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| - I went to the Art Fair on the Square this past weekend. It's the first time I've been in about three or four years.
It's a pretty large art fair with over 450 exhibitors, but unfortunately, a lot of them were not the quality of art we were interested in buying. We went to the Milwaukee Art Museum's Lakefront Festival of the Arts, and there is a vetting process, allowing only the best of the best exhibitors there. I'm not sure if Madison has this type of process, but I would guess they are not as selective.
The tents are set up all around the state capital, so not only easy to navigate around, but a really lovely view of the capital, and the nearby lakes.
There is no admission charge, which is nice, but honestly probably pulls in a lot of people there for cheap entertainment, and not serious buyers. So, perhaps good for customers, not so good for exhibitors.
The art fair was a bit too pedestrian for us. We could not find a single beverage tent that sold wine....but there was plenty of Leinenkugel's, MGD, or Spotted Cow. But to make up for it, there are plenty of restaurants on State Street, or around the square.
We only came home with one $200 metal sculpture. All in all, I can see going again if there is a particular artist exhibiting that we want to check out, or if we just want a nice out-of-town day trip.
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