First Frost

One should be careful with issuing reviews before a show is over but I think First Frost was over yesterday. It does happen that sales improve but I don't think it is going to happen here.

Too bad as this is great location. Who can complain about setting up inside a very well appointed art gallery? The galleries are big and each vendor has more than a 10 x 10' space. This is exceptional for indoor shows. Parking is just outside the door. They send around students to provide breaks. By any score this is a good show. Unfortunately there are few customers who are actually buying. Same story from other vendors. Visits from other vendors are a sure sign that nothing much is happening. Vendors start wandering around when customers & sales are few. I've had a number of visits!

Oh well! I am glad to have been inside the Flint Institute of Arts. It does look to me to be a first class art museum for a city the size of Flint. I will come back to take a real look.