artistes a suivre

In they olden days, Artistes a Suivre was called the Chemin
des Artistes but when Suzanne P-A, the instigator,
left the region she took the name with her.

Fair enough; she'd created a runaway success, originally to
honour the countryside and protect the environment through
visiting the scattered destinations of artists studios. It was
designed so that one walked from venue to venue.

It became a car fest, rather defeating the object - though the
artists benefited enormously. I showed with them for the first
few years and always sold well. From the original 12 artists, it
grew till over 50 contributed, coming from around the world
to exhibit in the Languedoc.

The last few years I'd been out of the country during the event
but this year I'm around and so submitted to the jury.

What has changed is that it is now run by artists, for artists and by
them, so getting to the meeting today on time seemed fatuous.

Herding cats, I thought. Wrong!! It was crowded and efficient and
only two hours long. This is down to Victoria and Caty to whom
hats off.
More as the event gets nearer...