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Call for Artists: 7th Annual Babcock Ranch Art Show

Posted by Meg Mettler on September 26, 2024 at 6:00am

12959887094?profile=RESIZE_400xMarch 8 & 9, 2025
Babcock Ranch, Florida
Founder's Square
Saturday 10am-5pm & Sunday 11am-4pm
60 Artists
Deadline: November 1, 2024

Application fee $25/Booth fee $325

Babcock Ranch continues to grow by leaps and bounds, and we want you to be a part of this boutique art show. The many new houses in Babcock Ranch need your artwork to make them feel like "home." Extensive advertising throughout Lee and Charlotte Counties, designed to bring art buyers to you, includes newspapers, radio, billboards, and online advertising with paid and organic Facebook ads featuring artist work. 

Various local farm-to-table restaurants and vendors will encourage attendees to stay for lunch or dinner as they decide upon their artwork purchases.

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Promotion for Babcock Ranch Art Show will be most successful if artists and the Art Show work together. ArtFest Fort Myers/Babcock Ranch Art Show are both very active on social media and focus our community engagement campaigns to bring more buyers to artists. We encourage artists to contact your email mailing lists with newsletters and post promotional images on social media about your participation in Babcock Ranch Art Show. Working together will attract a larger audience of artists.

The Babcock Ranch Art Show has artist-friendly procedures to ensure you experience a pleasant and profitable weekend. Our artist hospitality team is there to greet and direct you on setup day and is available all weekend.

12959890654?profile=RESIZE_400xArtist perks include:

  • Drive-up access to your booth location on setup day (Friday morning); includes storage space behind your booth
  • Indoor restrooms
  • Convenient free artist parking
  • Professional overnight security
  • Oversized booth spaces with at least three feet between booths and storage space behind

Produced by the nationally ranked team of ArtFest Fort Myers, this 2-day event embraces this new town of Babcock Ranch. Working closely with the Babcock Ranch School, a portion of your booth fee supports art education for at-risk children. 

"The staff all were friendly and very helpful, Thank you!!"
"I love, Love, Love that you provide each artist with plenty of space!! Allowing for showing on all sides ...Thank you !!"
"The staff were very professional and conducted everything in such a kind and positive manner. I had such a great experience!"

 

For more information: https://babcockranchartshow.com/
Contact: Nicole Holdgrafer nicole.holdgrafer@artfestfortmyers.com

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Call for Artists: 6th Annual Babcock Ranch Art Show

Posted by Meg Mettler on September 28, 2023 at 6:00am
12227222067?profile=RESIZE_400xMarch 9 & 10, 2024
Babcock Ranch, Florida
Founder's Square
Saturday 10am-5pm & Sunday 10am-4pm
65 Artists
Deadline: November 3, 2023
 
Application fee: $25/Booth fee: $325
 
The Babcock Ranch Art Show, professionally managed and produced by the ArtFest Fort Myers staff, is a 2-day boutique art show held in the new town of Babcock Ranch. This free-to-the-public art show features approximately 65 exceptional artists, centered in the town square of the first solar-powered town in the U.S., surrounded by seven exciting new neighborhoods. The Babcock Ranch Art Show is dedicated to promoting and showcasing your artwork.
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Held outdoors on the water in the Founder's Square of a gorgeous solar powered state-of-the-art community, opened in 2018 and still growing and building every year. The community sold over 2,000 homes in the last year alone, and these new homeowners will be looking for art to add to their homes!
 
Each year, the buyer demographic for the Babcock Ranch Art Shows grows exponentially. With new homes, schools, shopping centers, restaurants and other amenities being built, more and more people are moving to Babcock Ranch!
 
12227222667?profile=RESIZE_400xTestimonials
"This show is a pleasure to participate in."
"Layout was good. The venue was very pleasant, easy to navigate, and overall a quite enjoyable location."
"Set up was great. Great organization, good volunteers to direct. Wonderful."
"I was pleasantly surprised that people from surrounding cities/towns made the drive out to Babcock Ranch. I sold fair and made enough to be satisfied with my profit. I also do want to give a shout out to the marketing team. I think good efforts were made to advertise the show and it was very much worth it. I saw posters, social media, and a segment on the local TV new channels."
"Excellent Sales at the Show & additional, after the show."
"This was the most enjoyable art show in years. All the folks were friendly and helpful."
"Great show. Great location. Booth spacing was generous."
 
Artists are set in a circular layout, allowing all booths to have at least 3 feet spacing in a lakefront park-like setting. Extensive promotion featuring your artwork to neighboring cities in Lee and Charlotte Counties assures that your buying public will be eager to see you.
 
For more information: www.babcockranchartshow.com
Contact: Annie Crouch annie.crouch@artfestfortmyers.com
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Call for Artists: 5th Annual Babcock Ranch Art Show

Posted by Meg Mettler on September 22, 2022 at 6:00am
10814122891?profile=RESIZE_400xMarch 11 & 12, 2023
Babcock Ranch, Florida
Founders Square
Saturday 10am-5pm & Sunday 10am-4pm
60+ Artists
Deadline: November 4, 2022
 
Application fee: $25               Booth fee: $325
 
The Babcock Ranch Art Show, produced by the experienced ArtFest Fort Myers staff, is a 2 day boutique art show held in the new town of Babcock Ranch. This FREE-to-the-public art show will feature 60+ exceptional artists centered in Founders Square overlooking Lake Babcock.
 
Babcock Ranch is the first ever fully solar-powered town in the U.S., surrounded by seven new neighborhoods. New members of the Babcock community will be now, more than ever, looking for artwork to enhance the beauty and elegance of their new homes! A variety of local farm to table restaurants & vendors will encourage attendees to stay for lunch or dinner, as they decide upon their artwork purchases.
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The Babcock Ranch Art Show has artist-friendly procedures in place to ensure that your weekend with us is pleasant and profitable. Our Artist Hospitality team is there to greet and direct you on Set Up Day and is available to you all weekend. Artists are set in a circular flow around Founders Square that allows booths to have at least 3 feet of space in the lakefront setting.
 
 
10814124684?profile=RESIZE_400xArtist Perks include:
• Drive-up access to your booth location on set up day (Friday morning) with ample behind booth storage
• Indoor bathrooms
• Professional overnight security
• Convenient free artist parking adjacent to the Art Show site
• Oversized booth spaces with at least three feet between booths and ample storage space behind
• An audience of new home-buyers eager for your artwork
 
If you are new to the idea of selling at outdoor art festivals, please contact us for any support you may need - we love to help. Our staff is available to talk about any details you seek and to take a peek at your images in advance and provide feedback on "jury strength," at least in our opinion, based on 20+ years of watching juries. We love talking with artists and are happy to share our insights to support artists’ success.
 
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