Call for Entries - The 31st Annual St. George Art Festival Applications Available

Applications are now available online at www.sgcity.org/artfestival or by calling the Festival office at 435-627-4500.

How to Apply- To be juried for the 2010 St. George Art Festival, you must include the following in your packet: 1) a completed application form; 2) a $20, non-refundable fee for each category applied for; 3) five 35 mm slides or digital format (*Note digital image submission procedures on application.) – four of your recent work (created within the last 2 years) of each category you wish to enter, and one of your booth setup which will be used at the Festival; 4) a self-addressed stamped envelope (if slides are sent).

Applications must be delivered to the St. George Arts Center by 5:00 p.m. on January 15, 2010 (approximately 110 artists will be selected).  Send applications to: St. George Art Festival, 86 South Main St., St. George, UT 84770.  Booth fees will be required after acceptance – please do not send booth fees with application.

Exhibitor Fees- Booth fee is $130.00 each.  All spaces are 10’ x 11’ long.  Exhibitors may request one or two booths (double booths are limited).  No commissions are taken by the Festival.  Artists’ booths must contain at least 50% original work.

Jury Selection- Jury selection will take place in late January with notification of acceptance or non-acceptance to be mailed to applicants after that time.  If no notice is received by February 12, 2010, contact the Festival office at leisure@sgcity.org or
(435) 627-4500.

Jurors are selected by the St. George Art Festival Art Committee.  Images submitted digitally or on CD will not be returned. Slides belonging to applicants who are not accepted will be returned along with their notification.  Slides belonging to accepted exhibitors will be returned at the Festival.  Acceptance will be considered solely on the merits of the work pictured, not upon any qualifications of the applicant.

Participation in previous St. George Art Festivals does not guarantee acceptance from year to year.

Purchase Awards- The City of St. George will provide $5000 in purchase awards.  Art pieces selected will be placed in the City’s permanent collection at the St. George art Museum. Cash prizes awarded to best Best of Show, Merit award 2D, and Merit award 3D.