Tuesday, January 7, 2014

The Emerging Artist applications for the 2014 Columbus Arts Festival are now open!

The 53rd annual Festival will take place June 6, 7 & 8, 2014 at the beautifully revitalized Columbus Downtown Riverfront. Approximately 450,000 people attend the Festival every year. 
The Emerging Artist program is designed specifically for artists who have extremely limited or no experience exhibiting and selling their artwork at arts festivals. Artists who apply in this category must be residents of Franklin, Union, Delaware, Licking, Fairfield, Pickaway, Fayette and Madison counties.
This program has been designed to help promote Central Ohio artists who are new to presenting their work at festivals. Last year there were 36 applications to this program and 11 artists were selected by the Festival jurors. In addition to a lower booth fee Emerging Artists also receive assistance from Festival staff on how to best present their work to the public.
Local artists who wish to be considered for the 2014 Columbus Arts Festival’s Emerging Artist program should apply through ZAPPlication™, an online application tool, by submitting four digital images of their work and one image of their booth display. A jury panel, selected by the GCAC staff, conducts a blind jury process, where jurors review the artists’ images and technical statements without any biographical information about the artists. The top scores, allowing for a balanced show across mediums, are invited to participate in the Festival.
For detailed information on the application process for Visual/Emerging Artists, download a complete prospectus. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions!

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