The application for the 2020 Fine Arts & Fine Crafts Market is closed.
Stay tuned for this year’s Fine Arts & Fine Crafts Market showcase.
PARTICIPATE IN THE FINE ARTS AND FINE CRAFTS MARKET
COVID-19 Updates:
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We know that everyone is nervous about festivals right now. At this time, we are still planning to go ahead with the Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival in the third weekend of September, 2020, with careful planning and cautious optimism.In response to the uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the help of the great staff at Zapplication, we have created the following payment plan:
- *If we have to cancel the 2020 Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival, all booth fees will be fully refunded to artists who have paid.
- *Confirmation payment will be in two installments. All artists invited to be part of the 2020 Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival will be asked for half the booth fee as a deposit when accepting the invitation. The second payment will be due just before the festival begins. When artists pay the second installment, they will be re-categorized as confirmed in Zapplication.
- *If we have to cancel the 2020 Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival, all jury fees paid this year will be applied to next year’s festival.
- *If the in-person festival is cancelled, a portion of the marketing budget will be reallocated to directing people to the online shops for each of the festival artists, so we can still support them and find that perfect, one-of-a-kind work of art.
- *We have extended the application deadline to June 10, 2020. All applicants will be notified of the jurors’ decisions by July 1, 2020.
- *We are monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in our community. We are in contact with our local officials. Our top priority is always the health and safety of our participants, volunteers, staff, and spectators. We will provide ongoing updates as necessary.
- *We have secured additional hand-washing stations, to be placed at every entrance to the festival and a volunteer corps to direct people toward hand-washing areas.
- *We have a new advisor to the festival steering team who is an expert in public health and safety from Augusta University’s medical school.
Fine Arts and Crafts Market – at a glance
Here are some of the great things the artists and artisans had to say about Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival:
“One of the best organized festivals that I go to. The venue is perfect. The advertising is second to none and achieves results! You have a great team that I hope will continue for many, many years.”
“Business speaking, they are a great buying crowd, but more than that they are nice, complementary, and enjoy art. And the quality of work at the show is fabulous. It is a breath of fresh air to see a show with such quality and variety of work.”
“It is one of my favorite events. The attendance is excellent and includes people from all over the area. A true community event, with diverse art and fine crafts.”
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WHO SHOULD APPLY
Any fine artist or fine crafter who meets the following qualifications:
• Has a passion for their art or craft and can make a large enough quantity to keep their customers happy for the 2½ days of the Festival.
• Makes their own work, themselves (no designers, buy/sell, contractors, piecework, or factories).
• Artists and crafters currently making and selling fresh, new work.*note: jewelers who string together premade items, or clothiers who buy pre-made clothes and dye them will generally be scored lower than artists who create everything by hand themselves.
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WHO SHOULD NOT APPLY
• BUY/SELL vendors (including LuLaRoe, Imports, etc.)
• Someone who designs work and has other people make it for them (in a factory or studio)
• Someone who has their work mass-produced, by offset or giclee prints, mechanical molds, etc
• Someone who purchases and assembles kit
• Artists and crafters still selling old work or work that has been submitted to the jury before
• Consumables crafters: (contact The Augusta Hand Made Fair or The Augusta Saturday Market for a better fit for your work.)
• Creators of spices, mixes or other food items (pets too)
• Candle Makers
• Soap and/or skin care and/or bath product makers
Book authors (contact The Book Tavern at info@booktavern.com if you want to be in the Author’s Alley at Arts in the Heart.)
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SUBMISSION CATEGORIES
Entries will be considered if the submission falls within the following categories. If you are not sure, please contact festival organizers for clarification.
• Clay (thrown or hand-built ceramics)
• Clothing & Clothing accessories (not jewelry)
• Digital Art
• Fiber Art (baskets, leather goods, wall hangings, and hand quilting, not clothing)
• Folk Art
• Furniture
• Glasswork (not jewelry)
• Jewelry (rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, watches, tiaras, etc.)
• Metalwork (functional wares)
• Mixed Media 2D
• Mixed Media 3D
• Painting
• Photography
• Printmaking/Drawing
• Sculpture
• Wood (functional wares)
NOTE: for 2D art (paintings; drawings; serigraphs; etchings; collages; mixed media; photographs; digital art; signed and numbered limited edition prints – limited editions cannot include more than 250 signed and numbered pieces)
For an excellent article written by Agora Gallery on limited edition prints for 2D work, please visit https://www.agora-
gallery.com/advice/blog/2016/ 05/24/making-limited-edition- prints/. Limited Edition Prints…
Are printed, signed, numbered and often dated by the artist.
Are accompanied by detailed provenance (written document detailing the type of paper, where image was made, equipment used, and additional details on the work itself–more information here equates to more value later.
Are all printed at the same time and will not be printed in the same manner again (size, paper, type of printing) once the edition is completely printed.
Need help on how to apply? Watch this information session recording.