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Call for Artists: 27th Annual Brighton Fine Arts Festival

Posted by Connie Mettler on August 2, 2010 at 9:33pm

August 14 & 15

Brighton, Michigan
Downtown Brighton
presented by the Brighton Chamber of Commerce
125 exhibitors
Deadline: immediately!

Breaking news: Just last week our festival organization was informed by the City of Brighton that we have another block available to us to use for this year's festival (it was originally not available due to a large construction and building project). Therefore, we have space for over 20 fine artists and fine crafters.

The Brighton Fine Arts Festival is looking for fine arts and fine crafters to take advantage of this just-obtained additional event space, which takes place in the beautiful and unique downtown Brighton. The prestigious juried Brighton Fine Arts Festival has become a popular staple of downtown civic events and is still growing with new features.

NEW THIS YEAR -- PRIZE MONEY
People's Choice Awards
1st - $1,000
2nd - $500
3rd - $300
and
Artisan GUILD Award provides
Complimentary booth at next year's show!

Artist amenities include snacks, coffee, lemonade and water for artists, booth sitters, and complimentary vehicle parking with shuttle service, artist welcome bags and more.

All fine artists and fine crafters in all media and categories are welcome to apply. To ensure the quality of the show, all work must be designed and executed by the accepted fine artist or fine crafter. All work MUST be original - NO imports, kits, items made from kits or items using pre-manufactured components are allowed.

ONLY ORIGINAL ART WORK!

No buy/sell - this harms the quality of the show! Artwork must be in good taste and mindful of the show's intent and community's standards.

Brighton is an upscale community in Livingston County with easy access to Detroit, Ann Arbor and Lansing. It has a vibrant downtown with many specialty stores and is a desirable

residential area for commuters.

Brighton Fine Arts Festival Information Sheet

Brighton Fine Arts Festival Artist Application

Question?
Please contact Becca Boss

via email: beccab@brightoncoc.org or 810-227-5086

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Call for Artists: Fall Avon Art Festival

Posted by Connie Mettler on July 27, 2010 at 11:30pm

October 2 & 3

Avon, Indiana
Avon Town Park
300 artists
Deadline:
August 16

This is the inaugural Art Festival for Avon, Indiana.

Avon is located just West of Indianapolis, South of Brownsburg, North of Plainfield and East of Danville in central Indiana, near the Indianapolis International Airport. Traffic through Avon varies from 50,000 vehicles to over 100,000 vehicles daily on US HWY 36.

The Festival will be held in the pristine Avon Town Park located on US HWY 36, with the fall foliage working as a back drop. Avon is the 6th fastest growing town in the nation and the festival is expected to draw 30,000 to 50,000 patrons with food and live music (string instruments) throughout the day, plus a live Blues Band nightly during the last hour of the event.

Festival site

Application fee $35.00

Booth rental $150.00

Visit the website: www.avonartfestivals.webs.com to learn more and download the application.

Questions? Contact us at: AvonArtFestivals@comcast.net

Town logo - historic landmark

(317)918-0297

Call for Artists: Funky Ferndale Art Fair

Posted by Connie Mettler on June 3, 2010 at 3:00pm

September 17-19
Ferndale, Michigan
9 Mile Rd. at Woodward
120 artists
Deadline: 6/15/10

"Twice as funky as the average fine art show". The Ferndale fair focuses on work that skews a little younger, a little hipper. While traditional artwork does sell here, this show focuses on less pastoral work. As many as 40,000 art shoppers attend over the weekend.

Ferndale's vibrant downtown attracts people in their 20's, 30's and 40's. It is a lively community with varied shopping and exciting clubs and restaurants. These people have the means to purchase items that appeal to them.

The show is looking for work with more than a bit of creativity, work that challenges the mind, or simply sparks the imagination. Artwork that does not sit quietly, but invites a reaction. Overall however, keep in mind, this is a high quality juried fine art show.

The art fair is organized by Mark Loeb of Integrity Shows a veteran organizer of metro Detroit
events. Like all of Integrity Shows events, artists are assured of three year's of participation when accepted. Why shouldn't you be able to plan your year?

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supporting
participating artists. He understands that your success is essential and
does what it takes to meet your needs.

Sculpture by Richard Skelton

Application online at zapplication.org
or go to MichiganArtShow.com

Call for Artists: 46th Annual Art Fair in Library Park

Posted by Connie Mettler on June 21, 2010 at 9:00pm

Sunday July 18th
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Art Fair in Library Park
10 AM - 5 PM
200 Exhibitors
Deadline: June 27

Does the city of Kenosha, WI, have a place in your art fair future? Located between Chicago and Milwaukee on Lake
Michigan, Kenosha lures city people to this verdant community on this summer weekend.

One day art fairs are great. Visitors await them all year and know that the buying is "now or never." Art fairs associated with a cultural institution bring the audience you are looking for. This is a beautiful park setting with up to 10,000 people in attendance. It is one of the most popular art fairs in the area with cash prizes of $1250.00.

The art fair is the Friends of the Kenosha Public Museums largest fundraiser of the year. Artists return year after year due to its popular appeal.

What's not to like?

one day - you will be in and out
beautiful time of year for weather
spacious booth spaces: 10 x 16
great booth fee: $100

There is also fun for the whole family with a children's activity area and great local food.

For more information about the Public Museum, the
art fair and to download an application visit: www.kenosha.org/museum

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Call for Artists: NUMA Arts & Culture Event

Posted by Connie Mettler on May 31, 2010 at 11:00am

Saturday
September 18
Westfield, Indiana
Deadline: July 30

You are invited to apply to be one of 35 juried artists at the third annual NUMA Arts & Cultural Event in downtown Westfield, IN.

Why take a chance on an upstart art & cultural event? For indy art's sake!

Westfield has an independent streak-independent art, that is. Our showcase of independent artists began three years ago as a volunteer-driven, juried arts event. NUMA is now one of Westfield's most widely anticipated Saturday's of the year.
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Located at North Union and Penn Streets, near Westfield City Hall, some 35 juried artists will participate this year, alongside eclectic musical guests, performance artists, children's activities and upscale food and beverage vendors.

Our aim is to differentiate ourselves as we grow from Indiana's newest city into a community of culturally aware patrons of the arts-indy art. We want indy artists like you to feel at home in Westfield and find the consumer support you need to keep producing spectacular work for years to come! And it all starts with NUMA.

Art Fair Calendar.com

What do you say?
Take a chance on us and be a part of expanding independent art's customer base in northern Hamilton County. Located 15 miles north of Indianapolis in one of the nation's fastest growing counties, Westfield is Indiana's newest city.

Juried artists:

UMA exhibit space is economically priced from $100 for a 10 'x 10' to group/gallery 10' x 20' spaces for $175. Jury fees are $25 per artist. Reserve a Plein Aire/demo only space for $25.

Learn more and download the application: www.dwna.org/events
or email: numaartists@gmail.com

Last Call for Artists: Fall Fine Art & Crafts in Westfield

Posted by Connie Mettler on July 26, 2010 at 12:00pm

November 6 & 7 - Westfield, New Jersey

Fall Fine Art and Crafts at the Westfield Armory

125 Exhibitors
Deadline: A Few spaces left

For artists who are not familiar with Westfield, it is an affluent town in Central New Jersey, a bedroom community of New York City.

This is a high end show featuring fine art and fine craft. To see a slide show of the quality exhibitors who participated in the spring event at the Armory, visit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhLgalzuiHw

The Armory is pipe and draped with carpeted aisles. We have space for about 20 more exhibitors.

Fine Art and Crafts at the Westfield Armory is part of a group of shows run by Rose Squared Productions, Inc., which for 28 years has successfully produced well attended, quality events in New Jersey. The Directors, Howard and Janet Rose, are former clay artists who have built a strong reputation for being the exhibitor's promoter, fulfilling every aspect of the promoter's role in their contract with the exhibitor.

What you can expect:

· We have a first class mailing list of 30,000+ past patrons
· Reasonable booth fees
· A strong advertising campaign including direct mailing, cable television, newspapers
and billboards
· Unlimited publicity postcards and complimentary passes for your customers
· Affluent demographics: median household income of $120,000
· an all day set-up Friday and early Saturday morning
· An organization with a reputation with the public for presenting quality art and craft shows

To download your application visit:

www.rosesquared.com
or e-mail info@rosesquared.com
or call 908-874-5247

Call for Artists: Art & Wine Walk at the Taste of St. Louis

Posted by Connie Mettler on July 6, 2010 at 3:34pm

October 1, 2 and 3

St. Louis, Missouri
Soldiers Memorial
50 artists
Deadline: July 12th 2010

New This Year!
The Art & Wine Walk at the Taste of St. Louis will be held in downtown St. Louis, MO, on October 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Our reformatted artist area will feature only juried artists and an upscale atmosphere. Wine sampling stations will be dispersed among the artists' tents to further encourage foot traffic through the artist area.

We're honored to have Boo McLoughlin (Craft Alliance), Robin Hirsch (Art Saint Louis), Jill McGuire (Regional Arts Commission) and Michelle Ochonicky (The Best of Missouri Hands) as our jurors for the Art & Wine Walk!

Art & Wine Walk juried artists receive the following:

· 10'x10' booth space (tent self provided) in the Art & Wine Walk for promotions, sales and lead generation
· One 110 electrical outlet
· Signage/branding rights at booth location (self-provided)
· Logo and website hotlink on TasteSTL.com
· Complimentary "booth sitters"
· Eligibility for cash prizes and awards

What else does the Taste of St. Louis offer?

The award-winning Taste of St. Louis is indeed a celebration of the best food, art, music and culture our great city has to offer. There is something for everyone at the event, as our array of activities and

participants continues to grow each year. Our turnout of more than 300,000 patrons last year proves it!!

The event takes place at Soldiers' Memorial (12th & Market), with a beautiful park atmosphere and a great view of the Arch.

Our array of activities continues to grow and improve with Sauce Magazine's Restaurant Row, the Master Chef Competition on the Saint Louis Bread Co. Culinary Stage, national and local music on the U.S. Bank Main Stage, The Art & Wine Walk, The Marketplace, and a whole array of activities in the Kids Kitchen.

http://www.tastestl.com/The-Art-Wine-Walk
or e-mail rebecca@tastestl.com
or call 314.534.2100 EXT. 24

Call for Artists: Great Lakes Art Fair in October

Posted by Connie Mettler on July 25, 2010 at 8:50am

October 15-17

Rock Financial Showplace
Novi, Michigan
200 artists
Deadline: August 2

Saturday - 10 am-6 pm
Artist Reception:
Saturday - 6 pm
Sunday - 11 am-5 pm

Please join us for the Great Lakes Art Fair. The GLAF delivers an exceptional event experience for artists and their patrons. This fair is a unique fusion of lush landscapes, tempting food, and an optimal indoor venue of spring and fall events that are rapidly becoming established as the Midwest's premiere indoor art fair!

Special for Fall:

Art fairs are always looking for ways to enhance the event both for artists and the attending public. This Fall the show will open on Friday at 12 pm and close at 8 pm. We will be returning with the hugely successful Friday Ladies Night Out promotion that drew over 2000 women to line up for entry on Friday! It also allows for some Friday setup for artists.
Robust marketing campaign planned with media partners

Please visit our website www.GreatLakesArtFair.com for images of past events and list
of past participants

The juried component of the fair will feature 200 local, regional, and national artists. Expect an elegant entrance gallery showcasing your art, community partnerships and other fresh components that create a wonderful regional marketplace for artists and their patrons. Our goal is an expansive marketplace that brings fresh energy to the regional artistic community.

Location:

hauling home the goods!

The Rock Financial Showplace is located in Novi, Michigan, situated in Western Oakland County, one of the nation's most affluent areas. Although 2009 marked the first year for the spring and fall Great Lakes Art Fairs, the Rock Financial Showplace is familiar to patrons as a premier indoor venue for specialty events.

Attendance:
Over the past decade the Rock Financial Showplace has been host to premier indoor art fairs each year during the months of April and October. Attendance figures from these fairs have averaged in the tens of thousands.

Fiber artist Sharon Snoeyink

Artist Amenities:

custom Great Lakes Art Fair discount coupons
e-mail blast content
free tickets, postcards and other collateral materials to distribute to their patrons
drive up to your booth to unload and load
artist hospitality area and reception
artist gallery

We invite you to help us build this biannual event into an event that regional artists can count on. Please join us.

www.GreatLakesArtFair.com/artistapply.html

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for our online applications.

<(Please note that we are NOT using ZAPP)

Questions: info@artfaircalendar.com

Visit the website for more info: www.greatlakesartfair.com

Call for Artists: One of a Kind Show - Chicago

Posted by Connie Mettler on May 27, 2010 at 10:00am

December 2-5
Apply Today!
Deadline - June 4

In its 10th year, the annual One of a Kind Show and Sale® Chicago is a premier fine art and fine craft show scheduled during one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year, December 2-5, 2010. The show has become an annual must-attend event that draws over 55,000 shoppers. The show also consistently ranks as one of Sunshine Artist Magazine's top Fine Art Shows in the country.

Top five reasons to exhibit at the One of a Kind Show and Sale® Chicago:

Scheduled during one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year, the One of a Kind Show offers an inviting indoor environment and entertaining show experience.
Located in downtown Chicago at the Merchandise Mart, a venue located at the heart of the most economically viable and highly trafficked area of Chicago.
The Chicago Merchandise Mart, the world's leading design center, delivers an audience of designers, gallery owners and trade representatives, as well as affluent visitors and collectors from across the Chicagoland region.
Our unique booth package is like no other show. We provide gallery like space that includes hard walls, six incandescent floodlights, electricity, light grey carpeting, booth signage, pre-show booth cleaning and free drayage.
With a 38% increase in attendance at the 2009 show, many artists experienced record sales at the show and have cited the One of a Kind Show as their best show of the year. We work hard to promote you, the artist. Our promotion begins the minute you contract with the inclusion of your images and contact information in our online artist locator, which links to your website and lists your contact information. We provide show comp passes, full color brochures and VIP passes for your individual distribution! Once show time comes, it is hard to miss our huge marketing campaign that hits radio, TV, newspapers and magazines the entire holiday season.

2009 Artists Talk Shop:

"The quality of the art is head and shoulders above other shows and the art savvy clientele is not afraid to buy. Throughout the year, I get business from this show...it's all good!" -Chuck Wimmer, Printmaker

"The marketing and advertising done to promote these shows is incredible. Everywhere you turn you see something about the shows. Judging from the size of the crowds, it's all working!" -Kim Dailey, Wood Artist

"The One of a Kind Show is the most organized and certainly most publicized show I do. They deliver a buying, not browsing, crowd and treat us, the artists, like their valued customer. That's why it is the best show I do." - Sue Rosengard, Jeweler

Learn more: www.oneofakindshowchicago.com

Apply today: www.zapplication.org

Call for Artists: 55th Annual Park Forest Art Fair

Posted by Connie Mettler on July 20, 2010 at 6:30pm

September 18 and September 19

Park Forest, Illinois
Downtown Park Forest
Presented by the Tall Grass Arts Assn.
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
100 artists
Deadline: July 23

The Park Forest Art Fair is an outdoor fair held in the streets of Downtown Park Forest. Known as an artist-friendly (especially emerging artist-friendly) show because of its amenities for artists and reasonable registration fee, the fair features:

$3,000 in cash awards and purchase prizes
a complimentary breakfast on Saturday morning and a dinner party for the artists on Saturday
evening after the close of the fair
Overnight security on Saturday night, which includes conveniently located, locked storage space
booth sitters are available as needed over the weekend

The fair is promoted in the regional press (magazines and newspapers), social networking dispatcher?pimg=tmp--333161747

sites and advertised on WFMT and WBBM radio. Musical entertainment is provided all day, both days, as well as a variety of food vendors. There are many activities especially for children such as an art contest, tie dying, story times and illustrating the story, painting murals, etc.

The Park Forest Art Fair is the second oldest juried fair in the Chicagoland area. It is a fine art fair that showcases artists who work in a variety of media including painting, printmaking, photography, jewelry, woodworking, stained and blown glass and fiber arts. Over the years, artists have participated who travel from as far away as Canada and California. While one jurying has already been held for the 2010 fair, a second, special jurying has been opened for subscribers to this website.

Application can be downloaded from www.tallgrassarts.org

P.S. The Village of Park Forest was built for the purpose of housing GI's returning from WWII. Incorporated in 1949, less than 6 years later, it was home to an arts association that operated a gallery, school and art fair. The arts association was followed a few years later by a symphony
orchestra, classical chorale and resident, equity theater company - a very welcoming home for creative people! Please join us.

Call for Artists: Northville (MI) Christmas Market

Posted by Connie Mettler on July 16, 2010 at 1:00pm

November 19-21, 2010

Downtown
80 Exhibitors
Deadline: September 15

Mark Loeb of Integrity Shows has a surprise announcement to make:

Artists have been asking for quality November and December shows for years. I finally have something to satisfy them, though not what they might expect at first. The Northville Christmas Market .

This show is outside on Main Street in Downtown Northville. Outside? You better believe it. All across Europe Christmas Markets pop up for the season in every city small and large. In the last years large month long markets have appeared in Chicago, New York and Philadelphia. Loeb says, "The first thing artists say when I mention the new show is that I am crazy. Then after a few moments of thought, they ask me for an application."

Northville, Michigan, is an upscale metro Detroit suburb that retains a small-town atmosphere with stately Victorian era architecture in its Historic District and well-kept older homes built before the 1930s.

Integrity Shows has never followed the traditional cookie cutter approach to events. One show features only Clay, Glass and Metal art. Another is aimed at Funky. This show may skew a bit traditional, maybe even a tad sentimental. If your work appeals to young families through retirees this show should be right for you.

Fine Art and Craft is the focus. A Children's Village, Christmas Parade and Green's Market will help to make it a great experience for the whole family. The market winds through the downtown area, Specialty foods and acoustic caroling. Truly an event to remember.

As with all Integrity Shows events, accepted artists are grandfathered in for three years. Loeb explains, "Why shouldn't you get the opportunity to plan your schedule? Three years give you time to create collectors, while still assuring enough new art each year to keep the audiences interest.

For more information please go to MichiganChristmasMarket.com.
Apply on line at Zapplication.org.
Email mark@integrityshows.com with any questions.

Call for Artists: "Christmas in July" Artisan Fair

Posted by Connie Mettler on May 16, 2010 at 9:16pm

July 10 & 11

Oceanside, California
33rd Annual
"Christmas in July"
Artisan Fair
Historic Mission San Luis Rey
150 exhibitors

Deadline: June 1

Old Mission Montessori School is very proud of its long-standing tradition as a handcrafted artisan fair, listed as a favorite and best-attended San Diego County festival in 2009 by the North County Times. The fair attracts nearly 20,000 visitors and has developed into the school's major fundraiser.

All articles are required to be handmade or hand-embellished by the artisan, and NO SALE OF IMPORTED ITEMS IS ALLOWED. Artisans themselves have set the fair's guidelines and rules, striving to maintain their wonderful tradition of craftsmanship. Booths may be shared by several artisans. This is a great way to spend the weekend with good friends, ETSY groups, guild

members, and those who love to craft.

All products must be hand-crafted and applications are reviewed and 6a00e54fba8a7388330115712f29c4970b-200pi

selected by a juried committee. In addition to hand-made arts and crafts, the event boasts a Farmer's Market with fresh flowers and locally grown fruits and vegetables; the popular Sister Gladys' rummage sale; a live auction; and a Kids' Zone. Local entertainment and several food booths are some of the other attractions that bring people from all across Southern California back to Christmas in July year after year.

Visit the website for more information: www.omms.org.

Click here for an application or call 760-757-3232.

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Call for Artists: Ohio Mart

Posted by Connie Mettler on July 13, 2010 at 6:30am

September 30 - October 3
Akron, Ohio
140 Exhibitors
Presented by the Hywet Hall & Gardens,
a Historic House Museum and Country Estate
Sponsored by the Woman's Auxiliary Board of Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens
An outdoor event held under large tents

Deadline: August 1

Searching for a new venue that is accessible to a great number of shoppers hungry for creative, one of a kind, hand crafted items? Ohio Mart is held on the grounds of the country estate of Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron and is in its 44th year of being the premier Arts and Crafts festival in the state of Ohio. Ohio Mart is centrally located for the 15,000 shoppers that come from Cleveland, Columbus and Pittsburgh.

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens

714 North Portage Path

Akron, Ohio 44303

Phone toll free 1 888 836-5533

Ohio Mart is a juried show and will accept only handmade original art. Plan to display your art at Ohio Mart in the fall. Cost for a 10 x 10 space is $450-$525. Jury fee $25.00. Tented and outside spaces available.

Benefits include:

Assistance the day of set-up and the evening of take-down
Booth sitters for breaks, morning coffee
Free accessible parking for vehicle
Booth space tented

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Visit www.stanhywet.org - Ohio Mart to download an application or see additional information.

Further information:

Applications: postmark by August 1
After deadline applications accepted where space is available/waiting list
Acceptance notification - receipt of application
Exhibitor Contracts paid in full by August 1, 2010

Call for Artists: 34th Annual Frankfort Art Fair

Posted by Connie Mettler on May 24, 2010 at 9:34pm

August 20 & 21

Frankfort, Michigan
Friday 4 pm-8:00 pm, Saturday 10 am-5 pm
Market Square Park
Coordinated by the Frankfort-Elberta Chamber of Commerce
180+ Artists
Deadline: June 1

Where is Frankfort? High on a bluff in the heart of Michigan's summer vacationland, the hidden gem of Northern Michigan on Lake Michigan and Betsie Bay.

From the Chamber of Commerce:

This very popular northern Michigan Art Fair has been voted one of the top 10 Art Fairs in Michigan! This two-day event provides a variety of artists and food. Visitors specifically look for their favorite artists year after year - We do our best to keep them in their same spot, so they know right where to find them! The fair is in a beautiful park setting with up to 10,000 people in attendance. It is one of the most popular art fairs in Northern Michigan.

Artists return year after year due to its popular appeal.

What's not to like?

• two days
• beautiful time of year for weather
• spacious booth spaces: 12 x 12
• great booth fee: $105 - both days!
There is also fun for the whole family with all of the downtown businesses as well as a collector car show 3 blocks away, among many other activities that day and great local food.

Here is the application: www.frankfort-elberta.com/event_applications.html. Time is running out -- apply today!

For more questions contact:
Joanne Bartley, Executive Director, C of C at 231-352-7251, or fcofc@frankfort-elberta.com

For more info about this beautiful area: www.frankfort-elberta.com

Call for Artists: ArtWalk on the Bay

Posted by Connie Mettler on July 1, 2010 at 8:30pm

September 18 & 19

Bayfront Park
San Diego, California
150 artists
Deadline: July 16

We invite fine artists to apply for ArtWalk on the Bay 2010. This two-day fine art festival is now in its 5th year. With its gorgeous waterfront location at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Park, the free public festival draws 40,000 attendees from throughout Southern California.

The festival is produced by the same team that brings Mission Federal ArtWalk (120,000 attendees) to San Diego's historic Little Italy neighborhood each April. The producers have been praised by artists and attendees alike for their organizational expertise as well as the high level of marketing for the event. Because the event takes place in avenue that attracts a huge number of affluent tourists and convention attendees, artists benefit from this unique mix of visitors and local residents.

ArtWalk on the Bay

What began as a local art event in 1994 has become two annual festivals that with outstanding reputations throughout the region, attracting artists from across the country and from beyond our southern and northern borders. Each year, ArtWalk on the Bay brings in seasoned collectors as well as first-time art buyers.

The venue is a grassy 4.3 acre park adjacent to the luxurious (and brand new) Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. The flat and accessible park offers ease of load-in and out. ArtWalk on the Bay provides high quality 10' by 10' tents that are also 10' high.
Access to more than 40,000 annual attendees
A page on the ArtWalk on the Bay web site that will remain up until summer, 2011. Check out www.artwalkonthebay.org/
Tenting opportunity provided by show management
An opportunity to be included in the festival's very dynamic publicity outrreach (print, broadcast, online)
Listing in Event Brochure/Map
Booth sitters offered to participants

Artists who participate in ArtWalk on the Bay find that they sell artwork long after the event as a result of the comprehensive web page dedicated to each artist that can be updated by you as
frequently as you wish...you can upload new artwork images, change your artist statement, etc. This living gallery is a unique feature to this event, and one that many artists have stated "is worth the price of the registration fee."

ArtWalk on the bay does not charge an up-front jury fee. We typically receive approximately 500 applications, and we accept approximately 150 artists.

The festival is a celebration of arts and culture throughout the region. KidsWalk features interactive art activities for kids, and showcases the art education program founded by our organization: ArtReach, which takes professional artists into elementary schools to address the lack of programming for our region's budding young artists.

To learn more:www.artreachsandiego.org

Musical performances also take place throughout the weekend, featuring everything from gospel to classical music. The festival is embraced by San Diego's Mayor, the Port of San Diego and numerous corporate sponsors, as a world class celebration of culture in the region.

Visit the website to learn more: www.artwalksandiego.org

To apply, go to: http://www.artwalkonthebay.org/register.htm

Call for Artists: One of a Kind - New York City

Posted by Connie Mettler on June 27, 2010 at 4:39pm

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Apply Today!
150 spaces
Application Deadline - July 2

The One of a Kind Show and Sale NY® is back and better than ever with new dates and a new venue for 2010. The show will run over two weekends in November, both November 11- 14 and November 18-21 in New York's highly trafficked Midtown area.

Artists will showcase their work in an upscale premier gallery style setting with a booth package that includes hard walls, carpet and drayage.

Come exhibit in the world's center for art, fashion and culture!

Please note there are only 150 spots available each weekend so apply for one or both weekends NOW!

Top five reasons to exhibit at the One of a Kind Show and Sale® NY:

Located in a new highly desirable location on 34th Street at 5th Avenue across from the Empire State Building and a block from Herald Square- 7W New York gives shoppers access to some of New York's best restaurants, hotels, entertainment, with convenient access to public transportation.
With only 150 spots available each weekend, this show is sure to be the best of the best!
Our extensive booth package is like no other show. We provide gallery like space that includes hard walls painted white walls, carpet, free drayage, booth signage and extensive marketing.
Unique Exhibiting Options:
We invite juried artists to exhibit with us for 4 days
Option 1: November 11-14
Option 2: November 18-21
We invite juried artists to exhibit with us for 8 days
Option 3: BOTH weekends!
We work hard to promote you, the artist. Our promotion begins the minute you contract with the inclusion of your images and contact information in our online artist locator, which links to your website and lists your contact information. We provide complimentary show passes, full color brochures and VIP passes for your individual distribution! Exhibiting artists will be featured in an extensive online campaign and through our aggressive PR efforts.

2009 Artists Talk Shop:

"The quality of the art is head and shoulders above other shows and the art savvy clientele is not afraid to buy. Throughout the year, I get business from this show...it's all good!" -Chuck Wimmer, Printmaker

"The marketing and advertising done to promote these shows is incredible. Everywhere you turn you see something about the shows. Judging from the size of the crowds, it's all working!" -Kim Dailey, Wood Artist

"The One of a Kind Show is the most organized and certainly most publicized show I do. They deliver a buying, not browsing, crowd and treat us, the artists, like their valued customer. That's why it is the best show I do." - Sue Rosengard, Jeweler

Learn more at: www.oneofakindshowny.com

Or, apply right now: www.zapplication.org

Call for Artists: Warren's Birthday Bash & Artrageous Fine Art & Craft Show

Posted by Connie Mettler on May 13, 2010 at 8:00am

August 27, 28 & 29
Warren, Michigan
Warren's new City Square
just off Van Dyke, north of 12 Mile Road
Deadline: May 30
Warren's City Square

TJ's Customs, Inc., and the City of Warren are joining forces, presenting the Warren Birthday Bash and Artrageous Fine Art & Craft Show. With the City of Warren's expertise in mounting large scale events, the Warren Birthday Bash provides a wide variety of experiences to guests, last year drawing 30,000 visitors.

Warren is the third most populous city in Michigan and Metro Detroit's largest suburb and metro Detroit's largest suburb.

The event includes:
• a fine art and craft show
• fireworks on Friday night
• childrens' activities
• food vendors
• live national and local entertainment

New this year -- a lower booth fee -- $195.00

Get more information and download the application: www.metalsculpturesbytomcrimboli.com

For more information contact Tom or Jackie Crimboli: tjspromotions@gmail.com or 586-933-6119

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Call for Artists: Big Fish Festival

Posted by Connie Mettler on June 9, 2010 at 5:10pm

August 21 & 22

Keego Harbor, Michigan
Sponsored by the Bloomfield Area North Chamber of Commerce
Sat. 11am-8pm, Sun. 11am-5pm
50 artists
Deadline: June 15

Big Fish Festival is a local community event. Located in the lakes area, bordering West Bloomfield, Orchard Lake, and Sylvan Lake you will enjoy an 'Up North' atmosphere, but located right in the center of Oakland County. It kicks off with a kids' bike parade leading to live music and
entertainment, great food from area restaurants, a business exposition, this festival has it all, a celebration of the lakes community.

Located outdoors at Roosevelt Elementary School, this beautiful site was once the High School for Keego Harbor. With 2,000 visitors, you will enjoy this event from beginning to end.

Do you live nearby or have an open weekend? The lake area Art Fair Calendar.com

in August is a refreshing place to be. The booth fees are a plus at $50 covering two days. This is the fifth year for the festival, with new activities every
year and fresh promotion.

Contact John Linemeyer at 248- 682-1510, ext. 31, or email johnlinemeyer@bigfishfestival.org for more details.

More information about the festival: www.bigfishfestival.org

Call for Artists: 4th Annual Stars & Stripes Festival

Posted by Connie Mettler on May 10, 2010 at 9:31pm

July 2-5

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Mt. Clemens, Michigan
downtown at Macomb Place
Fri. & Sat. 11 am-11 pm; Sun. 11 am-8 pm
Deadline: May 15

TJ's Customs, Inc., and FunFest Productions are joining forces, presenting the fourth annual Stars and Stripes Festival and Fine Art Show. With Fun Fest Productions' expertise in mounting large scale events, the Stars and Stripes Festival provides a wide variety of experiences to guests, last year drawing well over 500,000 visitors.

The festival takes place in picturesque downtown Mount Clemens, a small-scale urban landscape with great restaurants and nightclubs. It will include a fine art show, childrens activities, fireworks on Friday night, food vendors and live national local entertainment. Admission is free.

Downtown Mt. Clemens has a very nice newly developed retail center with upscale shops and restaurants and a plaza specifically created for hosting special events. Easily accessible from throughout Metro Detroit, with good marketing in place to draw large numbers, the right artist with the right goods will find opportunity here.

The art section of this event is being handled by Tom and Jackie Crimboli of TJ's Customs. The Crimbolis have participated in art fairs for over 30 years and accordingly know this marketplace well.

www.metalsculpturesbytcrimboli.com
click on "Stars & Stripes 2010"

Call for Artists: 6th Annual Cleveland By Hand

Posted by Connie Mettler on May 2, 2010 at 10:47am

November 12, 13, 14

I-X Center
Cleveland, Ohio
225 artists
Deadline: May 7

Celebrating it's 6th year, By Hand has been named among the 2010 Art Fair SourceBook's top 40 art festivals in the United States. By Hand has maintained an unbroken record of rising average sales. Buoyed by the 2008 decision to make the show FREE ADMISSION, its attendance has skyrocketed. We have successfully kept the booth fee low while continuing to offer great services:

including drive-in set up and tear down
prepaid labor assistance
complimentary electricity in all booths
an artist party which gives artists a chance to unwind together.

Don't miss the show that Art Fair SourceBook ranks in its top 40, Sunshine Artist has called, "a real class act," and Cool Cleveland describes as "comparable to Boston Mills or Cain Park, just indoors and warmer for this holiday time of year." We hope to have the opportunity to host you among the 225 artists presented at this year's Cleveland By Hand.

For more information: www.byhandevents.com
To apply: www.zapplication.org

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