Arts/Crafts Vendor Application
Finster Fest
May 5th & 6th 2012
finsterfestival@gmail.com
www.finstersparadisegardens.org
Saturday May 5th 10a.m.-6p.m. & Sunday May 6th 12p.m.-5p.m. 2012
The Finster Fest 2012 Artists’ Application is here. http://whohadada.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Artistcraftsapplication2012.pdf
Chattooga County’s most famous site likely is Paradise Garden, a swampy, 4-acre maze of buildings, sculptures and displays near Summerville, Ga., created by the late folk artist Howard Finster.
The threat of negative press can make for a powerful negotiating tool, as a former East Atlanta resident learned after successfully taking on the world’s second-largest clothing retailer — -with a powerful assist from social media.
The saga began last month, when friends directed amateur folk artist Tori LaConsay, now living in Birmingham, to products sold on H&M’s UK website that featured a design strikingly similar to one she created in 2008.
LaConsay’s utilitarian creation, featuring “You Look Nice Today” painted in black letters on a white canvas with a red heart in the corner, originally appeared on a sign on East Atlanta’s main thoroughfare, Flat Shoals Road. For more on the Atlanta Journal Constitution story, click here.