St. Charles Fine Art Show

St Charles,

In 2016 Ringelstetter revealed his skateboard line to the public for the first time in St. Charles, Illinois. He had heard a lot of good things about this particular event and he was curious. The show always takes place on the third weekend in May, which is a bold move in the Midwest as the temperatures around that time of year could be anywhere from 20 degrees to 80 degrees, so Ringelstetter was interested to see what kind of crowd this event would attract. Once he finds a show he generally sticks with it for three years if he can to really give it a chance, but by his third year in St. Charles Ringelstetter barely managed to break even and decided he wouldn’t be returning for a fourth year.

However, when the fourth year came around and the show hosts began reaching out, Ringelstetter was contacted by close friends, the Livermore’s, who offered to pull some strings to get him the best spot in the show as well as a place to stay if he promised to attend the St Charles show. He couldn’t turn down the opportunity to reconnect with old friends and decided to accept the offer, knowing that even if he didn’t do well at the show he would still enjoy the company. And it’s a good thing he jumped at that chance as he went on to do exceedingly well that year, and every year since. This experience has really shown him that sometimes you have to trust the process. He’s not sure he would have been able to succeed if it wasn’t for the relationships he’s built in the St. Charles community over the years.

In 2022 Ringelstetter was the ‘poster boy’ for the St. Charles, Illinois art show. His face and his artwork was all over the website, event fliers, and promos everywhere. “It’s such a strange twist of events, going from losing money at a show to being used as their marketing face less than ten years later.” Ringelstetter commented on the recent development. He plans to return to the show in 2023 and he’s excited to reconnect with all of the familiar faces.

Darienne Keniece