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INVITATION...The
Bluff Park Art Association invites artists to apply to exhibit and sell their
work at the
Annual Bluff Park Art Show.
AWARDS...Accepted exhibitors will submit one piece the day of the show to be
judged in competition. This particular work may not exceed 48 inches in height
or width. Thousands of dollars will be awarded, including the $3,500 Bluff Park
Art Association Permanent Collection. The recipient of this award will automatically
receive an invitation to exhibit in the following year show.
DATES TO REMEMBER...
ENTRY DEADLINE... April 1st.
NOTICES MAILED... May 1st.
SHOW DATE... First Saturday of October. ( Rain Date... Following day / Sunday
).
TIME... Your booth must be open 9 am to 5 pm.
LOCATION... Bluff Park Community
Center. SHOW CHAIRPERSONS... Jackie & Hugh Dye (Dyestar@aol.com)
EXHIBITS...
- Artists may check in either the day before the show from noon
until 5 pm or on show day from 6 am until 8:30 am. Your exhibit must be ready
when the show begins at 9 am Saturday.
- Exhibit space will be assigned
in a park setting. Please note that spaces will be on unleveled grass terrain.
Each artist is responsible for his or her own display, which must be Staffed
by the artist at all times during the show hours. Volunteers will be available
to assist for short periods of time.
- Only original fine art may be exhibited.
Commercially manufactured items or items made from commercial kits or molds are
unacceptable. Photo-offset or digital reproductions of the artist’s original
work may not be displayed or sold. This will be strictly enforced. (This includes
T-shirts)
- The Association reserves the right to prohibit the display of
any work which it determines at its discretion is without redeeming social value
or work that is inconsistent with submitted slides.
- Artists must present
only their own work in their assigned space.
- All artists will transact
their own sales and are responsible for complying with the state and local sales
tax regulations. A 20% commission will be collected from each artist by the association
at the end of the show. This is in lieu of a booth fee.
HOW TO APPLY...
- Entries must be postmarked before April 1st. When entering
more than one medium, submit a separate jury fee and form for each. • Application
must be accompanied by a $20 check payable to the Bluff Park Art Association.
This is a nonrefundable jury fee. (There is no booth fee).
- Artists shall
submit no more than four, 2” x 2” standard 35 mm slides in plastic
sleeves. Three slides representative of the work to be exhibited, and one slide
of the display or collection of work. If you have no slide of your display, send
only the three slides of your work. Print your name clearly on the front of each
slide and indicate with an arrow the top of the work pictured. Damaged slides
will not be accepted.
- Send only slides, as no photographs of work will
be juried.
- Applications must include a legal size (4” x 9.5”)
self-addressed, stamped envelope ( SASE ) with sufficient postage for return
of slides and show notification. Accepted artist will have their slides returned
the day of the show.
MAIL APPLICATION, CHECK, SLIDES AND SASE TO:
Annual Bluff Park Art Show
Screening Chair/ Donna Leigh Jackins
3209 Pinehurst
Drive
Birmingham, AL 35226
For more information call: 205-408-4312. Your signed application is considered
a commitment to show, if accepted.
Click Here to
print out the Artist Application Form.
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