Clear Lake Art Sail in Clear Lake, Iowa
So here’s the skinny on this event.
Positive Attributes
* Located in an affluent lake district.
* Small but a good size for the size of the hosting town (about 75 artists)
* Very well juried. Extremely high quality of work
* They balance the artists and actively court artists of different styles and mediums
* Provide water and donuts for setting up.
* Six awards of $150 each
* In a park with plenty of shade trees and a lovely view of the lake.
Negatives
* Size of venue may not be good for artists who have to travel to attend.
* One day event. Even though I like that about this show (it really couldn’t be extended into a two day event) it means if it storms your completely out of luck.
All in all this is a well run little event. The number of 2D artists is a bit staggering and may actually cut into profits. This however is an extremely rare thing for art fairs to have too many 2D artists and is proof of their desire to keep a balanced show.
Coming Up
Tomorrow I’ll post the progress on my Percheron mares painting. I’ve begun working on my third horse and hope to mostly finish her off today.
I have no title for this painting as of yet. Any ideas?
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