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Call for Artists: Neptune Festival Art and Craft Show

Posted by Meg Mettler on May 24, 2023 at 6:00am
11129691065?profile=RESIZE_400xSeptember 29 & 30, October 1, 2023
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Boardwalk at the oceanfront
Friday 12Noon-7pm, Saturday 10am-7pm & Sunday 10am-6pm
200 artists
Deadline: June 4, 2023
 
Application fee: $40             Booth fee: $425
 
Drawing more than 400,000 people, the three-day Boardwalk Weekend along the oceanfront is the culminating event of the Neptune Festival -- the non-profit official celebration of the City of Virginia Beach. The show is on the boardwalk at the Virginia Beach oceanfront. Hotels, fine dining, shopping, cultural and sports activities and venues are all very close by. The art and craft show will be from 21st to 31st Street on the boardwalk. It is part of a very popular and well-attended festival that inclues, food, music, an international sandcastle competition, a regatta and much more.
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11129690877?profile=RESIZE_400xNeptune Festival Art and Craft Show begins on the last Friday of September each year. We devote an area of the show to selected exhibitors who work with the highest degree of originality, handcrafting and excellence. Only these exhibitors are awards-eligible.
 
Contact: Sharon Tanner artshow@neptunefestival.com
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Call for Artists: Last Call: 47th Annual American Artisan Festival @ARTVILLE

Posted by Meg Mettler on April 17, 2023 at 6:00am
11027463667?profile=RESIZE_400xSeptember 29-30, & October 1, 2023
Nashville, Tennessee
Wedgewood Houston Neighborhood
Friday 11am-7pm, Saturday 10am-7pm, & Sunday 11am-5pm
125 Artists
Deadline: NOW! (or May 1, 2023)
 
Application fee: $40             Booth fee starts at $650
 
Shifting from its long-standing location in Centennial Park, this nationally recognized retail fine art and craft event features over 125 high-quality fine-art, craft, furniture and mixed-media artists. Moving the event into Wedgewood Houston Chestnut Hill neighborhood will bring a new audience of affluent buyers and greater attendance. The outside white-tented festival event will continue as always now weaving through the streets of Nashville throughout this hub of entertainment, fine arts, restaurants, breweries, coffee shops, shopping and more. This area boasts the new Soho House many new restaurants and galleries and is quickly becoming Nashville's most popular arts district making it a perfect spot for the relaunched American Artisan Festival.
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The American Artisan Festival was founded by Nancy Saturn, craft pioneer, and taken over by her daughter Samantha Saturn following her mother's death. The event highlights top-tier artists across all mediums and the festival team delivers not only a high-value experience for the consumers, but also for the artists. We provide hospitality, breakfast each morning, booth sitting sign ups, an artist-only event, as well as $2500 in cash awards for best in show categories.
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The event is a professionally run experience with very high marks from artist exhibitors, but is also family owned and artist-first in its approach to everything the festival creates and promotes.
 
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