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2009 59th Annual Art in the Park
Artist Information
The registration/application process has been completed for 2009. Please check back in 2010.
Entry Instructions
Deadlines and Dates
Contact: Jennifer
Director, Art in the Park
Phone: 509-528-6455
ENTRY
INSTRUCTIONS - Please read
carefully as some instructions have changed.
Take seven (7) digital pictures of your artwork and one (1) of your booth. Supply (8) photos for each category you are entering. (limit 2 categories).
PHOTOS MAY BE SUBMITTED BY CD ONLY. NO SLIDES WILL BE ACCEPTED.
- Download (burn) the pictures onto a CD in a JPEG format (maximum size 500KB each).
- Include a legal sized stamped self-addressed envelope with adequate postage for a letter.
- Return the following for participation:
~Completed application form
~Check or money order made out to Art in the Park 2009 for Application Fee
~Check or money order made out to Art in the Park 2009 for Registration Fee
~Digital photos (8) for each category entering in.
- Send to:
Allied Arts Association Art in the Park
89 Lee Blvd.
Richland, WA 99352.
If you have questions regarding this process, contact
Jennifer Hickman, Director
Phone: 509-528-6455
Email: artinthepark@alliedartsrichland.org
DEADLINES AND DATES
March 13 - Early entry deadline (postmark)
April 13 - Entry deadline (postmark)
May 1 - Notification by mail. No waiting list
May 30 - Final deadline for all requested information
July 23, 9 am to 12 pm and 3 to 6 pm and July 24 7-8 am - CHECK IN
July 24, 9 am to 9 pm - Show
July 25, 9 am to 7 pm - Show
DEFINITIONS
Primary Artist – creating artist of merchandise (18 years old or older)
Associates – creates parts of merchandise in order for the entire art to be created
Assistant – someone who assists in selling but not creating merchandise
Junior Artist – artist 17 years old or younger
ELIGIBILITY
- To be eligible for acceptance only original work designed, handmade and executed within the last two years by the accepted artist will be considered.
- No re-sales of any kind allowed. No commercial reproductions, imitations, manufactured items or imports.
- Work done from computers, commercial kits, sewing patterns, graphics, or copies will not be accepted.
FEES
- APPLICATION FEE : $20 each individual primary artist and associate. This non-refundable fee entitles each artist to submit photos in up to 2 categories. No application fee for junior artists 17 or younger registered in a space with adult artists. All other requirements apply.
- REGISTRATION FEE: $80 each individual primary artist - $40 for Associates involved in creating the primary artist’s merchandise - $10 each junior artist ~ refunded only to artists not juried (accepted) into the Show.
- Send 2 checks - one for application fee & the other for registration fee, both payable to Art in the Park 2009.
- Returned (NSF) Checks are subject to a bank charge and an additional administrative fee of $10.00.
- Allied Arts Association reserves the right to cancel this show
SALES/COMMISSION
- A sixteen percent (16%) commission will be collected by Allied Arts Association on all sales before adding Washington State Sales Tax. Primary artists will keep accurate records of all sales and sales commissioned at the Show for future delivery, provide these records for accounting purposes, and otherwise comply with all Art in the Park Finance procedures. Primary artists must record all sales on tally sheets provided by Allied Arts.
- Primary artists are responsible for collecting and paying their own Washington State Sales Tax to the Washington State Department of Revenue, identifying Richland as the origination of taxes collected at Art in the Park.
- Call the Dept. of Revenue, 800-647-7706, to renew or apply for a temporary tax number before the Show and include it on your application.
- AFTER THE SHOW ALL ARTISTS MUST CHECK OUT AT THE FINANCE OFFICE DESIGNATED ON MAP.
Failure to keep accurate records and pay these commissions will result in permanent expulsion from the Show.
JUDGING
- Jury teams include qualified Northwest artists/craftsmen and change each year.
- Primary Artists are juried against each other in their category.
- Judging is anonymous and jurors vote in their expertise.
- Artistic quality, originality, variety, strength of designs, richness of imagination, technical skill and craftsmanship are the basis for our impartial jury process.
CANCELLATIONS
- As a courtesy to our volunteer staff and fellow artists, please advise the Director immediately if you must cancel.
- No-shows will not be invited to return to our Show.
Allied Arts Association reserves the right to cancel this
show.
SECURITY/LIABILITY
- Police patrol all night Thursday & Friday and continuously during the Show.
- Allied Arts Association does not carry insurance to cover artist’s personal property or liability. Primary artist are advised to obtain their own insurance as independent contractors.
- All artists signing the application card hereby release Allied Arts Association and the City of Richland from any damage to, or loss of, said artist’s property or any personal injury which he/she, associates or assistants may sustain while participating in the Art in the Park.
- Primary artists also agree to be solely responsible for any liability they may incur while doing business at the Art in the Park and assume full responsibility for their art products.
DISPLAY
- Pre-assigned 15’ x 15’ spaces will be provided in the park area and may vary in location from year to year.
- Primary artists must supply all display materials, they should be designed to withstand wind and provide shade.
- Electricity is provided only for creative educational demonstrations, and is assigned at the discretion of the Director. Electrical outdoor extension cords (about 100-150 feet) must be supplied by the artists. Active demonstrations without electricity are encouraged.
RULES
FOR PARTICIPATION
- The primary artist who applies and is accepted by the jury into the Show must be present with his/her work for the entire two days of the Show. No agents or substitute family or friends are allowed. The primary artist must cancel if unable to attend
- Primary artists may sell only work juried in the category selected by the primary artist on the Application Card. Any accepted work that differs in quality or form from that viewed and accepted by the jurors may be disqualified by the Director.
- Any associate contributing in any way to the creation of the art to be sold, and who is physically present at the show, must be named as an Associate on the Application Card. This includes spouses, partners, friends, children over 17.
- Associates contributing to the creation of the product must submit an application fee and discounted registration fee, the associate will be juried with the Primary Artist. (see FEES for more information)
- Assistants must be named, but not formally registered. They cannot be an artist/partner in your business/art/craft, listed on your sales tax license or registered before in your space as an artist. Any breach of this trust will jeopardize our legal requirements and artist’s acceptance.
- Booth spaces may be shared by primary artists as long as each primary artist has applied separately on their own application and indicated on each others application that they wish to share a space.
- Primary artists sharing a space and selling different products must apply separately and be juried separately. Please indicate on application.
- An associate creating work with a primary artist will be juried together and assigned one space.
- No price mark-downs will be allowed. Primary artist/associate may bargain with a customer on an individual piece of work.
- Pets are not allowed on the Show site for any reason. Registered dogs for blind or hearing impaired are the only exceptions, and the Director must be informed of their presence.
- “No-Shows” who do not cancel with the Director will not be invited to return.
- The official Art in the Park is limited to the Howard Amon Park area, as defined by the show map. It should be understood that artists accepted in the Show will not occupy space, either themselves or partners in other Tri-City locations on the same weekend.
- Thursday and Friday everyone must be off the Show site by 10 p.m. When the Show ends on Saturday, artists must clear the Park by midnight.
- Primary artists and associates must abide by all rules and guidelines of the Prospectus, Instructions and Application Card in order to be in, or remain in Art in the Park
- PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO HOWARD AMON PARK TO UNLOAD/LOAD ONLY.
- PLEASE USE DESIGNATED OFF-SITE PARKING DURING SHOW, OR RISK BEING TOWED.
The Art in the Park Director has the authority to resolve any
disputes regarding these rules and the right to refuse artist participation.
CATEGORIES
Artists may apply in two of the following categories, and Allied Arts Association reserves the right to determine if submitted applications qualify for acceptance and fit into any of the following categories.
Clay - Functional or non functional. Hand thrown. No ceramics finished from greenware or molds allowed.
Fiber - Original design and handmade weaving, basket & wheat weaving, clothing, hats, quilting, hand painted or tie dyed materials (no stenciling), woven wall hangings, etc.
Hard Sculpture - Sculpture or creation with any hard material, metal, glass, leather, wax, candles, miniatures (wood, clay, or dough), stained glass, etc.
Jewelry - Silver or gold, porcelain, paper, semi-precious, beads, plastic, clay, etc. No commercial casts.
Assorted Media - Porcelain dolls, flower arrangements (silk, paper, dried, or freeze dried), calligraphy, soap, stamps, or any other media that does not fit into another category. Do not combine categories into this.
Music - All music must be composed, copyrighted and completed by the applying artist, and all tapes, CD’s, etc. must be recorded by the artist under his/her personal label and distributed and controlled by the artist. No commercial agent/distributed music is allowed. CD’s should be enclosed with application and with photo of display.
Two-Dimensional - Oil, watercolor, acrylic, pencil, charcoal, pen & ink, crayon, pastel, collage, or any combination used on canvas, paper, etc. Prints of original works by the artist must be commissioned by said artist, and sold only by the creating artist, original works must be offered, prints only are not allowed.
Photography - Any photography or combination with photography. All photographs must be taken by the applying artist, and printed by said artist.
Soft Sculpture - Original design and completely handmade stuffed animals, soft dolls, scarves, windsocks, kites, lampshades, and other items created from soft material.
Decorative Wood - Tole, painted, decorated, rough wood, toys, country signs, etc.
Fine Wood - Furniture, marquetry, intarsia, kitchen items, etc. Wood or combination with wood that uses grain, oiled or stained.
Due to so many
applications, there is much competition to be accepted into the show. Individual applicants
are juried anonymously by images in 11 different categories, and all work must
be designed and executed by the accepted artists, with those creating artists
being physically present with their work during the show. Digital images must be of work
completed in the last two years and must be able to compete in quality. Only
work in juried categories may be sold in the show. No resales of any kind
are allowed. Every year jury teams change in each category and applicants are
juried against each other in that group. Since space is limited, many good
artists cannot be accepted.
Local non-profit
groups man our concessions as fund raisers, and entertainment is volunteered
from the community. Our attendance has been estimated at 40,000 to 45,000 in the
two days, and many people attend from outside our area.
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