this on a web page, since I have photos to go along with each.
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I was at the Estes Park Art Market in Colorado over Memorial Day. The show is in Bond Park, right in "downtown", which has been undergoing a major renovation. Along the edge of the road through the park which had been redone they placed large decorative boulders. Most of the booths were located along this road. They had very thoughtfully embedded large eyebolts in the boulders, for tying down tents, since you cannot stake into the brick pavers. A very good idea! And they also added quad electrical outlets near each boulder.
Also at Estes Park, I won what was one of my best awards yet. A woman with two young girls was visiting the show, and as a lesson for her kids in art appreciation was having them "judge" the artists. They had made up there own ribbons before arriving, and then after going through the whole show presented the ribbons to the artists the girls liked best. I won their "Good Job" ribbon award! This is an award I am quite proud of.
This past weekend I was at Art in the Park in Columbia, Missouri. The temps were in the mid to high 90s, so everyone was suffering. On both Saturday and Sunday afternoons the volunteers delivered frozen washcloths, infused with lemon grass, to each artist to help them cool down. Just like the wash clothes you get in first class on an airplane, except frozen instead of hot. That was a very nice touch!
Finally, at Columbia you could not drive on the grass, so you had to dolly everything. But, they had a whole fleet of golf carts and ATVs, many with large trailers, available during both setup and breakdown. And enough of them to realistically help everyone who wanted help. You may have had to wait a few minutes for one to be available, but it was a major time and back saver, especially in the brutal heat and humidity.
And one more thing, nothing to do directly with art shows. Columbia had the best balloon artist (and I do mean "artist") I have ever seen. He or she used two or three different colored balloons to create very realistic "sculptures". Here is one of his or her creations I saw walking by.
John Kennington
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