FOR ARTISTS

Applications | Application Instructions | Jurying | Categories | Artist Rules | General Rules

Downloadable applications and forms:

• 2008 Artist Application (pdf)
  
  
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The application form must be filled out completely and signed by the exhibiting artist. If a two-person team, both artists must sign the application. Application form and all required enclosures are to be sent in a package to The Love Affair Fine Arts Festival, c/o ABAC Arts Connection, ABAC 45, 2802 Moore Hwy, Tifton, GA 31793.

Show Dates and Times
• Saturday, May 3 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Sunday, May 4 from 12 noon to 5 p.m.

Set-Up Information
Dates and times for set-up are as follows:
• Friday, May 2 from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
• Saturday, May 3 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Gallery pieces will be accepted ONLY between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 3rd.

One vehicle per vendor will be allowed by permit (received at check-in) in the park for set-up. All vehicles must be clear of the park and in designated parking areas prior to 9 a.m. Vehicles remaining after 9 a.m. may be ticketed and towed at the owner's expense.

Fees
Applications must be accompanied by credit card information or check payable to Tifton-Tift County Arts Council for the corresponding fees. There is a $25 charge for insufficient funds.

• $100 Entry fee by Priority Deadline for 10 x 10 space (refundable if not accepted to festival)
• $125 Entry fee by Late Registration Deadline for 10 x 10 space (refundable if not accepted to festival)

Images
Color slides or high resolution (1280 pixel x 1024 pixel) digital image (jpegs)
• 1 of your booth/display to show work on display
• 3 representing your original work to be shown at festival

Slides must be marked with artist's name, title of work, category, specific medium, and dimensions.   Example slide >>

Digital images must use the following format for file names:
• For art, artist's last name_medium
• For booth, artist's last name_booth

Digital images may be emailed to artsconnection@abac.edu or sent on disc or CD with your completed application.

Images are required for all applications including past winners.

Deadline
• Priority Deadline — Applications must be postmarked by December 3, 2007.
• Late Registration — Applications must be postmarked by February 15, 2008.

Confirmation
A confirmation of your application will be made.

Refund
No refunds of accepted applications will be made after March 15, 2008. Request for refund must be submitted in writing to The Love Affair Fine Arts Festival, c/o ABAC Arts Connection, ABAC 45, 2802 Moore Hwy, Tifton, GA 31793.

Space Assignments
The festival board makes space assignments. Special request will be considered but not guaranteed. The assignment is final.

Commitment
A completed application is a commitment to show at the Love Affair and to abide by the festival rules. No refund of exhibitor fee will be made after March 15, 2008.

Acceptance
Selection is by jurying only. The decision of the judges is final. 

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Outside jurors will determine acceptance to the festival based on slides or high resolution digital images (jpegs) submitted. Booth arrangement will be a part of the jurying criteria. Jurors will also specify which open air market the work will be displayed in, either the Arts Market or the Children and Family Crafts Market. Participation in the Arts Gallery will be indicated by the jurors. Number of pieces in the gallery with a maximum of three will be set by the jurors for each individual artist.

Pieces in the Arts Gallery will be judged for prize money. Special signage will be placed at the winner's booth. Purchase awards by be selected from the gallery or from the open air market.

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Please read carefully as there are changes from previous years.

Vendors must portray a family oriented image.

Works deemed unacceptable by the festival board and management will be removed from the show with no refund to the exhibitor.

The artist(s) must be present at the festival.

All works must be original art created by the exhibiting artist.

Exhibited works must be consistent with slides or digital images submitted for jurying.

Pieces exhibited in the Gallery in a previous year may not return to the Gallery.

Up to 20% of the work can be photo offset, letterpress or gravure reproductions of original artwork if signed and numbered.

Each artist is responsible for collecting and reporting Georgia sales tax on all sales made during the festival. A form will be included in the artist packet at check-in.

For Gallery competition, all watercolors and dry graphic media must be covered with glass or plexi-glass.

The festival assumes no liability for any damages in the installation, display, or removal of any artist's work in either their own booths or in the Gallery Tent. Exhibitors display all artwork and fixtures at their own risk.

Artists must provide their own tents. The festival no longer offers tent rentals.

Safety Requirement:
The City of Tifton Director of Parks and Cemeteries must be present and approve the location before any stake or other object is driven in the ground to insure avoidance of electrical and water lines.

Fixtures and shelving are not provided.

No commercial booths. No signage or past award ribbons are allowed on or in the booth.

All booth items and Gallery Competition works must be available for sale.

Only one artist per space. No sharing of booths is allowed. A two-person team or partnership producing a single item may qualify as a single exhibitor.

All accepted exhibitors are required to come to the festival check-in before setting up. A picture ID and acceptance letter are required at check-in.

Space assignments as determined by the festival board are final.

Acceptance one year into the festival does not guarantee acceptance in the subsequent years.

To be eligible for awards, the artist must exhibit during the entire show. Prize money will be mailed to winners within 10 days of the close of the festival.

Artist may not tear down before 5 p.m. on Sunday. Any artist dismantling early will not be invited to the festival in 2009.

Security for off hours is minimal.

No refund will be made for inclement weather or other acts of God over which the festival board has no control, and the risk of loss from such an event shall be borne by the exhibitor. This is an open-air show.

Prohibited:
• Artwork created before 2005.
• Work created from kits, picture frames, velvet paintings, manufactured or kit jewelry, art supplies, commercial signage or displays, decoupage and ceramics cast from commercial molds.
• Works deemed unacceptable by the festival board and management OR works inconsistent with the artist’s application will be removed from the show with no refund to the exhibitor.
• Any mass-produced works.
• Sawtooth hangers are prohibited in the Gallery.
• Alcohol and sound systems.
• Consignment work from another artist.

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No distribution of literature or items of any kind of solicitation of signatures on petitions or any other document will be allowed unless otherwise permitted by the festival board.

The festival board reserves the right to make any changes or additions to the rules and regulations.

The festival board must approve all exhibitors, vendors, and entertainment in the festival area. No unauthorized street vendors or entertainment will be allowed.

By city ordinance, overnight parking of vehicles in the park is prohibited.

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