Call to Artists - Decatur Arts Festival

Decatur Arts Festival

Call to Artists

 

What: 24^th Decatur Arts Festival

  

Where:Old Courthouse Square Area in Downtown Decatur, Georgia

  

When:  Saturday and Sunday

           May 26 & 27, 2012

           Saturday -  10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

           Sunday - 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.  

NOTEWORTHY:

*24th Annual Arts Festival

*Limited to approximately 160 artists .

*65,000 attendance (police estimate).

   

*Jury/Booth Fees: Jury fee of $30. The booth fee is $275 for a 10' x 10' booth space, $325 for a corner booth, $625 for a double space. Double booth spaces are limited.

*Demographics of attendees: Majority ages between 21 and 65, 65% reporting an annual household income of over $75,000 and 67% of attendees were returning visitors to the festival with many visitors who have attended all 22 years!

*Booth sitters and 24-hour security provided by City of Decatur police.

*Excellent marketing campaign--including radio, magazine, newspaper, extensive email promotion.  

   

*Strong community support.  

   

*Volunteer helpers for load-in and load-out.

*Complimentary continental breakfast for artists; complimentary bottled water for artists throughout festival.  

   

*Live music throughout arts festival.  

    

Located 5 miles from downtown Atlanta, the Decatur Arts Festival is the longest running arts event in Decatur, Georgia. The Decatur Arts Festival has been named a Top 20 Event by the Southeast Tourism Society since 2004 and has received many awards from the International Festival and Events and Georgia Festival and Events Association.

The Decatur Arts Festival features juried local, regional and national artists' original work.  Artists are selected by a professional jury process. The festival features continuous entertainment and performing arts, food vendors, a Fine Arts Exhibition, the ArtWalk, Literary Arts, Comedy Stage, New Dance and a Children's Festival are also part of the festival activities.

   

Important Dates:

Artist application deadline: January 20, 2012 onwww.zapplication.org

Notification date: February 15, 2012

 

Booth Fee Due: March 31, 2012

For more information, please visit:

www.decaturartsfestival.com

  

Double Vision - Exhibitions at the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery

Exhibiting in the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery

Through January 8

Double Vision:

Two Related Exhibitions

Top, left to right: " Acrobats", wood-"purpleheart" by Howard Wander; "Seaform", alabaster by Rose Burke

 Bears and Boxes by Susie Gach Peelle

 "Selected Works by the Art League Faculty" is on view in the lower level of the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, while "Sculptors from the Stone and Wood Carving Programs of Thom Janusz" is located in the upper level in a joint exhibition titled Double Vision.   Learn more about the exhibit here.

View Gallery Photos of Faculty Exhibit       

View Gallery Photos of Thom Janusz' Class Exhibit   

Call to Artists - Year in Review

The 2nd annual Artists Wanted : Year In Review is an international call for art awarding a $25,000 Grand Prize package and more, including one month in a New York City luxury loft.

One creative visionary will be selected to receive an exclusive feature booth in NYC this March at SCOPE Art Show, the premier showcase for international emerging contemporary art and one of the most influential presences in the expanding global art market. Our goal is simple - to find amazing talents and expose them to the world in the most potent way possible.

Click Here to Participate
Submissions accepted through January 31, 2012 11:59pm EST

2012 Artists in Residence Program at I-Park

2012 Artists in Residence Program at I-Park

 

Application Deadline: January 30, 2012

 

The I-Park Foundation, Inc., a 450-acre natural woodland retreat in East Haddam, CT (U.S), announces its twelfth season hosting its multi-disciplinary residency program. Self-directed artists’ residencies will be offered from May through November 2012, with off-season sessions in April and December. Most residencies are four weeks in duration. Residencies are offered to creative individuals working in the following disciplines: Visual (including Environmental) Art, Music Composition/Sound Sculpture/Design, Moving Image, Creative Writing and Landscape/Garden Design. Work samples are evaluated through a competitive, juried process.

 

A $30 application fee helps defray the cost of the independent jury panels. Accepted artists are responsible for their own work materials as well as transportation to and from the area. The program is otherwise offered at no cost to accepted artists, including a basic meal program where most of, though not all, the food is provided.

 

Accommodations at I-Park include comfortable private living quarters in an 1850’s era farmhouse and a private studio space. An abundance of tools, equipment, musical instruments and peripherals, site materials, an electric kiln, wireless internet and library facilities are provided.

 

International applicants are welcome. To defray the cost of travel, four $750.00 grants will be awarded to international artists whose work is held in particularly high regard by the Grant Committee.

 

Application materials are available online at http://www.i-park.org/residency.html

 

For more information, contact Brad Tuggle, Residency Program Director, by e-mail: applications@i-park.org or by phone: 860-873-2468.

A Gallery for Fine Photography - Trees of Life

A Gallery for Fine Photography,  241 Chartres Street

Exhibition begins: Monday, January 16, 2012

^{On view through February 28, 2012}

Joyce Tenneson has studied and worked as a photographer for over 40 years.

Her spirit of invention and exploration is evident in her new project working

with Gold leaf, Photography and images of Trees. Throughout her career, Tenneson

has embraced new concepts, processes and techniques, marrying them with

Ancient Mythologies and Tenets. Trees of Life addresses the relationship between Trees and 

Humankind.  Joyce Tenneson’s use of trees and gold harkens back to Sir James George Frazer’s “The Golden Bough.”

1989, Tenneson received the “Infinity” award from the International Center for Photography. 1990,  she received “Women in Photography International’s “ Photographer of the Year Award and 2005, she received  the Lucie Award for “Professional Photographer of The Year.”

Joyce Tenneson’s photographs have been published in 16 books.

Call to Artists - Deerfield Festival of Fine Arts

Deerfield Festival of

Fine Arts

Call to Artists

Celebrating Our Tenth Anniversary!

WHAT:  Fine Arts and Fine Crafts Festival

WHERE: Downtown Deerfield, IL

WHEN: Saturday and Sunday
           June 2 & 3, 2011
           10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

           PLUS: Friday Night Preview Party, June 1, 6-8 p.m.

NOTEWORTHY:

*10th Annual Fine Arts and Fine Crafts Festival in upscale Chicago suburb.

*Limited to 150 professionally juried fine artists and craft persons.

*Friday night Preview Party, held in Deerfield Village Hall from 6 to 8 p.m. Attracts a huge crowd; limited availability.

*Jury/Booth Fees ($35/$300); Double Booths $600; corner upgrade $75. 

*Cash Awards in all categories, plus Best in Show. 

*Friday setup beginning at 1 p.m., if participating in the Preview Party; general setup starts at 3 p.m.

*Strong community support.

*Aggressive marketing campaign.

*Outstanding artist hospitality: booth sitters; bottled water and snacks delivered to artists' booths; continental breakfast both days; indoor restrooms; artist break area; complimentary reserved overnight and day parking; discounted hotel options.

*Free patron admission and plentiful parking.

*For more details about the show, click HERE
The Deerfield Festival of Fine Arts enjoys very strong and ongoing community support, reinforced by its multi-year history of presenting excellent art to the public.  It is hosted and widely publicized by The Village of Deerfield, the Deerfield Fine Art Commission and the Deerfield Park District, along with a broad media marketing campaign. Artists' amenities, including discounted hotel rooms, reserved parking, breakfasts, booth sitters, indoor restrooms, snacks and water delivered daily to artists' booths, are tops in the industry. 

Family activities draw heavily from among the community's upper-income residents.  Median home price: $710,000. Repeat purchases by show-goers have built an excellent reputation for the festival, as well as large return crowds.  Among the top shows in the art-oriented upper income Chicago suburbs. 

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:

Deadline:
March 1, 2012

Notification:
March 15, 2012


For more details, artist's prospectus, and to apply, visit:
www.dwevents.org
Email inquiries to:
dwevents@comcast.net

You may also contact by telephone:
Debbie Netter, D & W Events, Inc.
Director
847-726-8669

Scope New York 2012