Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff Announces its Presenting Sponsor & National Ranking
Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff Announces its Presenting Sponsor & National Ranking
Ranked in the Top 50 Shows
Krasl Art Center (KAC) is pleased to announce that 1st Source Bank Wealth Advisory Services renewed their sponsorship for 2025 & 2026 to be the Presenting Sponsor of the nationally ranked Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff.
Executive Director Tami Fauver said, "We are truly grateful to 1st Source for their ongoing support of the Art Fair. It is a pleasure to work with their team each year. We couldn't do it without their sponsorship. Those funds make the event a reality."
KAC celebrated the 2024 62nd Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff presented by 1st Source Bank this past July, and the community certainly set the 171 participating artists up for another successful year. The event was welcomed by beautiful weather and over 22,000 guests from around the country.
The success of the event year results in rankings like the one received for the 2023 show. Sunshine Artist magazine, www.sunshineartist.com, announced the release of its 2024 200 Best, ranking the most profitable art and craft festivals in the country based on artists’ reported sales in 2023. Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff (St. Joseph, MI) once again ranked in the Top 50 for the Fine Art & Design Shows category.
Artists were able to cast their votes from February through April to nominate their top 10 highest money-making shows from 2023. Artists shared their level of gross sales at each event and note whether they considered themselves fine artists or craftspeople for each event. The results were tabulated using a weighted scale based on four sales levels to ensure all events competed against each other fairly.
Sunshine Artist reports that the 200 Best focuses solely on artist show revenue – because that is the most objective indicator of a show’s future success. Subjective attributes, such as amenities, attendance levels, management, and overall quality, can impact sales but are harder to gauge and therefore have no direct bearing on the rankings.
Launched in 1993, Sunshine Artist’s 200 Best is split into two categories: Fine Art & Design for events that focus on unique, fine-art pieces and Classic & Contemporary Craft for events that focus on traditional or modern craft and production work.
Information about all the shows that made this year’s 200 Best list is available in Sunshine Artist’s August/September 2024 issue, as well as online at https://sunshineartist.com/200-best.
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About Krasl Art Center:
Krasl Art Center is a nonprofit art museum and learning center that enriches the lives of people living in or visiting Southwest Michigan by delivering enlightening art experiences through diverse education opportunities, meaningful events, and high-quality exhibits and collections. KAC’s mission is to inspire meaningful change and strengthen community through the visual arts. To learn more visit krasl.org
