Family Blues Festival in Carbondale, IL October 26, 2008

Hi Folks! There is a Family Blues Festival Starring the Ivas John Band in Carbondale, IL on Sunday October 26, 2008.
"Benefit to establish a fund for Southern Illinois Community Botanical Garden, Dedicated to SI's rare, threatened, and endangered genetic heritage.
Location: Town Square Pavillion in the Heart of Carbondale!
Music from 2-5 pm. Silent Auction ends at 5:30
Delicious, Healthy, Botanical refreshments available from Town Square Market (a cute little organic grocery store).
High Energy heritage music in a positive environment for a great cause.
Suggested minimum donation: $5 adults and teens; $1 for children 12 and under. 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
For more info and to make a tax-exempt donation:
Shawnee Conservation & Development Council, a 501 (C)3 organization.
(618) 993-5396 x6 or brenda.little@rcd.net."

Lucky Duck Designs

since I have not altered my images of Strange Folk yet, I will still feature a crafter/seamstress today with a most wonderful display idea. She has used ladders and fun letters to catch the eye of the passerby. See her on Flickr HERE!
And her Biz here.

Gorbella's Upcoming Events in Arlington, Texas

I am working out a collaboration effort with a woman who is trying to help get a baby friendly cafe on its' feet. They are sponsoring/hosting lots of cool events, a few of which include crafts, so I thought I would include their total lineup that goes until around Christmas time.
Good luck, Ladies!
Children's Clothing Drive
Clean your closets and help Gorbella’s raise money to open our community resource center to support families with young children! We will be in your neighborhood picking up donations on 9/18.
Got a donation? Add your address to the pick-up route!
Download the E-Flier Here
Donate your gently used: Fall & Winter baby clothing, Fall & Winter children's clothing, Toys & Outside play equipment, bikes, play gyms, games, etc., Nursery items-bedding, cribs, rockers, gliders, crib mattresses, changing table, swings, high-chairs, bouncy seats, etc., Strollers, infant carriers/car seats within last 5 years, and Maternity & nursing clothing - all seasons new within last 3 years
Monday, 9/22: Nature Bracelets Playdate
Leaves, twigs, bark and grass make beautiful jewelry!
Come explore the park and make bracelets that would make Mother Nature proud.
10:30am
at Veteran’s Park, 3600 W. Arkansas in Arlington
Snacks provided, BYO sippy cups. Donations benefit Gorbella’s Nonprofit Organization. Bring a Friend!
Saturday, 9/27: Baby Loves Disco
Come dance with us at Purgatory in Dallas for the Baby Loves Disco party!
http://www.babylovesdisco.com/locations/dallas/
Saturday, 9/27: Mansfield Pecan Festival
Gorbella's will be at The Mansfield Pecan Festival, held September 27th from 9am to 6pm at Katherine Rose Memorial Park. Admission is FREE to all attendees.
This is a free, fun event for the whole family! Visit the Gorbella's table for some extra-special fun stuff!
Activities include: Bounce Houses, Arts & Craft Vendors, 5K Run, Horse Rides, Food Vendors, Petting Zoo, Face Painting, Diaper Derby, Hometown Idol Competition and Battle of the Bands Competition, and new this year is a Car Show.
For More Information Click Here
Saturday, 10/25: Holiday Expo
Put on your shopping shoes! Our 2nd Annual Holiday Expo is October 25 from 10am to 3pm at United Dance Studio, located at 2304 W. Park Row (at Bowen) in Arlington. Admission is free. The Gorbella’s Holiday Expo is a do-not-miss family-friendly shopping event! Interested vendors please e-mail contact@gorbellas.org for information.

More From ZaPP Applications! Many upper crust art fairs to attend and vend at!

Upcoming Deadlines - APPLY TODAY!

ArtiGras 2009 - Florida
DEADLINE: extended to 9/26/2008
Jury Fee: $30.00
Event Dates: 2/14/2009 - 2/16/2009
Celebrating 24 years, ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival has grown from a small, local art show to a nationally recognized fine arts festival attracting more than 150,000 art lovers and collectors. ArtiGras will be held President’s Day Weekend, February 14-16, 2009 at Abacoa Town Center in Jupiter, Florida. Produced by the Northern Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce, ArtiGras was recently named one of the top 50 fine art festivals in the country and features 300 juried artists along with artist demonstrations, Youth Art Competition, ArtiKids children’s interactive activity area, Celebrity Art Auction, entertainment and more.

Beaux Arts Festival of Art - Miami - Florida
DEADLINE: 9/26/2008
Jury Fee: $40.00
Event Dates: 1/10/2009 - 1/11/2009
Consistently on the Sunshine Artist and Larry Harris lists of the nation's best art shows, the Beaux Arts Festival of Art is an outstanding show for approximately 200 juried exhibitors. It attracts over 100,000 patrons and is held on the grounds of the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.

Sugarloaf Craft Festivals - Fall Shows 2008 - Mid-Atlantic
DEADLINE: 9/26/2008
Jury Fee: $45.00
Find the customers you need this fall at Sugarloaf’s established shows in markets proven to deliver sales year after year. Our upcoming show in the Mid-Atlantic area has limited openings in all categories except Jewelry!
* Timonium, MD, Maryland State Fairgrounds, 32nd year, October 3, 4, 5, 2008.

Las Olas Art Fair - 21st Annual (Ft. Lauderdale, FL.) - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
DEADLINE: 9/26/2008
Jury Fee: $25.00
Event Dates: 10/4/2008 - 10/5/2008
This festival is located on beautiful Las Olas Blvd between SE 6th Avenue and SE 11th Avenue.

Art in the Park Myrtle Beach - October 2008 - South Carolina
DEADLINE: 9/27/2008
Jury Fee: $20.00
Event Dates: 10/11/2008 - 10/12/2008
Art in the Park has been going on since 1973. As a judged show It has always been in a beautiful treed park two blocks from the ocean and in the center of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Special Note, all of our photography and jewelry categories are full for this show.

CRAFTBOSTON 2009 - Massachusetts
DEADLINE: 9/29/2008
Jury Fee: $50.00
Event Dates: 3/27/2009 - 3/29/2009
CRAFTBOSTON is New England's premiere exhibition and sale of contemporary craft, featuring the work of 110-200 of the world's finest craft artists. CRAFTBOSTON, presented by The Society of Arts and Crafts, is located at the Seaport World Trade Center in March and the Westin Waterfront in November on Boston’s historic waterfront.

Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts 2009 - Oklahoma
DEADLINE: 9/30/2008
Jury Fee: $20.00
Event Dates: 4/21/2009 - 4/26/2009
Presented by the Arts Council of Oklahoma City, the Festival of the Arts is now in its 43rd year. This fine art show draws over 750,000 visitors annually and averages $1.2 million in art sales each year.

Lake Mary Heathrow Festival of the Arts - Florida
DEADLINE: 9/30/2008
Jury Fee: $25.00
Event Dates: 11/1/2008 - 11/2/2008
22nd Annual Lake Mary Heathrow Festival of the Arts - a Premier Juried Fine Art and Craft Festival

Gasparilla Festival of the Arts 2009 - Florida
DEADLINE: 9/30/2008
Jury Fee: $40.00
Event Dates: 3/7/2009 - 3/8/2009
Recognized as one of the top-rated outdoor fine art festivals in the country, the Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts celebrates its 39th year on March 7 and 8, 2009, in beautiful downtown Tampa. Since 1970, the Festival has been presented by Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Inc. - a non-profit, completely volunteer organization. Each year 300 artists exhibit their work for a group of 250,000 art enthusiasts and vie for the $15,000 Raymond James Best of Show Award as well as an additional $55,500 in award money.

Tempe Festival of the Arts - Spring 2009 - Arizona
DEADLINE: 10/1/2008
Jury Fee: $35.00
Event Dates: 3/27/2009 - 3/29/2009
Celebrating its 32nd anniversary, the March 27 – 29, 2009 Spring Tempe Festival of the Arts is among the oldest, largest, and best-loved traditions in the Desert Southwest. Held over a 3-day weekend, more than 250,000 visitors shop from the Valley’s best selection of fine art and craft, from more than 350 artists who come from nearly all 50 states and beyond. The Festival occurs in a vibrant street fair atmosphere in the Mill Avenue District of downtown Tempe, Arizona. This juried show does not admit buy-sell artists, and promotes original art with all artists on site to engage visitors. Held semi-annually, the Spring version of the Tempe Festival of the Arts is geared toward slightly fewer artists than our Spring Festival, and appeals to an actively-interested art buying audience. Fully a third of the Festival’s visitors are escaping the last of the winter blues and come from outside Phoenix and outside Arizona, on Spring break vacation or attending Cactus League baseb all in the Valley. It’s fun for the whole family, too, with live entertainment, special kids’ activities, and the Arizona Wine Festival. The Spring Tempe Festival of the Arts offers a wide variety of amenities for artists including hospitality carts, booth sitting services, a large-art delivery assistance program, and a 24-hour security patrol. In addition, we host a fun evening of awards and entertainment, free to artists who pre-register for it. The event won “Best in Arizona” in 2006 from the IFEA-sanctioned AzTec Awards forum.

ArtsFest 2009 - Florida
DEADLINE: 10/1/2008
Jury Fee: $30.00
Event Dates: 1/31/2009 - 2/1/2009
ArtsFest (c), in its 22nd year is a fine art and fine craft festival with music and children's activities. For the second year it is located in historic downtown Stuart, Florida on the banks of the St. Lucie River in Flagler Park.

St. Armands Art Festival - 20th Anniversary (Sarasota, FL.) - Sarasota, Florida
DEADLINE: 10/3/2008
Jury Fee: $25.00
Event Dates: 10/11/2008 - 10/12/2008
Nestled within this tropical paradise, St Armands Circle Art Festival attracts thousands of art loving visitors who are eager to purchase fine and unique works of art. The people and location make this show a success year after year.

Mount Dora Arts Festival 2009 - Mount Dora, Florida
DEADLINE: EXTENDED to 10/10/2008
Jury Fee: $30
Event Dates: 2/07/2009-2/08/2009
In its 34th consecutive year, the Mount Dora Arts Festival continues to be one of Florida’s premiere cultural events. Produced by the Mount Dora Center for the Arts (MDCA), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and located in the heart of the charming historic district of Mount Dora, the event attracts over 250,000 attendees annually.

Essimar ~ from Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago

This lovely lady lent me permission to use her lovely images on this site. She vended at Renegade this past weekend, and had a very unique setup! She is located in Chicago, and I remember seeing her lovely paper entities years ago on etsy. Check her website out HERE! and her on ETSY HERE!...or Flickr HERE :)
Her setup is cute and inviting. She uses lighter colors, such as the white background, and friendly & fun shelving to display ordinarily 2 dimensional items. Te shirts hanging are cool and eye catching, too, while that image of the man wearing her shirts is also great! I encourage everyone to display pictures of people actually USING their items!!! This is a great technique :)

New Gallery Space in Alto Pass, IL (Southern Illinois)

new art space in alto pass: the red ear
first official call for work: image-makers and travel
work will be collected until september 14th.

to all area artists and potential participants:
i have spoken to many of you about collecting artwork, particularly photography, for the first official group show at the red ear. for those of you who don't know, the red ear is located in a commercial building space on the alto pass boardwalk, right across from the root beer saloon. it is about 1600 sq. feet, white walls, and decent lighting. although i hope to be doing more with the red ear in the coming months--like workshops, artist socials/potlucks, and art trading sessions--at the moment, it is functioning as a gallery space and a wifi hot spot.

this show will be of work that was done while image-makers (not limited to photographers) have been traveling. this theme came about mostly b/c i know there are lots of you out there that have been traveling and shooting; but more so, i hope to collect work that represents travel and movement through both foreign and familiar places--landscapes, portraits, street photography, the snapshot aesthetic and documentary would all apply. by collecting work from several artists, i hope to install a show that will share experiences and perspectives with the viewer from the image-makers point of view, but at the same time, will give the viewer a chance to see photography as a method of both remembering and recording.
the call for work is not limited to photography, or even 2D work, so please keep this in mind as you think about what you might have in your archive or studio to show--also, please spread the word to those you think might also be interested.

if you are interested in submitting anything to this call for work, please respond as soon as possible.
i will be collecting work until september 14th, and the show will be opening the following weekend. work will be collected in carbondale, and there will also be drop off times at the alto pass location.

for details, or if you have any questions or feedback, please don't hesitate to contact me.
lauren
laurenzadikow@gmail.com
www.myspace.com/art_about

Cobden, IL Fall Festival Art & Craft Fair {Oct. 4: 10-4pm}

Jennifer, the Director of Events at C-Infinity Event Center & Catering passed this one on to The Smelly Hippie then to me! " I just wanted to extend an invitation to you for the Art & Craft Fair that we will be hosting on October 4th at our facility, the weekend of Cobden's Fall Festival. If you are interested please feel free to call or e-mail me with any questions. I will look forward to talking with you!"

Thank you for your time,

Jennifer Newman
Director of Events
C-Infinity Event Center & Catering
(618) 893-2916
jennifer@c-infinity.net

PLEASE EMAIL ME, Katherine, FOR THE PDF FILE OF THE ENTRY FORM!! KatEyez62707@yahoo.com