As I have been told, school sales (and many other types of vendor sales) have a notorius reputation ashaving correspondingly low sales for art vendors that sell handmade one-of-a kind goods. As an art vendor with handmade items, participation as a vendor in sales like this seems counter productive. Worse, participating in one that is out of town seems masochistic. Well, I have succumbed. Why? I am told, the Annual Buckman Art Show School Sale is different. And so it seems. The Buckman School Sale is in its 25th year. (This must be some kind of record, right?) Located in hip, artisanal Portland, Oregon, I am told the Buckman school is known the "Art School", the place to go in Portland for those interested in the arts. (Please note: This is all second and third hand information). Further, I have been told by 2 artists I admire, (Cynthia Spencer and Katy LaReau) that this show is FUN! OK, well, dang, fun does sounds good and hey, my adored OLDER sister does live in Portland and I haven't bothered her in at least a week. I have to admit Buckman seems to make it easy. They provide tables, stickers and electrical outlets for (GASP) over 140 vendors. Wow thats a lot. Hmmm but yes, it does sound fun. I will be there Saturday and Sunday, March 7-8 (next weekend) So please come by, say hi and support your local(ish) vendors. Yep, I missed a few and no, these aren't in the right order. Done! and Yes I WOULD do it again. It was fun. Putting together the collage was our final project and I used PicMonkey to do it. Learned a new tool! I did not do the last project which was a portrait of ourself...maybe someday when I have more time. Anyhow, the 30 day project was organized by Kelly Crosser Algae. She put a lot of energy and time into this and did a great job. Thanks again Kelly.
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