June 2019 Newsletter

May In Review

Show prep was the big focus for the month of May. Outside of certificates of authenticity, I didn’t do much printing. I didn’t do much mat board cutting or foam board cutting either. Those three had taken up a lot of my time the couple months leading up to May. Time was instead spent on figuring out how to pack everything, practicing setting up my display, getting my point of sale system set up, etc.

It was exciting to finally get my display set up early in the month. The first time I set it up it took most of a day to get it set up and taken back down. It felt so good to see things come together and see the art displayed. It was also a great feeling knowing that I could finally start applying to shows (since most shows require pictures of my booth to apply). Thankfully the next couple times setting it up and taking it down went much faster.

Unfortunately I missed the flurry of spring shows, but thankfully I was able to get accepted into a show in June, and hopefully I can get a few shows in during the fall when the next flurry happens. More info below on the two shows I have been accepted into thus far.

Finally, I made a trip up to my parents’ place in NE Oklahoma over Memorial Day weekend. I took an out of the way route on the way there to get some fire hydrant pictures in, and I got the picture above of the Pensacola Dam on Grand Lake while I was up there. It was pretty spectacular to see the water being released from the dam. The other pictures from the trip can be found in my Fresh Off The Card gallery on my website.

Looking Forward To June

The first half of June will be spent getting stuff wrapped up for my first show, which is the Vinita Route 66 Festival in Vinita, OK on June 15. See links in the section below. I keep thinking I’m going to get to a point where there isn’t a lot to do and I can take a little bit of a break, but I keep finding more and more I need to do. Haha.

After the show, hopefully I’ll have some more printing to do to restock sold prints. I’m sure there will be lessons learned from the show as well, and there will be some time spent later in the month figuring out how to make adjustments to hopefully improve the following shows.

And finally, there will likely be some more show applications submitted during the month. I’m sure that will become a fairly consistent occurrence. I will post new shows on my website and Facebook page as I get accepted.

Upcoming Shows

Vinita Route 66 Festival
June 15, 2019
Vinita, OK
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Joplin Arts Fest
September 20-21, 2019
Joplin, MO
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