12th annual show a great success!

Thank you to all the artists and art lovers who made the 12th annual Yarmouth Art Festival a great success.

To be honest, we weren’t sure it made sense to hold the event this year, given the pandemic. If we went fully virtual, it would mean investing in a new e-commerce system. Would artists enter? Would art lovers buy art online? The answers to both questions were “Yes!” Entries were down a bit from 2019, but still healthy at 515. And art lovers bought 64 pieces — many more than the 48 sold in our most successful prior year. Total purchases were $16,839.

The 30 percent commissions on those sales – a total of $5,052 – will go to three community service organizations: Friendship House in South Portland, Yarmouth Compassionate Housing Initiative, and St. Elizabeth’s Jubilee Center in Portland.

The show and sale ran nearly two weeks, Oct.  19-31, rather than the usual 4 days. The show catalog  remains online to enjoy, although without sales. We encourage art lovers to contact artists (emails are on their profile pages)  if they are interested in purchases, or to learn more.

We held a very informative panel discussion with jurors on Oct. 27, covering the  Maine art scene, the jurying process, some favorites in this show, advice to artists, and other topics.

The 2020 jurors are: