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April 4 & 5
The Woodlands, Texas
Waterway and Town Green Park
Presented by The Woodlands Arts Council
Saturday & Sunday 10 am - 6 pm
200 Artists
Deadline: October 18
Deadline: October 18
Application fee $40
Booth fee: Single 10' x 10'=$500, Corner=$750, Double=$1,000; Electricity $175
Celebrating our 15th year, The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival is a jewel of the Texas fine arts tour and is ranked among the top arts venues in the country. This is a festival that appreciates its artists and art patrons! Presented by The Woodlands Arts Council, Inc. (TWAC) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation.
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Christina Smith, gouache & pencil |
An outdoor festival set along the Waterway that runs through The Woodlands Town Center from The Marriott Waterway Hotel and Convention Center past The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion and Town Green Park, 200 national and regional artists sell their original creations. Artists benefit from the location 27 miles north of the greater Houston area with over 4 million residents and 1 million along the Montgomery County/North Houston corridor.
ARTIST AMENITIES:
- Promotion of the event to the art-buying public in sources including but not limited to, newspapers, radio, direct mail, press releases, billboards, magazines and other advertising sources.
- Artist information and thumbnail photo of your work in the full color festival program (Distribution to over 16,000 festival patrons annually)
- Website and Social Media promotion and cross promotion opport
unities at http://www.thewoodlandsartscouncil.org/
Nolan Prohaska, Glass - Complimentary breakfast Saturday and Sunday
- Security 24-hours a day during the load-in and load-out process and during the festival event
- Artist Relief: booth sitting, water and snacks provided by Artist Relations Volunteers
- Artist rate at our host hotel
- Discounted artist rates at partner hotels
- Welcome "Swag-Bags" filled with coupons and goodies to enhance your visit
Greatest volunteers and community in Texas!
Apply: https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=7825
Contact: Sally Richard, Artist Management (936) 827-3435
artistinfo@thewoodlandsartscouncil.org
artistinfo@thewoodlandsartscouncil.org
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one thing that really gets under my skin is when an "organizer" "promoter" "director" or whatever doesn't have the decency to go around and introduce themselves at a festival. What is that about? Without them I would sit home. Win, lose or draw, I am grateful, wish hag they would let me share that with them.
March 5 - 8La Quinta, California
La Quinta Civic Center Campus
Thursday through Sunday
10 am - 5 pm
10 am - 5 pm
220 Artists
Deadline: October 16
Application fee $50
Booth fee: 12' x 12' $300, 12' x 24' $600, 12' x 36' or larger $900
The promoters may have changed but the event will
remain the same.
An extensive marketing campaign is targeted to reach 25,000 affluent art patrons to celebrate the virtuoso talents of the finest national and international artists.
La Quinta Signature Art Event 2020 produced by SCOPE Events, LLC combines the talents of Paul Anderson, former Managing Director of Sausalito Art Festival and Kathleen (Kat) Hughes, former Event Manager of La Quinta Arts Festival. Their past experience will set a new standard for quality, variety, innovation and sheer scope of artists. The goal is to emulate and enhance the original legendary festival of the past 37 years.
The setting remains waterside at the stunning Civic Center Campus surrounded by the Santa Rosa Mountains. It has been called the most beautiful festival site in the country.
The event 2020 will draw art enthusiasts from the affluent Coachella Valley, patrons from the coastal market and the devoted snowbirds who double the valley population throughout the winter. In addition, both the polo crowd and tennis fans who arrive the weekend before the BNP Tennis Tournament opens will be our target.
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David Bjurstrom pencil drawing
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Invited Artists Receive:
- VIP Artist Hospitality, including complimentary continental breakfast, one deluxe boxed lunch from Bristol Farms per booth, snacks throughout the day and unlimited water
- Two days to load-in and out and labor for hire with golf carts
- Volunteer Booth Sitters
- Artist Helpline 24/7 and Booth Sitters
- 24-hour on-site private security and Riverside Sheriff Department protection
- Artist information included in Official Festival Program
- Artist listing and link to website
- Opportunity to purchase low-cost four-color advertisements in the official Festival program
La Quinta Signature Art Event 2020 is a commission art event. Artists are required to pay 20% of all art sales that are a result of participating in La Quinta Signature Art Event 2020 either during the event and/or as an art commission created specifically for an art patron after the event ends. This allows the event to offer low booth fees. The risk is shared between the Promoter and the Artist. If an Artist doesn't sell well, then there is lower cost to participate than at a booth fee only show.
Our website is currently being created and our office in La Quinta will open its doors in October. Please read all information about our new exciting art event in ZAPPLICATION.
 February 29 & March 1, 2020 - NEW!
Hotworks.org Miami Beach Fine Art Show
Apply now: www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=7776
Deadline: October 13; notifications by October 23
Miami Beach, Florida
Outdoors at gorgeous Haulover Park (on pavement)
10800 Collins Road
Between Bal Harbour and Sunny Isles Beach
Event hours: Saturday & Sunday, 10 am - 5 pm
Move-in Friday: 8:30 am = 6 pm
Move-out Sunday 5 pm - 9 pm
10' x 10' = $575; 10' x 15' = $750; 10' x 20' = $1,050; corner add $75
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NOTEWORTHY:
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At Hot Works, Your Success is Our Success!
Please feel free to check-in with any questions.
Patty
 Patty Narozny
Executive Producer
Hot Works, LLC Fine Art & Fine Craft Shows
Your Art. Our Passion.™
941-755-3088 FL, 248-684-2613 MI
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First time exhibitor at this show. The weather was a big component to this years show. Setup was early Friday, starting at 7 AM, glad I got there early because by 10:34 it started to rain just as I had finished and was ready to leave. It rained throughout the day.
- Friday evening the show was to be open from 5 - 8 PM, at 7:45 the tornado warning siren went off closing the show for the night, which was pretty well finished anyway, too few people, too few sales.
- Saturday the show went from 10 - 5 with low numbers of people and no sales for this artist. It was expected to rain and looked threatening all day but it never did materialize.
- Sunday, 10 - 4 even fewer people at the show, some small sales, off and on rain all day, people stayed and meandered around in between the rain showers. The rain was supposed to be done by 3 so there was some hope that things would be somewhat dry for load out. The rain began again and in earnest at 4. Overall it was a bad sales show with low turnout and low sales.
Amenities were reasonable; coffee, bagels and fruit in the AM, lunch brought to your booth, pizza slice on Friday night and a really nice dinner on Sat at the "Castle" somewhere in Peoria Heights. The Arts Guild was well organized with volunteers and helping artists that needed it but Peoria doesn't seem to have the support for a show of this size. It may need to scale back to 100 artists and reduce the gate fee ($6 this year) to attract more people to the show.
Possible contributing factors to low turnout, Homecoming weekend, kids and parents all over town taking pictures but not coming to the show, Weather..., Apparently in years past one of the major employers in this area has laid off many workers and that may also be a continuing contributing factor.
Would I do this show again, probably not, having read reviews from the recent past it seems nothing has changed, low attendance and low sales. Also, it is too far to drive for too little compensation. Not worth it to me. The only consolation, as I was only 2 hours from Chicagoland I was able to add in a visit to my sister.
 February 22 & 23, 2020 - NEW!
Hotworks.org Palm Beach Fine Art Show
Apply now: www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=7720
Deadline: October 9; notifications by October 19
West Palm Beach, Florida Palm Beach Outlets
1751 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd.
Event hours Saturday & Sunday, 10 am - 5 pm
Move-in Friday 8:30 am - 6 pm
Move-out Sunday 5 pm - 9 pm
10' x 10' = $425; 10' x 15' = $635; 10' x 20' = $850; corner add $75
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Electricity
- additional $75 - Generators may be used outdoors only, however:
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At Hot Works, Your Success is Our Success!
Please feel free to check-in with any questions.
Patty
Patty Narozny
Executive Producer
Hot Works, LLC Fine Art & Fine Craft Shows
Your Art. Our Passion.™
941-755-3088 FL, 248-684-2613 MI
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24th GARAGE SALE ART FAIR
Kalamazoo, MI
Kalamazoo County Fairgounds
February 29
9 am to 4 pm
Deadline: October 1
Why go to Kalamazoo in February??? The 24th Annual Garage Sale Art Fair is the place for "art fair artists" to sell their overstocks, seconds, great work or just plain duds at bargain prices. It's 7 hours of as much fun as we can make it and our focus is to help you sell. Although some artists put up a booth, you're welcome to just rent some tables and keep it simple. We'd love to have you join us!
Application fee: $20
Booth fee, 10'x10' $175
This is a garage sale for art fair artists to sell your art and art-related items. Overstock, seconds, things you're tired of, damaged items, duds, bring them here. Anything art related, including supplies. That vase you traded for but no longer want? This is the place to sell it. We do ask though that the type of work you apply with is primary in your booth.
Apply today:
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Learn Know More about this Special Fair
 Visit ArtFairInsiders.com and search for "Garage Sale Art Fair" where you'll find:This video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV5QyrqNjII
This video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rpFf-r5oSw
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(2) 2-D Flip bins for sale. Removable wooden storage & display bins on fordable Pro Panel bases. Wooden bins can be re-pained a different color of stained. Bases are Medium Grey color.
Retail $300 each
For Sale Now: 2@ $300 or $175 each
Pick-up in Atlanta
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This past weekend (9/21 & 22) was spent at the Monte Sano Art show. It takes place in a beautiful state park in Huntsville, AL - home of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and Redstone Arsenal.
The show is 2 days Saturday and Sunday) 9-5 and 9-4 with set up on Friday 1-6. It's a very easy set up allowing you to drive right up to your booth and park behind it while setting up and the same on break down. The booth spaces can be quite a challenge as it is in the state park but a few good shims and well placed 2x4 squares help out. Most of the 100+ booths are in the shade. Some deep shade as was mine. The weather up on top of the "mountain" runs about 5-8 degrees cooler than in the valley of Huntsville. We had cool morning temps with a nice breeze most of the day.
Saturday typically starts off with a bang but generally dies down around noonish as the football games begin. This is a part of the south steeped in football- Auburn, Tennessee, Alabama, Clemson, Mississippi State, etc. The crowds picked up a little in the afternoon but weren't anything to write home about. I did pretty well for Saturday but I wasn't leaping for joy. In fact, come Sunday morning, I was a bit blue as Sunday's have never been my strong day. Well... I was proven wrong. The day started slow (you know this IS the Bible belt) but after church the crowds came in. For me it was a different crowd than I had seen on Saturday. It seemed to be a bit more professional crowd.The majority of my sales were in the $34-$100 range.
The show is run by Huntsville Arts. They provide water and snacks in the park lodge during the show and a wonderful dinner and drinks on Saturday night. This year we brought our travel trailer and stayed 3 minutes away in the park campground. Great decision!! In past years we have stayed in a very nice Hampton Inn about 15 minutes away for $89 per night. There are wonderful artists and a variety of fine art at the show.
Want to know more?
Click here to download the pdf that includes images of the Artists work.
Hi all, just wanted to introduce ourselves: I am Julia Szabo with FestivalClick. We offer a fresh solution for applying to Art Festivals and managing those applications. We care about the Art Festival community and really want to make everyone successful. We have a small development team and I am one of the co-founders.
In addition to being an Artist (a Crafter really), I volunteer and attend many Art Festivals here in N. California. ArtFairInsiders has been a great resource while developing our software (I pretty much read most your posts and comments).
Please check out our website www.festivalclick.com and register. We welcome your feedback and promise that we will always listen and get back to you. My e-mail is julia@festivalclick.com. Hope to meet you online or in person.
Most of us know that artist fees do not entirely support the costs of putting together an art festival, and the bigger the event the more $$ an event needs. Show organizers search for sponsors to help carry the expense and, not surprisingly, there are business firms that are paid to find sponsors for events, Sponsorship Brokers. The good ones have extensive connections, strong skills, and a good work ethic.
But there is a rise in unscrupulous brokers who brokers make big promises, but they don’t secure any sponsorship. They don’t even try. Their business is to make money from the retainers.
They target small players, offer a guarantee, retainer upfront, ridiculous claims, etc. Then disappear.
Learn more at PowerSponsorship.com: How to Spot a Sponsorship Broker Scam (and One Broker You Need to Avoid)...
January 18 - April 5
Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota, Florida
Bayfront Park - 5 Bayfront Drive
50 Artists
Deadline: October 8
50 Artists
Deadline: October 8
Art is a powerful tool to evoke social change. Without uttering a single word, artists can enlighten, educate and affect change around the world.
Since 2004, Embracing Our Differences has used the power of art and prose to promote diversity. The centerpiece of Embracing Our Differences is an outdoor juried art exhibit featuring 50 billboard-size images (12.5 feet by 16 feet) created by local, national and international artists and writers.
The display reflects the artists' interpretations of the theme "enriching lives through diversity." The exhibit is displayed annually at Bayfront Park in downtown Sarasota. The 2019 exhibit hosted 218,000 visitors to Bayfront Park, bringing total attendance, since 2004, to more than 2,920,000.
Embracing Our Differences invites you to participate in creating a world where differences are embraced and individuality is celebrated. Become a part of this exciting change through your visual art or quote submission to the annual Embracing Our Differences international juried competition. The statements accompanying each artwork are also vital and provide insight into our common humanity - as well as the differences that make us all unique.
The winning artworks combine a deep understanding of both medium and message. Awards are given for "Best-in-Show Adult," "Best-in-Show Student," and "People's Choice" categories, with the last chosen by visitors to the exhibit. Adult winners each receive $1,000; students receive $1,000 with $500 to be directed to the student and $500 to their school's art program, if they worked under the direction of an educator.
Apply: embracingourdifferences.org/clientuploads/2020call_to_artists.pdf
For more information: https://www.embracingourdifferences.org/
Contact: Elizabeth Chicoine, liz@embracingourdifferences.org
Contact: Elizabeth Chicoine, liz@embracingourdifferences.org
Besides the sales of our jewelry making equipment, we have many unset precious & semi-precious stones & pearls - Tahitian, Mexican, Tennessee River, Chinese mabes & blisters for sale. We are in the NW Chicago area.
I always went to upcoming months on calendar to see upcoming applications due highlighted in red, now I see maybe 8 in a month. Very difficult , impossible in fact. Larry, can you help? or anyone?
how are other people faring with this new format?
Would appreciate any feedback, thanks.
