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Happy buyers at Arts, Beats & Eats |
Royal Oak, Michigan
Downtown Streets
155 Artists
Deadline: April 10
We invite you to apply to the 15th annual Arts, Beats & Eats. This festival is the "go-to" event that heralds the end of summer in metro Detroit, hosting more than 300,000 visitors who come to enjoy the amazing diversity of art, music and food in a cool urban setting.
This event is held in Oakland County, which is the third-wealthiest county in the nation (including cities such as Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills and Rochester).
The 155 artists chosen to participate come from across the country to join our celebration. Being an art fair artist is a demanding business. A professional staff awaits your arrival and we look forward to welcoming you with perks such as vigorous volunteers, easy set up and take down, good cash awards, free food and beverage tickets and personal attention to particular needs.
New this year:
- A lower number of artists than in 2011
- reduced exhibit space prices
- an enhanced layout with varied price structures
- easier load in and load out
- improved parking access, and much more!
This year we will miss Connie Mettler, who has left to pursue
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full time her commitment to artists through her various websites. Good Luck to you Connie!
We are pleased to add Donna Beaubien who has joined us as our new Associate Art Director to our Art Team. Donna comes to us from a long history as an artist and a director of art fairs, such as the Art Fair Chair for the Guild; Art Fair Birmingham, Meadowbrook, Greektown, and the Village of Rochester Hills Art Shows. Welcome Donna!
We know you are aware of the challenging economic times throughout the nation and in Michigan, but we want to reassure you that we are committed to meeting your needs and bringing you the audience you deserve. Ford Arts, Beats & Eats has been one of the few festivals that has been able to sustain a fine arts component over 14 years, and the event's recent move to Royal Oak and limited number of booth spaces, positions it as one of the top potential sales spots for artists anywhere.
Our promotion is considered among the best of art festivals
nationwide. You cannot be in the metropolitan Detroit area on Labor Day weekend without seeing specials about the arts activities on television, hearing artists' interviews on the radio stations and reading comprehensive feature articles in the press, directed solely to the juried fine arts show.
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