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presents the 52nd Annual
Outdoor Art Festival
Buffalo, New York
Sat., June
13 - Sun., June 14, 2009
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
Reviews for the
2003 Show!
Artists are quite loyal to the Allentown Art Festival, which typically draws 300,000 or more attendees. One exhibitor called the Allentown Art Festival "my best show ever". "Sunshine Artist" voters agreed, lifting Allentown Art Festival to
#11, its best performance yet, on their Fine Arts chart (up from #26 last year).
Sunshine Artist 200 Best Fine Art Shows -
Sept. 2004
Click here to view the "Sunshine Artist" 2004 review in PDF format.
Click here to view an Allentown Art Festival Ad that was in the
"Sunshine Artist 200 Best Fine Art Shows" issue in PDF format.
"AmericanStyle" magazine selected Allentown Art Festival as a 2004 Top 25 Arts Fairs & Festival winner.
21. Allentown Art Festival, Buffalo, N.Y.
AmericanStyle 2004 Top 25 Fairs & Festivals -
Aug. 2004
Click here to view the "AmericanStyle" 2004 review in PDF format.
Previous Years' Reviews in Magazines & Newspapers
"Sunshine Artist," the national magazine for artists and art shows, has rated the Allentown Art Festival #26 in its Top 100 Best Fine Art & Design Shows.
Sunshine Artist 200 Best Fine Art Shows -
Sept. 2003
"Some feel that this event is slowly shifting from fine art to craft. More fine art reproductions and craft items sold in 2000. This years rating in the traditional craft category seems to support that theory. Crowds nearing the 300,000 mark make it hard not to sell here, but keep your lower-price-point inventory at hand. That's what the Crowds seem most eager to spirit away."
Allentown Art Festival Judged:
Fine Arts 81st out of 200
Fine Craft 83rd out of 200
Traditional Craft 41st out of 200
Sunshine Artist 200 Best Fine Art Shows -
Sept. 2001
"For 43 years, art lovers have congregated in the historic Allentown area in the heart of downtown Buffalo to celebrate the visual arts. Gorgeous June weather coupled with the charming and unique area provide an outdoor gallery feel for the half million people who stroll the 465 high-quality booths."
Sunshine Artist 200 Best Fine Art Shows -
Sept. 2000
"While growth trends may be apparent in shows with steadily ascending rankings, a consistent performer which wobbled one year may signify nothing more than a bad hand dealt by Mother Nature."
Allentown Art Festival Judged:
Fine Arts - 69th in 1996, 40th in 1997, 18th in 1998, 93rd in 1999, and 98th in 2000
Traditional Craft - 86th in 1997 and 97th in 1999
Sunshine Artist Audit Book XVII and Show Resource Guide 2000
Proud, Diverse Allentown welcomes festival.
Buffalo Courier Express,
June 12, 1982
When you visit the Art Festival, discover the architectural treats of Allentown that lay hard by Delaware Ave. Perhaps you will find a townhouse waiting to be restored. Or Allentowns hidden beauty.
"The Rebirth of a Neighborhood" E. Alfred Osborne
Buffalo Courier Express,
Sunday Magazine, June 4, 1974
Toronto's Outdoor Art Exhibit is to Allentown Art Festival as a tea party is to a rock festival.
Buffalo News, Jean Reeves, Art Critic,
June 20, 1970
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