Brookings Summer Arts Festival 08
We’d like 16 pounds of cheese please.
We now are the proud owners of a sparkly new Ez-up canopy freshly purchased at Sams Club. The only time I ever go in a Sams Club is when we need a new tent. It is always a little surreal. I mean it’s not like I will ever need to purchase 16 pounds of cheese or 100 rolls of toilet paper in one go. Though I imagine if we lived conveniently near a Sams Club we might actually shop there. Maybe.
About the artfair
For this years Brookings Summer Art Festival it was sunny, clear and cool. All in all a perfect artfair situation. The crowds were enormous though the buying a little lack luster. We made enough to make it worth our time but it did not reach my goal for the event. Still . . . it opened the door to the possibility that I can have a complete art fair without getting doused is flood rains. (Once again with the happy dance) Um (see previous post.)
So to give you a comparison between this event and Omaha Summer Art Festival here is the breakdown of amenities and/or benefits.
- They host an artist dinner the night before the event. It is simple but very tasty.
- It is on grass. It is far more secure to stake down the tent which adds to peace of mind.
- They allow you to put up a second canopy (at no additional cost) behind the first. Some use this for additional selling space or shade.
- They bring you a water once each day.
- free music and entertainment.
Ummm . . . thats about it.
Downside to Brookings
Brookings tends to be quite crafty. Now I really am not an art snob but the truth is fine art and craft buyers are completely two different crowds. They do not spend the same. (I plan to cover this a little more thoroughly in the future.) Not only is it crafty inside the event. But it also has around 50 or so booths of buy/sell surrounding the park. This is the only venue where I have seen this happen.
Yes I am leaving again.
I know I know, I just got back. But an opportunity came up that I just couldn’t pass up. I am going to the Kentucky Horse Park for Breyerfest. Now I really don’t care about attending Breyerfest. But I am sooooo excited to be going to the horse park. I have never been and I can’t wait. I have both cameras (digital and film) and will tell you all about it when I get back, (Ahem) next Tuesday.
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