Another Art Fair in the Picture

By Jo Ann Vatcha

November 1980

Historical November 1980 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.

A slender but enthusiastic group of ART FAIR boosters met on October 14, 1980, at the home of Rich Lake, one of the cochairmen of the 1980 FAIR. Their goals: to find new chairpersons and committees to lead the 1981 activities and to evaluate the 1980 Fair and furnish that new group with an effective critique.

The 1980 ART FAIR/HOUSE TOUR was unique among the 13 held to this point: it made money, some $400 profit was banked at the end of the Fair; it also made money for the various fund-raisers and arts who benefited noticeably from the unusually large street crowd on fair day.

Although attendance was down at the House Tour, the ticket printing had been donated, and the Tour was a financial success. Children’s Art was eminently successful.

All present at the Lake home on October 14 agreed that the addition of international foods to the Fair was a fine idea, and all agreed that, in sum, the 1980 ART FAIR met this neighborhood’s criteria for success.

It was profitable; it earned us favorable publicity (including a TV spot for the Grand Fuzz); we had a good time.

Much remains to be done in planning for 1981.

Several important committees are losing their chairpersons and need new blood. There continues to be a tendency to reevaluate the whole endeavor each year, to ask questions about our basic goals as a neighborhood, to ask “if?”.

The starting goal of the October meeting was accomplished in part: one half of a co-chairperson team was found. Cecily Barker, of the 6100 block of Westminster, whose home was on the 1980 tour, has agreed to serve in that important organizing role.

The House Tour committee has several solid volunteers, a mixture of “old” and “new” and appears to be in good hands for the coming year. Possible chairpersons and committee members were brought up, and readers of this article can expect calls for them to “volunteer” soon!

The call for leadership having been met, Cecily Barker has announced the scheduling of an organizational meeting of the 1981 ART FAIR/HOUSE TOUR COMMITTEE for November 5, 1980, Wednesday evening, at 7:30 p.m., at her home at 6137 Westminster. Please phone her at 726-2670 if you have questions or wish to volunteer for any of the committees listed below. Most of the 1980 committees have submitted reports, which will be of immeasurable benefit to those committees which will have new leadership.

As well, many of the 1980 and earlier committee chairpersons have agreed to serve in advisory capacities.

So, whether old or new, do join this fun activity in our neighborhood. ### Committees