SO WHAT’S NEXT?

Wendie Donabie ♦ June 24, 2014 ♦ 5 Comments

Lynda Lynn, Pat Whittle,Wendie Donabie & Janice Feist at the Inn

Janice Feist, Lynda Lynn, Pat Whittle and I experienced a successful weekend during the Muskoka Lakes Spring Art Tour, June 7 & 8.  Approximately 200 visitors stopped by to see our work at the Bala Bay Inn and picked up information about us. Throughout the Tour, the Inn and staff encouraged guests to attend the show and we directed visitors to try out the great food on their menu. 

Our art display in the dining room at the Inn

Recognizing the unpredictability of the art market, we looked at the tour as an advertising and promotional opportunity. If we made money that would be a bonus.

Challenges met us with displaying our paintings without wall space in the dining room but we managed to pull it off using easels and tables along two of the walls. The Inn’s, Lux Lounge, we called the porch, did allow us walls for smaller work and chairs provided props for larger pieces. And visitors loved the Inn as a showplace for our art.

Well, we not only covered our costs, we actually made a little extra! Those results helped us decide to stay on board for the Muskoka Lakes Spring Art tour in 2015.

So What’s Next?

Muskoka Furniture,   here in Bracebridge, will hold their 2nd annual ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW on Saturday, July 5 from 10 am to 4 pm.

Eleven Muskoka artisans are participating in the outdoor exhibit offering paintings, sculpture, jewellery, glass, fibrework, ropework, wood turning, model boats, chainsaw carving, model boats, soapstone carving. Shoppers will find lots of variety with something for everyone.

My jewellery business partner, Carolyn Freedman, and I will have displays of our one-of-a kind necklaces, bracelets, earrings, birthday bookmarks and Chakra Cords. Our products are made from glass and metal beads, stones, crystals, wire and recycled materials. I’ll also have a selection of my paintings available for sale.

Muskoka Furniture Art Show in 2013

Please drop by and see us!

MUSKOKA FURNITURE

2nd Annual Arts & Crafts Show

Saturday, July 5

10 am – 4 pm

195 Wellington Street, Bracebridge