Iola, Wis. — Sunshine Artist magazine, www.sunshineartist.com, announced today the release of its 27th annual 200 Best, ranking the nation’s most profitable art and craft festivals based on subscribers’ reported sales in 2018.

Launched in 1993, the 200 Best is split into two categories: Fine Art and Design, for events that focus on unique fine-art pieces; and Classic and Contemporary Craft, for events that focus on traditional or modern craft and production work. This year’s number one Fine Art and Design show is the St. James Court Art Show in Louisville, Kentucky. The number one Classic and Contemporary Craft show, for the second year in a row, is Christmas in the Country in Hamburg, New York. Information about all the shows that made our 2019 200 Best list is available in Sunshine Artist’s September 2019 issue.

” Sunshine Artist’s 200 Best focuses solely on revenue, because that’s the most objective indicator of a show’s future success…. ” 

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