Category: Blog

March 12, 2021

Event Organizers Cautiously Optimistic for 2021 Summer Festival Season

The 2020 summer festival season was a bust, thanks to COVID-19, but local organizers say they’re feeling hopeful about the return of neighborhood street festivals and art shows this year. City officials seem optimistic as well. “While we are not formally planning nor permitting events at this…

Kudos from Michael Benstein

Best staff anyone could ever want!
Michael Benstein, Artist

Diane Allison Kudos from Art Smart Seminar

That was a great help for those of us who have not participated live yet.
Thank you for all the helpful hints!
Diane Allison, Jewelry and Glass Maker

Kudos from Art Smart Seminar for New and Emerging Artists

GREAT SHOW!!!! Took a lot of good notes with good ideas. Great presentation. You guys did a really good job. Vic and I thoroughly enjoyed listing to your tips, pics, and booth ideas. WAY TO GO!!
Vern and Vic Overall

January 26, 2021February 1, 2021

STAFF SPOTLIGHT…Caitlin Pfleger

By Amdur Productions / Blog

Caitlin Pfleger celebrates her 10 year anniversary with Amdur Productions this spring. Starting as a summer intern, Caitlin has grown with the company over the years and now directs the Artist Relations department, working with thousands of artists before, during and after shows. Caitlin is passionate…

January 26, 2021

Tips for Buying Art On Line…ArtZipper.com

By Amdur Productions / Blog

Online shopping takes imagination. Differing from festivals where the artist is there to talk about their work, when shopping online, the art, the size, the subject matter and the price are all important aspects to consider. On ArtZipper.com, art is divided into 6 big categories: Art…

January 26, 2021

Popcorn Jester, JesterJuice and Jester Donuts

By Amdur Productions / Blog

A hot sunny day, lots of art, and nothing is quite as refreshing as a fresh squeezed lemonade from Jester Juice, topped off with apple cider cinnamon mini donuts made by the Donut Jester. Run by Highland Park native Ross Kessler, the company was created…

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021

Corporate Sponsorship

By Amdur Productions / Blog

Amdur Art Festivals welcome corporate sponsors who wish to help underwrite the arts and art events. Amdur welcomes local and national businesses that desire greater brand awareness and brand loyalty in our many communities. Do you have a product or service that wants to present…

January 26, 2021

Tips on Collecting

By Amdur Productions / Blog

Covid has kept many of us inside looking at our walls and wondering how to freshen up our home and office interiors. Art can be the easy and quick pick me up for tired walls. How and what to collect is a mystery to some.…

January 26, 2021

Art 101 Oils vs Acrylics

By Amdur Productions / Blog

There are two basic types of paints used by painters best known as oils and acrylics. Oils have been around for centuries, while acrylics are relatively new. The artist must use thinners such as turpentine when using oils, while acrylics can be thinned with water.…