June 21-23 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Art Museum
180 Artists
Deadline: Nov. 20
Join us for the Lakefront Festival of Arts in our magnificent setting at the Milwaukee Art Museum. The award-winning, nationally-recognized festival takes place inside the museum's spectacular Santiago Calatrava-designed building addition, as well as on the adjoining outdoor museum grounds. LFOA is a gated festival that attracts 30,000 patrons enjoying the festival rain or shine indoors AND outdoors! LFOA is a fund raiser for the Milwaukee Art Museum's Art Acquisition and Exhibition Fund presented by Friends of Arts.
The Lakefront Festival of Arts media coverage includes developing an aggressive public relations and marketing campaign each year, including:
targeting a number of online and print publications- TV, radio and social media vehicles within Southeastern Wisconsin, Madison, Green Bay and Northern Chicago markets.
- The festival receives onsite coverage from every major news station, as well as onsite live radio broadcasting.
A total of $10,500 in awards are presented each year! Ten awards of $1,000 each are given where excellence is determined by the jurors. These artists are automatically invited back to LFOA for the next year.
Jurors also select Honorable Mention award winners, all of whom are automatically invited back.
A single $500 Sculpture Garden Award will be presented to (1) artist participating in the Sculpture Garden that has been chosen by a unique sculpture judge the weekend of the festival.
Artist's Benefits:
- Cash awards, Artist breakfast, booth sitters, electricity, guest housing, Museum admission, program image, 24 hour security
LFOA Special Features include:
- Fiber Art Fashion Show on the LFOA main stage, highlighting unique fashions created by LFOA artists
- Sculpture Garden-An outdoor Sculpture Garden will be professionally designed and installed to showcase outdoor and large scale work. We encourage artists, not limited to sculptors, to apply and take advantage of this distinctive festival feature.
- An online Silent Auction-Featuring numerous works of art donated by talented LFOA exhibiting artists. Bidding is open to the public, and is online prior to the festival weekend, offering art lovers a chance to bid from home or in person. The silent auction provides the public with a highlight overview of the festival artists.
Learn more: http://lfoa.mam.org/
Artists interested in obtaining an online application for the 2013 festival, please follow link: www.zapplication.org/public_fair_preview.php?fair_id=2271
Thank you for your interest in our festival, please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have. Best of luck to you in all your future artistic endeavors!
Krista Renfrew-Festival Director, lfoa@mam.org
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