Facts That Count, Issue #3
1 ½ -YEAR Compilation/March 2004
Number of events to date: 18 (figures compiled through March 1st Fridays Art Walk)
Average number of galleries participating each month: 11
Number of retail and restaurants around the Square featuring art that are open during the 1st Fridays Art Walks: First three months: 7 Current average: 19
Documented attendance by month, averaged: Fall 2002: 200, Winter 2002-03: 400,
Spring 2003: 1400, Summer 2003: 2000, Fall 2003: 1600 Winter 2003-4: 600
Number of neighboring towns known to have attended 1st Fridays Art Walks: 15 towns (documentation from first five art walks only)
Art Sales:
- Total number of art sales: 495 **
- Aggregate total of art sales: $142,135 ***
- Average sale: $287
- Money that would have been spent on art in Fairfield on Friday nights without 1st Fridays Art Walks: ???
- Number of Gallery Exhibits with artwork intentionally not for sale, ie for purpose of community enrichment only: 25
Exhibit characteristics:
- Number of exhibits showcasing a single artist: 141
- Number of Group/Theme shows: 57
- Number of local Fairfield artists who have thus far exhibited their artwork: 342
(does not include school exhibits) - Total number of students (K-College) who have exhibited their work: at least 275
- Number of artists from neighboring towns who have exhibited their work: 51
- Number of out-of-state artists who have exhibited their work (not including PIEA+): 33
- International artists from Turkey, Mexico, Czech Rep, Ireland, France, Russia have shown their work at a 1st Fridays Art Walk
Fairfield Youth:
- Youth-operated galleries: previously 3; currently 1
- Youth attending 1st Fridays Art Walks on Friday nights getting cultural/community exposure: over 200 each event
Alternative Art Forms/Enrichment: Tai chi demos, book readings, poetry readings, psychedelic memorabilia, face painting, Community Masterpiece Painting, drum circles, children's "chalk offs", book signings, slide presentations, video clips, video of vedic peace performances, installations, fashion show, video-projected murals, artisan-at-work demos in clay, painting, book binding, jewelry making, weaving, ice sculpture, pottery wheel throwing, art lectures, barbecue demo, laugh therapy (!), art therapy, antique jewelry, stain glass, cooking baking and candy making demos, shrine exhibit, fractals, rug exhibits, portrait demos, folboat exhibit, mask exhibit.
Entertainment: Concert choirs, bands, DJ's, magic show, break dancing, mime, dance demos and dance participation too numerous to list, "Live On The Curb" street performers, soloists, quartets, acrobatics, jugglers, variety show.
Regions/Cultures/Countries represented thus far: Blue Ridge Mountains, Egypt, Cuba, Middle East, Indonesia, Pacific/South Pacific (Figi, Samoa, Hawaii, California Coastline), New Zealand, Persia, Denmark, Japan, British Columbia, Alaska, Swiss Alps, Tuscany/Mediterranean, Southern Africa, Iowa Roadways, Czech Rep., Australia, India
Opportunities for Fairfield city and art-related organizations to get exposure during 1st Fridays Art Walks: Fairfield City Hall, PIEA+, Fairfield Public School Art Depts., MSAE Art Depts++, Hancock Art Programs, JCCC+++, World Peace Art Guild, The Lord's Cupboard, The Beatbox, The JayCees, MUM Art Dept¤, SIEDA¤¤, FAA¤¤¤, JCTC¤¤¤¤, Neighborhood Center, Peace Pundit Project, Noah's Ark, Iowa Contemporary Arts, Waksman Art Camp,
* Statistics taken from The Creating An Art Colony Project; documented statistics available.
** Total does not reflect locations where statistics were not made available.
*** Does not include sale of any art priced less then $20.
+ PIEA International Photography Show on exhibit in March, Gallery 108
++ Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment
+++ Jefferson County Civic Center
¤ Maharishi University of Management
¤¤ Southern Iowa Economic Development Association
¤¤¤ Fairfield Art Association
¤¤¤¤ Jefferson County Trails Council
Information compiled 4/10/04 by ArtLife Society Fairfield, Iowa artlifesociety@gmail.com
Fairfield, we are on to a good idea.............