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September 20 & 21 

Heritage Green

Sandy Springs, Georgia

120 fine art and fine craft booths

Deadline: July 25

Highlights:

• Present your art to an affluent, art savvy clientele
• Extensive Marketing through paid advertising, media sponsorship and editorial publicity
• Drive up loading and unloading - event is held on the street.

Each year, over 20,000 attendees gather at Heritage Green to shop the street-lined booths with more than 600 artists, crafters and vendors, and enjoy good times with music, food and fun. Come join us over the weekend at one of the largest community festivals in the area.

The crowds show up for new surprises and fun events each year, including:

• The Sandy Springs Society Entertainment Lawn and Stage offers great live music, dancing and entertainment
• Sports enthusiasts can compete to qualify for the Peachtree Road Race in the fast-paced Doug Kessler Sandy Springs Lightning 10K and 5K. 
• Kids will have a great time participating in all the children's games at the Children's Park.
• Visiting the Heritage Sandy Springs Museum and celebrating the heritage of our community through interactive crafts, demonstrations and exhibits both inside and outside the Museum. 

The Sandy Springs Festival is the largest fundraiser for Heritage Sandy Springs, a non-profit organization that operates Heritage Green, a four-acre city park in the heart of Sandy Springs.

Founded in 1985 to oversee the preservation of the original "sandy springs" and the restoration of the Williams-Payne House, Heritage Sandy Springs presents a year round calendar of educational, cultural and heritage programs and events for the community. 

Located in the center of the Sandy Springs business district, the site also includes green space gardens with a gazebo bandstand, the Heritage Sandy Springs Museum, the Sandy Springs Society Entertainment Lawn, a Research Library and Archive, and meeting venues including Heritage Hall.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:

Deadline: July 25, 2014

Accept Invitation and Purchase Deadline: August 30, 2014

FEES

Application fee: $25 ($35 for paper app)

Standard booth fee: $250 (Up to 120 total exhibition booths)

Double booth fee: $500 (Limited availability)

Booth size: 10' x 10' or greater

Corner upgrade: $75 (limited availability) 

Electricity: $50 (limited availability)

Tent rental: $50 (limited availability) 

To download an application or find out more information visit www.sandyspringsfestival.com. Application also available at www.zapplication.org. 

This event is hosted by AFFPS and is organized by artists for artists.

March 20-22, 2015 
Winter Park, Florida
Central Park along Park Avenue
225 Artists
Deadline: September 26

Fine Arts and Fine Crafts categories:  Clay, Digital Art, Drawing and Pastels, Fiber, Glass, Jewelry, Leather, Metal, Mixed Media-2D, Mixed Media-3D, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Watercolor and Wood.

• Ranks #5 in the nation by Sunshine Artist magazine in their 2014 list of Best 200 Fine Art and Design Shows
• Ranks #1 in Art Fair Calendar's 2013 America's Best Art fairs poll
• Attracts more than 300,000 visitors each year
• Presents $72,500 in 63 cash awards including a $10,000 Best of show purchase award, a $5,000 Art of Philanthropy Award purchase award funded by the Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation, and a $2,500 Award for a Distinguished Work of Art given by the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art
• is expected to exceed $50,000 this year in Patron Program "Art Bucks"
• Lists all artists' names, art image and contact information in Art Festival Magazine and on the website
• Promotes an Emerging Artist Program
• Offers booth sitting, free parking for artists, Artist Hospitality Tent
• Produces a Friday Night Jazz Concert
• Celebrates with a Saturday Night Artists' Award Dinner
• Provides a children's Workshop Village and encourages student art through the Leon Theodore Schools Art Exhibit
• Produced by an all-volunteer board that focuses on the artists' success

For more information:

Apply: www.Zapplication.org 

Festival's website:  www.wpsaf.org 

E-mail: WPSAFpr@yahoo.com

Phone: (407)644-7207

September 14 & 15
La Grange, Illinois
Intersection of Burlington & Brainard Ave.
Sat. 10am-5pm; Sun. 10am-4pm
90 max. artist

Celebrating its 18th year, the West End Art Festival is a La Grange tradition whose purpose is to bring a quality, fine art event to the Village of La Grange and surrounding communities and highlight the west end business district.  Artists from across the country participate in La Grange's late summer festival that attracts art admirers and patrons each year.

Presented by the La Grange business Association and held in cooperation with the Village of La Grange, the festival is held in the shadow of the landmark Stone Avenue Station along Burlington Avenue between Brainart and Spring Avenues.  The charming and historic West End area of La Grange provides a picture-perfect setting to showcase art.  Other highlights include live music, food from local La Grange restaurants and children's art activities for an event to be enjoyed by all ages.

This show is one of a series of Chicago area art fairs managed by Erin Melloy of EM Events. EM Events are held in partnership with local business organizations bring close interaction between each community and its' local art fair and ensuring you loyal patrons. 

Learn more and apply: http://emevents.com 

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4th Cannon Falls Wine & Art Festival

July 20 & 21  
Cannon Falls, Minnesota

10 am to 5 pm

50 exhibitor spaces
Deadline: NOW, a few spaces left!

The Cannon Falls Wine & Art Festival is now in its fourth year and will be held July 20th & 21st at Hannah's Bend Park in the city of Cannon Falls, MN. The park, made famous by a visit from President Obama in 2011, is located next to The Cannon River and has lots of trees, a picnic area and a frisbee golf course. Last year approximately 50 artists and 15 wineries were involved in the festival.

The winery booths are interspersed within the artist booth spaces to make for a casual, fun atmosphere. Tasting tickets are sold for $20 (including a souvenier wine glass) and allows participants to taste 10 different wines.

Live musical performances scheduled throughout the weekend and several food vendors including streudel, woodfired pizza, kettle corn and others.

Rules/Regulations
Jury Fee -nonrefundable $25

Booth Information
Fair hours are 10:00AM - 5:00pm. Artists are expected to stay the entire time.  It is an outdoor event and each artist is expected to bring their own set up display and tent.  We will have security in place over Saturday night.

• All booth spaces are 15'X15'.  Tents need to be weighted.
• Booth fee - $65
• Artists provide their own displays, handle sales and collect MN sales tax.
• The Festival is a RAIN or SHINE - event held in a grassy park along the Cannon River
• Exhibitors may set up their booths Saturday morning from 7am-9:30am.
• Security is provided during non-selling time.

Fri.: 1pm-8pm
Sat.: 10am-6 pm
Artist Reception - Sat.: 6pm
Sun.: 11am-5 pm

     Please join us for the Great Lakes Art Fair. The GLAF delivers an exceptional event experience for artists and their patrons. This fair is a unique fusion of lush landscapes, tempting food, and an optimal indoor venue of spring and fall events that are rapidly becoming established as the Midwest's premiere indoor art fair!

Special for Fall:  

• Art fairs are always looking for ways to enhance the event both for artists and the attending public. This Fall the show will open on Friday at 1 pm and close at 8 pm. We will be returning with the hugely successful Friday Ladies Night Out promotion that drew over 2000 women to line up for entry on Friday!  It also allows for some Friday setup for artists.
• Robust marketing campaign planned with media partners 

 The juried component of the fair will feature 200 local, regional, and national artists. Expect an elegant entrance gallery showcasing your art, community partnerships and other fresh components that create a wonderful regional marketplace for artists and their patrons. Our goal is an expansive marketplace that brings fresh energy to the regional artistic community.

Location:

     The Suburban Collection Showplace is located in Novi, Michigan, situated in Western Oakland County, one of the nation's most affluent areas. Although 2009 marked the first year for the spring and fall Great Lakes Art Fairs, the Suburban Collection Showplace is familiar to patrons as a premier indoor venue for specialty events.

Attendance:

     Over the past decade the Rock Financial Showplace has been host to premier indoor art fairs each year during the months of April and October. Attendance figures from these fairs have averaged in the tens of thousands.

Artist Amenities:

• custom Great Lakes Art Fair discount coupons
• e-mail blast content
• free tickets, postcards and other collateral materials to distribute to their patrons
• drive up to your booth to unload and load
• artist hospitality area and reception
• artist gallery 

      We want you to help us build this biannual event into an event that regional artists can count on. Please join us.

Apply at our website: 

www.GreatLakesArtFair.com/artistapply.html  

We use for our online applications. 

For more info: info@greatlakesartfair.com, or contact Kristina Jones at (248) 348-5600   

Visit the website for more info: www.GreatLakesArtFair.com