Making a list

Seems to be the time of year for making lists - Santa's doing it !

Well the latest list that I've been working on is a show list. There are any number of local venues to show your art wares - but I've found that as in most things in life you get exactly what you pay for. I have put together a list of venues that are within a days drive of Peoria ( we artists are very fortunate to live in a central local that allows us to travel to some major venues ie: Chicago/St.Louis/Indianapolis/Madison/DesMoines - all of which are less than four hours away )
The shows listed below are not all the shows - they are just some of the shows. I listed them by approximate date of show show that if you have a free weekend that month - check out the shows that are available. Some of the shows I have not attended - some I have - I would be glad to share the ones that I would avoid - as well as the ones I won't miss!

If you are looking to apply to some of the early spring shows Hurry! some of the deadlines have passed and even more a quickly approaching.

Feel free to copy the list - I've tried to include a link to the show when possible - Let me know of any that I left off - This is just the first draft!


4/9/2011 Cool Art & Hot Jazz St.Louis MO www.gslaa.org Entry Thingy
5/1/2011 Elmhurst Art Festival Elmhurst IL www.elmhurstartinthepark.org Paper Application
5/7/2011 Art Fair at Laumeier St.Louis IL http:// www.laumeiersculpturepark.org/programs_events/art_fair Zapplication
5/8/2011 Peoria Heights Show Peoria Heights IL Paper Application
5/14/2011 Art on the Square Belleville IL http:// www.artonthesquare.com /call.htm Entry Thingy
5/14/2011 Broadripple` Indianapolis IN http:// www.indplsartcenter.org /braf40/ Zapplication
5/14/2011 Old Capital Art Fair Springfield IL www.socaf.org Entry Thingy
5/15/2011 Lakeview East Group Riverside IL http:// www.emevents.com /
5/21/2011 Art Fair Wine Fest Washington MO
5/22/2011 East Lansing Art Festival East Lansing MI Zapplication
5/29/2011 Round The Fountain Lafayette IN http:// www.roundthefountain.org /
6/4/2011 Iowa Arts Festival Iowa City IA http:// www.summerofthearts.org/top-menu/artists.aspx Available Mid January
6/4/2011 Countryside Village Omaha NE http:// www.countryside-village.com/links.asp
6/10/2011 Smoky Hill River Fest Salina KS http://www.riverfestival.com/salina/ ArtandCraftApp.cfm
6/10/2011 Central West End Art Fair St.Louis MO http://thecwe.org/2009/10/cwea-art-fair-taste/
6/10/2011 Monument Square Art Fair Racine WI http://www.monumentsquareartfair.com/
6/10/2011 Talbot Street Art Fair Indianapolis IN http://www.talbotstreet.org/
6/12/2011 Wells Street Chicago IL http://www.chicagoevents.com/event.cfm?eid=141
6/25/2011 Des Moines Art Festival Des Moines IA http://www.desmoinesartsfestival.org/ Zapplication
6/25/2011 The Other Show Des Moines IA http://www.stookeyshows.com/afmw/index.html Zapplication
7/10/2011 Sugar Creek Art Festival Normal IL www.mcac.org
7/10/2011 Art Fair on the Square Madison WI http://www.mmoca.org/events/artfair/ Zapplication
7/11/2011 Krasl Art Fair St Joseph MI http://www.krasl.org/art_fair.aspx Zapplication
7/18/2011 Art Fair in Liberty Park Kenosha WI www.kenosha.org
8/9/2011 Art in Your Eye Batavia IL http://www.emevents.com/ Must have won an award
8/14/2011 Washington Art Festival Washington IL Paper Application
8/21/2011 Champaign Arts Festival Champagne IL http://www.champaignparkdistrict.com/ Paper Application
8/28/2011 Lincoln Art & Balloon Lincoln IL http://www.lincolnillinois.com/abf.aspx
9/3/2011 Art Splash Sioux City IA http://www.siouxcityartcenter.org/artsplash/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=9&Itemid=7 Zapplication
9/4/2011 Fourth Street Festival Bloomington IN http://sites.google.com/site/4thstreetfestival/ Zapplication
9/11/2011 St Louis Art Fair Clayton MO
9/11/2011 Rees-Carilon Springfield IL http://www.carillon-rees.org/html/art_spectacular.html Paper Application
9/11/2011 Wausau Festival Wausau WI Zapplication
9/13/2011 West End Art Festival La Grange IL http://www.emevents.com/
9/18/2011 Park Forest Art Fair Park Forest IL http://www.tallgrassarts.org/tall-grass-art-fair.html
9/18/2011 Riverwalk Art Fair Naperville IL http://www.napervilleartleague.com/riverwalkfair.htm#APPLICATION_SUBMISSION_AND_ENTRY_FEES
9/25/2011 Plaza Art Fair Kansas City MO http://www.countryclubplaza.com/Events/Plaza-Art-Fair Zapplication
9/25/2011 Art Fair at Meadows Lake St Louis MO http://lakemeadowsartfair.com/2010LakesMeadowArtFair.aspx
9/25/2011 Faust Fine Art St.Louis MO
9/25/2011 Un Plaza Art Fair Kansas City MO
9/25/2011 Fine Art Festival Peoria IL http://www.peoriafineartfair.com/
10/1/2011 Longview Art & Music Lees Summit MO http://www.longviewartmusicfest.com/
10/1/2011 Art & Wine Walk St.Louis MO http://www.tastestl.com/The-Art-Wine-Walk
10/1/2011 Art Fair West West Des Moines IA http://www.stookeyshows.com/visitor.html#west Zapplication
10/1/2011 Fall Avon Art Festival Avon IL
10/1/2011 Historic Shaw Show St.Louis MO http://www.shawartfair.com/ Entry Thingy
11/26/2011 Belleville Arts & Crafts Belleville IL Kay Weber - 618-233-0940