Just been reading article about an artist based in Provence , who had some of his work on show at one of the regular art fairs in St Remy.
As I have family living nearby, i thought maybe I could get involved. On checking Google I found information about the art fair, and how good it was, including the following Google translation 'including pregnant artists'. I assume they mean emerging/new artists but the translation did bring a smile.
Anyway according to the websites there are exactly(?) 250 artist and sculptures on show but nothing about ho they are selected. Does anyone here know how to get selected, or is it just that there are 250 potential spaces and its a free for all on the day.
I might try and get down there for one of the art fairs, just to have a look around.

If it's this one (La Route des Artistes), there's a €49 fee for 1 day and a selection process.http://routinscription.canalblog.com/

yes that's the one.Thanks.
If its as good as it claims to be then the entry fee is not too bad. I would want to visit it first before committing, but that won't be till next year. Will need to do some more research.

just had a closer look with help of translator, and looks like it is still a closed shop, aimed at artists already registered with relevant organizations. I thought the art world in UK was cliquey enough, and had heard that the French art world did not really recognize self taught artists.
Will have to visit, as knowing St Remy there are places you could park up and set up a table. 250 art stalls are not going to fill much space.
I will have to ask my brother who lives just down the road, if he knows anyone involved.

We loved St Remy in the 1980s, we always ended up there on our camping tours (and took a car rally there, 80 cars, for a fortnight in 1987), but when we went through there 5 years ago, planning to stop overnight, we were SO disappointed about how chic & touristy it had become. We couldn't find a decent reasonably priced overnight stop, with parking and would take dog, so we drove back to our gite near Beziers (this was October, not high season).
The traffic was horrendous, ditto the bar prices!
The lovely butcher where we used to buy proper sausages had become a trendy arty farty gift shop, as had so many other shops & cafés. However, for selling art maybe this is a Good Thing?

That's the trouble with money, tends to spoil things. I have a house not far from Beziers(50km up the mountains at St Pons), and although the town has not got the money St Remy has, more appears to be spent on the streets, The back streets are in far better condition than St Remy.
First visited St Remy about 20 years ago. Remember the market, and my parents used to love it, especially when the English shop as there(but I as surprised to find out that was on edge of town , not in the centre.
I visited St Remy back in February, unfortunately it as winter holiday time so shops such as the pottery shop were not open. I had previously been there during sales time and the pots were a good price.
Still love the road over by Les Baux. My father used to have to pull over to let cars go past as his aging 2CV would even be overtaken by cyclists. Still have family just to the south, but I agree something is not quite the same as before.
Seem to remember my brother used to move to the campsite during August so he could rent out his house.
I ill have to do some asking around, as I have no art training or qualifications, so need luck to get noticed. It was my first visit to that area that initiated my interest in creating something, which has evolved over past 10 years.