Complex sentence: By 2003, the festival had acquired professional management, charged $5.50 for admission and had about 200,000 visitors a year; by then, several of its artists had been exhibiting at the festival since its early days Richard Chang.
Split into simpler sentences: By 2003, the festival had acquired professional management, charged $5.50 for admission and had about 200,000 visitors a year. And by then, several of its artists had been exhibiting at the festival since its early days Richard Chang.