ESAC Outdoor Art Show Ranked in Sunshine Artist’s 200 Best!

IOLA, WIS. – Sunshine Artist magazine, www.sunshineartist.com, has announced the release of its 2024 200 Best, ranking the most profitable art and craft festivals in the country based on artists’ reported sales in 2023.  

Congratulations to Eastern Shore Art Center whose ESAC Outdoor Art Show (Fairhope, AL) ranked No. 46 in the Fine Art & Design category!

Launched in 1993, Sunshine Artist’s 200 Best is split into two categories: Fine Art & Design for events that focus on unique, fine-art pieces and Classic & Contemporary Craft for events that focus on traditional or modern craft and production work. 

Artists were able to cast their votes from February through April to nominate their highest money-making shows from 2023. The ballot asked artists to list the 10 most profitable art and/or craft shows they exhibited at during the previous year, indicate their level of gross sales at each event, and note whether they considered themselves fine artists or craftspeople for each event. 

The results were tabulated using a weighted scale based on four sales levels to ensure all events competed against each other fairly. 

Information about all the shows that made this year’s 200 Best list is available in Sunshine Artist’s August/September 2024 issue, as well as online at https://sunshineartist.com/200-best. 

THANK YOU to all of the artists that voted and Sunshine Artist Magazine for the honor!