Artists Alley - A Learning Experience

All framed at Last!

Last Sunday was the first Artists' Alley of the year.  This is the event where I madly try and get my art framed and then haul it all out to the street for people to see.  My friend, Lisa and my husband John also participated.  I can see from this picture all the things wrong with my booth...sign too small...a mish-mash of different things for hanging...art too far back in booth.  If any of you are experienced art showers, I wouldn't mind hearing constructive criticism.  Lisa gave me the black grid wall and it was by far the easiest to manage.   I think I'll try and get more.  Here's Lisa in her booth concentrating sooo hard on her lino block!

My husband, John, was even less prepared than I was.  However, he came up with the wackiest ideas.  When he told me he was going to do "paint the bronze poodle", "art on a stick" and "pay for paint by numbers", I thought I'd better get a booth veeery far away.  I have to hand it to him though.  It was the most original and entertaining booth by far and everyone loved it!

Paint the Poodle! 25 cents

Everyone wanted to Paint the Poodle!

Pay for Paint by Numbers!

Art on a Stick!

The next Artist Alley is July 18th.  Now that I have my art framed, I can think about improving my booth.  I don't think I could carry off "paint the poodle".  I'll leave that to the professionals, but I will try and make my booth a little more interesting!