“If I was going to sell something, I wanted to sell art.” Jennifer Perlow, co-founder and principal of PS Art Consulting. Courtesy of PS Art Consulting Jennifer Perlow has been working in the arts for more than a decade. Co-founder and principal of PS Art Consulting—a firm that sources and installs art for hospitals, hotels, and law firms —she spends the majority of her tim...

Inside the Cherry Creek Arts Festival’s Jury Cherry Creek Arts Festival is consistently rated as one of the top arts festivals in the country. Nestled in Cherry Creek North, an arts-focused neighborhood in Denver, Colorado, the festival regularly attracts a serious-buying art community and draws an estimated 330,000 attendees each year. Naturally, such a show is popular among artists, a...

Thinking of applying for a grant to offset festival expenses? When looking for resources to share with other administrators considering applying for grants to help with festival costs, it occurred to us a wealth of knowledge exists right within the ZAPP community!  LeMoyne’s Chain of Parks Art Festival in Tallahassee, FL has risen in the ranks among festivals to watch! We turned to Vanessa Row...

Creative Conversations with Kathleen Eaton, Chicago-based painter and author of the recently-published book From Clotheslines to Canopies, A History of Outdoor Art Fairs in America. Kathleen Eaton has been selling her oil paintings at galleries and art fairs for many years and has experienced the business since the time before canopies came into use. Eaton tells us about her new book, and the proc...

This is part of a series of posts highlighting the art fair and festival industry. Creative Conversations: An interview with emerging artist Zachary Yuskanich With Cherry Creek Arts Festival just around the corner, we’re highlighting one of this year’s Emerging Artists, Zachary Yuskanich. ZAPP® Program Associate Ruby Montana spoke with Yuskanich about his artistic background and pro...