ST JAMES ART FAIR (SEPT 30-OCT 2) FACT #4

The St. James Art Fair has come a long way from buying gas lights in 1957 to presently being ranked the #1 Fine Art and Design Show in the country!!!  This rating was made by the art fair industry standard, Sunshine Artist Magazine!  Bill and I will be part of 750 artists and over the next few days we will be visited by some of the 200,000 shoppers!  Just setting up on the streets housing huge Victorian homes takes us all day.  We arrive very early on Thursday in order to get our car and trailer in to unload!  But, we do it because there is not another art fair like this one!  The artists are friendly, the art is spectacular and the artists travel from all over the world!   During the first decade I was part of St. James I used to tell customers, "Come early on Friday before the crowd arrives!"  But later teachers chose Friday as a holiday, so now Fridays are packed with customers too!  As to parking, swing into any of the private pay parking lots and shorten your walk to the fair.  If you happen to score a free street parking place, all the better!  Wear good walking shoes and bring a water bottle and cell phone.  Weather will be in the low 60's with no rain so its perfect for almost everyone!  Hope to see you as you travel down Magnolia AV, between 3rd and 4th Streets!  www.stjamescourtartshow.com

ST JAMES ART FAIR (SEPT 30-OCT 2) FACT #3

ART FACT #3:  St. James Ct. Art Fair is actually 6 shows in one!  After the original neighborhood established the Art Fair around the St. James Ct. fountain and refurbished it, other streets in the neighborhood did the same.  Now we have six actual art fairs where artists apply to set up and sell: St. James Ct.; Belgravia Ct.; Forth St.; 1300 Third Assoc.; 3rd St. Assoc.; and West End Baptist Church!  (Each is as big as a regular art fair!) Bill and I sell on Magnolia Street, between 3rd and 4th Streets and we are part of the 1300 Third Assoc.  We love our location and street!  It tickles me that every year there are "illegal arti-liens" that try to slip in and sell in unforseen places.  People get upset.  Its all part of the creative adventure of St. James Ct. Art Show!  If you come and visit, you probably won't even know one street from another, or notice the legals from the "art-liens!"  You will just be awed by it all!  If you chose to, you can even purchase a T-shirt or a Poster by this year's winning artist, Kieth Simon, in the photo above!  For more information, contact www.stjamescourtartshow.com, or visit my site, www.jamisonbrumm.com.  

ST JAMES ART FAIR (SEPT 30-OCT 2) FACT #2

FACT #2:  Aside from being one of the largest art fairs, St. James Court also contains the highest concentration of residential homes with stained glass windows in America!!!  And, these windows are in the wonderful Victorian houses that fill this third largest Historical District and neighborhood in the USA!  That's a lot of old beauty to view as you visit the St. James Art Fair!  I am not sure that you will see that giant champagne bottle by the house in the photo, but, hey, come and see.....  www.stjamescourtartshow.com, or visit my website for my show information: www.jamisonbrumm.com

ST JAMES ART FAIR (SEPT 30-OCT 1 & 2) FACTS

FACT #1:  This 55 year old art fair actually started out as a way to pay the bills!  The old neighborhood had crumbling fountains and no street lights in 1957.  Malclom Bird held the first art fair with music and art on a clothesline.  It worked, as the $700 they earned bought the St. James Court its 20 street lights!  stjamescourtartshow.com

A BEAUTIFUL ART FAIR THIS WEEKEND: AUGUST 27 & 28!

Art in Speed Park has become a Kentuckiana favorite for a reason . . .

This elegant, outdoor art show features more than 100 of the nation's finest artists and our region's best in performing arts.

Browse the artist's booths with ease, in the tree lined park. You'll hear the soft sounds of strolling musicians and smell the aroma of Maryland crab cakes cooking on the grill.

In the wine garden you can relax near the fountain, enjoy music with friends and family while raising your glasses in a celebratory toast with exquisite vino from Huber's Winery and Vineyards.

If you've yet to experience this gem, find out what all the buzz is about.
Art in Speed Park ...it's going to become YOUR, Favorite Art Show!

"Art washes away from the soul, the dust of everyday life."
...Pablo Picasso

Cheers friends!
www.artinspeedpark.com
FOR DIRECTIONS, VISIT MY WEBSITE, www.jamisonbrumm.com

WILD WELCH WOMEN FOR THE WELCH CLAN

Last year I got a call from a J. Welch who had seen one of my Wild Welch Women Pendants at Promanade Gallery in Berea. She was interested in why I had misspelled "Welch" as her family were named Welch, and not Welsh. Well, I told her, "I am a terrible speller!" Luckily for me, misspelling the name was just what brought me an order for these pins--10 of them developed over the year--for her Welch relatives!!! Yes, the Welch family will hold a reunion soon and guess what will likely be the highlight for them after the kissing and hugging? I can only hope! Thank you J. Welch! They are in the mail!

LEARNSHOPS FOR EVERYONE! JULY 9-16TH IN BEREA!

I have always said that our state of Kentucky has helped me blossom as an artist!  Now, we have an unbelievable opportunity right here in the middle of this state--FOR EVERYONE to blossom in the arts (or, to continue unfolding!).  For one week this year (someday a summer full of learnshops), July 9-16th, you can explore the arts through any of about 100 learnshops!  And, we are not just talking art classes for adults.  We are talking about classes for all ages, at all price ranges, of ALL the arts--including movement and cooking!  Lets have some fun!  To see what is available and when, go to http://www.berea.com/ and explore and register.  Call 859-986-2540 or 800-598-5263 for more information. 

WHO'S WEARING LADY FRA-GA'S ASS-SESSORIES?

Today I introduced Lady Fra-Ga to our beautiful Carnegie Community Arts Center's director, Lady Diane Giddens.  Before I knew it, Lady Di was proudly wearing Lady Fra-Ga's largest loops!  (Lady Di has always been one of my works' biggest fans!  Now, heaven help us if these two spend alot of time together!)

Then, before I could turn around, artist CeCe Butcher fell in love with Lady Fra-Ga and purchased a pair for herself!  Below is a work of art in progress that one can view downstairs in the Carnegie Center.  Her large, colorful, quilt-like works come alive before visitors eyes!  CeCe is the Master Musician's Artist this year (more on that later!).   

Finally, we were able to display Lady Fra-Ga's Ass-cessories in the Sheltowee Art Shop on the main floor.  Located at 107 N Main ST, Somerset, KY, our shop is our region's first and only artist Co-Op shop and entirely run by local artists.  Hours are Tuesday-Friday, 11-2pm.  Stop in to meet an artist and view the hundreds of original, well-made art and crafts!

For more information on our Sheltowee Art Shop and the Carnegie Community Arts Center, check out my website under the "SHOPS" button:  http://www.jamisonbrumm.com/ 

THE ART FAIR IS OVER! THANK YOU CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS WHO STOPED BY!

Lady Fra-Ga and I had a wonderful art fair, thanks to the wonderful friends who visited us!  Due to extremely fabulous weather (cool and clear), a beautiful new venue (Equus Run Vineyard rocks!) and the energetic and helpful staff of Franscisco Farm Art Fair, it could not have been more fun or successful!  I worked the whole fair and could not partake of the wine, but as you can see, Lady Fra-Ga goofed off and just pooped out on me.  But, NOT before she showed off her new line of Lady Fra-Ga 'ass'-cessories which were a hit!  I hope the event draws more and more art lovers in the coming years.  As Bill and I joined the Wine Club there, he and I will be in and out ourselves, though it is a 2 hour drive from home.  (That is how much we loved the place.)  I realized through a texting special I ran Saturday and Sunday that many of my customers are needing some tech knowledge.  I hope to soon post some of the things I have learned from my very savy sons.  And, since Lady Fra-Ga is here and fully (most of the time) full of herself and very creative, you may like to watch her in her new role as my side-'kick'!  The weather was so nice, her past company, Big Ass Fans, did not have the heat to show off in!  But, she is my mascot now.  What?  Oh, forgive me, but Lady Fra-Ga is calling for more aspirin...............

LADY FRA-GA'S ACCESSORIES AT EQUUS RUN WINERY THIS WEEKEND!

 

 

Oh, My Lady Fra-Ga! is debuting at the Franscisco Farm's Art Fair at Equus Run Winery this weekend, June 25 and 26! The weather will be perfect and give all hundred plus artists a wonderful chance to sell and show off on the beautiful vineyard grounds! Visit us there. We are very excited as this is the weekend Lady Fra-Ga has prepared for. She will be in her best finery! AND, I will have special offers for those of you who bring your smart phones to the fair. As my booth is #2, please stop in and see me first to learn about my new system of selling! For directions and information on the art fair, visit my website http://www.jamisonbrumm.com/. See you soon!