Show Schedule:  Where to see us

What is art, you ask,
In all its forms and splendor?
Mind made visible.


Kadon's traveling art fair booth is a colorful eye-catcher.       Photo by Marian Itzen

2012

May 24-30, 2012....Thursday-Wednesday...20th Annual Double Festival of Creative Problem-Solving and Accelerated Learning, Pasadena, MD. Organizer: Project Renaissance.

June 2-3, 2012....Saturday, Sunday...Beachwood-Lyndhurst Art Festival, Cleveland, OH. Organizer: Howard Alan Events, Ltd..

June 6-10, 2012....Wednesday-Sunday...53rd Annual Three Rivers Arts Festival, Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, PA. Organizer: The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.

June 16-17, 2012....Saturday, Sunday...18th Stone Arch Bridge Festival, Riverfront, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Organizer: Stone Arch Bridge Festival.

June 23-24, 2012....Saturday, Sunday...9th Annual Wayzata Art Experience, Wayzata, Minnesota. Organizer: Greater Wayzata Area Chamber of Commerce.

July 6-8, 2012....Friday, Saturday, Sunday...21st Annual Chicago Tribune North Michigan Avenue Art Festival (Chicago, IL). Organizer: Howard Alan Events, Ltd..

July 11-14, 2012....Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday...51st Annual Wyandotte Street Art Fair, Wyandotte, MI. Organizer: The City of Wyandotte.

July 26-29, 2012....Friday, Saturday, Sunday...32nd Annual Akron Arts Expo, Hardesty Park, Akron, OH. Organizer: City of Akron Recreation Bureau.

August 2-5, 2012....Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday...50th Annual Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival, Amish Acres, Nappanee, IN. Organizer: Amish Acres Historic Farm & Heritage Resort.

August 9-12, 2012....32nd Annual International Puzzle Party. By private invitation only.

August 18-19, 2012....Saturday, Sunday...4th Annual Inner Harbor Art Festival, Baltimore, MD. Organizer: Howard Alan Events, Ltd..

August 25-26 through October 20-21, 2012....every weekend plus Labor Day Monday...36th Annual Maryland Renaissance Festival, Crownsville, MD. Organizer: Maryland Renaissance Festival.

November 17-18, 2012....Saturday, Sunday...26th Annual Holiday Craft Show, at Fairfax High School, City of Fairfax, Virginia. Organizer: City of Fairfax Parks and Recreation Dept.




The gamepuzzles booth is always a popular attraction, and visitors can play.     Photo by Bob Abbott


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Weathering the Storm

  • The Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh in June 2004 had the stormiest weather in memory and inspired this little poem about the plight of outdoor art exhibits.
  • The Boca Raton Arts Festival in Boca Raton, Florida, in January 2010 had the coldest weather in decades, with icy rain and nasty winds. It inspired this little verse.
  • Coconut Point, Florida, in 2010 greeted us with gale-force winds during set-up. It went like this: Battling the Wind.

Special Commemorative Puzzles

  • Maryland Renaissance Festival's 35th Anniversary, 2011—Our 35-ball Giant Pyramid was the perfect gift, with a special base and Award of Appreciation for Jules Smith and the Festival staff.

  • Maryland Renaissance Festival's 25th Anniversary, 2001—This was the first use of our Poly-5 puzzle as an anniversary design. We presented the puzzle, with silver-like frame and numbers, to Jules Smith, general manager of the Festival.

  • Three Rivers Arts Festival's 50th Anniversary, 2009— Kate designed a special version of our popular Poly-5 puzzle as a golden anniversary commemorative for Pittsburgh's biggest show and presented it as a gift to the organizers.

  • Syracuse Arts & Crafts Festival's 40th Anniversary, 2010 — Our versatile Poly-5 set got a pearlized "40" in a special matching frame. One copy was presented as a gift to the organizers. The rest of this very limited edition sold out to local fans of the show.

  • OHIO 4x4 Puzzle — designed for our Cleveland shows in 2010, the letters O-H-I-O make for a sudoku-like challenge in four colors, plus a sliding block puzzle. It's cool that all four letters are symmetrical and the same upside-down, too. Print it and play.

  • Berkshire 9x9 Puzzle — was designed for the 10th Annual Berkshires Art Festival in July 2011. The largest of our sudoku/sliding puzzles, it has 9 colors and 9 letters to print out, cut out and solve.

  • Chicago 7x7 Puzzle — was printed for the North Michigan Avenue's great 20th annual art festival. You're invited to print it out for yourself and solve its sudoku/sliding block puzzles.

  • Wyandotte 50th Street Art Fair — inspired the design of a special 5x5 "50" puzzle that combines a sudoku-like arrangement with a sliding action. Print it, cut out the numbers, and play.

Artist's Statement
Art shows like to have an artist's mission statement posted somewhere in the booth. Here is a one-page statement by Kate about her work that you can print out and share, if you wish:

The playable art of Kate Jones



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