Thursday, March 1, 2012

Opening Receptions - Marianne Lovink

Call to Artists - Bar Harbor Fine Arts Festival

5th Annual Bar Harbor Fine Arts Festival 


Call to Artists

WHAT:  Fine Arts and Fine Crafts Festival

WHERE: Bar Harbor, Maine

WHEN: Friday, Saturday and Sunday
           August 10 - 12, 2012
           Friday Preview Party, 6-8 p.m.; Saturday 10-8; Sunday 10-5

NOTEWORTHY:

*5th Annual Fine Arts and Fine Crafts Festival in summer vacation mecca.

*Limited to 55 professionally juried fine artists and craft persons.

*Jury/Booth Fees ($35/$325); Spaces with electricity are $350. 

*Cash Awards  (2011 total: $2000). 

*Friday setup 11 - 6; booths close to drive-up.

*Artists' amenities include free reserved parking next to site, water, coffee and breakfast muffins on site Saturday and Sunday. New for 2012--catered lunches delivered to artist's booths Saturday and Sunday.

*Attendance estimate: 7 - 10,000.

*For more details about the show, click HERE
This high-season summer event is held on the grounds of one of Bar Harbor's premier luxury hotels, the Bar Harbor Inn, strategically located in the center of town on the harbor waterfront.  Artists and patrons alike agree that the location is an ideal venue for this upscale arts festival. The show features "early-bird" jurying (January 10) at the applicant's discretion , enabling artists to plan their summer trip and hotel reservations months in advance; see show website for details.

Held at the peak of Bar Harbor, Maine's, famous summer season, the event caters to summer residents and vacationers from among the nation's economic elite. Highly visible and well promoted, the festival draws art-savvy buyers who value unique, collectible work from top-quality artists nationwide. The show actively promotes artists to area businesses and galleries for opportunities that go beyond the weekend.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Applications available at: www.zapplication.org

Deadline:
July 18, 2011

Note: "Early Bird" Jury: January 10, 2012

Notification:
Early Bird: January 11
 
Other than those selecting "Early Bird" Jurying: July 29, 2011

For more details, artist's prospectus, and to apply, contact:

Marc Fink, Director
in_a_cloud@hotmail.com

You may also contact by telephone:
Marc Fink
423-486-7030 or
207-244-9107

Application Deadline March 16th - Korea International Art Fair '12


Imagery Dimension: 1st International Online Festival for Art + Innovation


 
IMAGERY DIMENSION: 1st INTERNATIONAL ONLINE FESTIVAL FOR ART+INNOVATION
October 17, 2011 - March 31, 2012
 
Imagery Dimension will honor those creators who virtuously synthesize innovative technology and outstanding artistic talent within the following categories: photography, plastic, technologic, short film and audiovisual contemporary art. The festival’s expert jury will award 50 prizes, including $3,500 in cash, promotional awards worth $60,000 and participation in the 2012 Hamptons Auction. Five extra prizes will be awarded based on public vote.
 
The Festival will be held online and presented to the contacts of all the media collaborators as well as to the 120,000 VideoArtWorld subscribers, included among them are curators, galleries, institutions, collectors, distributors, promoters and related professionals in the field. We hope everyone enjoys navigating the imagery dimension!
 
Participants can present their body of work by “opening their imagery dimension” at www.imagerydimension.com
 
OFFLINE PRESENTATION EVENTOfficial presentation will take place Thursday Jan. 9th, at 4pm, within the KINETICA ARTFAIR, located at Ambika P3, 35 Marylebone Street, London NW1 5LS.
 
 
DATESOnline Festival: October 2011 - March 2012
Call for submissions deadline: EXTENDED to March 31st, 2012
Offline Presentation: 4pm, February 9th, 2012. Kinetica Art Fair, London
Winners auction sale: July 14th, 2012. Bridgehampton, New York
 
Awards: Cash prizes abide by the tax system of Spain. Promotional awards consist of the winner’s non-exclusive professional representation by Imagery Dimension Agencies, regarding consulting, international promotion, sales and exhibition rights distribution, with a 25% commission rate on the commercial use of the work, always in collaboration with author’s other agencies, producers, distributors and/or galleries. Non-finished projects can also be presented for crowdfunding online proposals.
 
EXTENDED WORLDWIDE OPEN CALL FOR ART+INNOVATION
Presentation Jan. 9, 4pm: Kinetica Artfair, London
festival@imagerydimension.com
www.imagerydimension.com