This past weekend we traveled to Lake Park, FL - near WPB and Riviera Beach, FL - for the 1st annual "Art on Park" art festival. I give the town of Lake Park credit for pulling together their first art festival, but as a vendor, this show wasn't what we'd hoped for. Pictures from the show on my facebook page (click here). Set up was pretty easy since we knew our booth # ahead of time - and there were only 31 vendors so there was no trouble finding the booth or getting the truck close enough to unload (for a change!). But we were very spread out - too much space between vendors. We'd also assumed that the show would have pulled in crowds from neighboring West Palm and Singer Island but that was not the case. We only met one of the jurors and there was to have been five total, including Burt Reynolds as the honorary jury chair. Understandably, he was not present due to recent health issues. We weren't even told when the juror made their decision and to which artist the best of show award went to.
Day two was even worse because of the weather. At least four vendors that we know of didn't bother to return. The show was called off about 1:30 due to impending rain. It had already stormed on the west coast of Florida, cancelling the Tarpon Srings, Pass-A-Grille and Lake Wales art festivals. Luckily we pulled out of there before the weather hit and actually made it home at a decent hour.
Ginger kept an ongoing log of would-be "tweets" (she was itching to get online) so watch for a blog of those coming soon.
We met a few vendors that we had not yet seen at other shows this year... Kevin Ritter (St. Petersburg), mixed media/colored pencil was right next to us. Small world!
That's the last show booked so far but we're planning for a few more later this year. Please check back for updates on new work and new show dates.
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