Call to Artists
Show dates: April 5 & 6, 2013
Applications must be postmarked by February 18, 2013
Notifications will be mailed on or about
February 22, 2013
Selection Process | Categories | Jurors/Judges
Awards | Entry and Fee Info | Slides | Festival Specifics
Hospitality | Calendar of Important Dates
Checklist | Mail To
The Selection Process
Festival on the Green Fine Arts Show is a juried fine art and fine craft show with space for up to 35 artists. To ensure impartiality, the entries are assigned numbers and no artists' names are used during the selection process. Our goal is to present a well-rounded show, but there is no predetermined number or percentage of spaces established for any category. We reserve the right to determine what is art as it applies to this event and to make final judgment of all entries.
| Categories | |
| Ceramics | Oil/Acrylic |
| Drawing | Photography |
| Fiber/Wood/Leather | Printmaking |
| Glass | Sculpture |
| Jewelry | Watercolor |
| Mixed Media |
Jurors/Judges
Marzia Ellero Ransom
Marzia Ellero Ransom is an Italian artist working in Pensacola Florida. Marzia has been teaching at the University of West Florida since 2008. Her art practice focuses on experiments and manipulations: process, development, and evolution are thereby shown through narrative and historical subject matters. Marzia considers herself a Contemporary Renaissance artist who uses her multifaceted talent to showcase her dissected and contorted memories.
Wanda Sullivan
Wanda Sullivan received her BFA in painting from the Univ. of South Alabama and her MFA in painting from the University of Mississippi. She is an Associate Professor of Fine Arts and the director of the Eichold Gallery at Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL. Her paintings have been exhibited in one person and group shows throughout the United States. Recently, she has been included in exhibitions at Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, Brooklyn Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, the Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS, Space 301, Mobile, AL, The Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL, and Loyola University Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA. She lives in Mobile, AL with her two artistic children, Addie and Dash, and husband, Brian.
Awards
Judging begins at 10 a.m. on Friday. Cash prizes totaling $1,700 will be awarded in these categories:
 |
Best of Show | $600 |
| President's Award | $400 | |
| First Place Award | $300 | |
| Second Place Award | $200 | |
| (2) Judge's Awards | $75 | |
| In addition, several purchase awards will be offered. | ||
Entry and Fee Information
- Each application must be accompanied by a $70 check. The $70 check is for a $25 jury fee (which is non-refundable), and a $45 booth fee (includes $3.14 state sales tax). NOTE: Artists who won Best of Show, President's or First Place Awards at the 2012 festival are exempt from the $25 jury fee. Those applicants who are not selected by the jury for participation in the show will be refunded the $45 booth fee. Fees collected will be applied to jurying and judging costs, as well as to artist awards.
- Choose one category on the entry form that most closely reflects your work.
- If you wish to apply in more than one category, a separate application packet (entry and release forms,$45 booth fee and slides or jpegs) must be submitted.
- Festival on the Green Fine Arts Show will establish a waiting list. Artists on the waiting list may be called if space becomes available because of cancellations.
- Notification of acceptance will be made on or about February 27, 2013. Please do not make phone inquiries.
Slides or Jpegs
Submit four 35mm slides or four jpegs for consideration by the jury. Three slides or jpegs are to be representative of current work that you will display. The fourth slide or jpeg must show the display booth you will use during the art show. 
- Slides: The front of each slide must have your name and category on it and an arrow indicating the top. Metal or glass slides are not acceptable. Submit slides in a clear plastic sleeve designed for 35mm slides. FOG is not responsible for damaged slides. Slides submitted by accepted artists will be displayed on the Festival on the Green web site. NOTE: Slides will not be returned unless a self-addressed, stamped envelope with sufficient postage for return is provided with the application.
- Jpegs: Name each jpeg as follows: your last name, number 1-4, dot jpg (example: ward1.jpg, ward2.jpg, ward3.jpg, ward4.jpg). The first three jpegs should be of your current work and the fourth, of your booth display. The size of each jpeg must be below 300 KB (approximately 3.5 x 5 at 72 dpi.) Submit jpegs on a CD or e-mail as an attachment to cguyette@uwf.edu.
Festival Specifics
- Only fine art and fine craft will be accepted into the Festival on the Green juried art show.
- Artists and craftsmen must be present to display their own work; proxy exhibitors are not permitted.
- Accepted artists must display a minimum of four pieces in each category in which they were accepted.
- All works on display must be the artist's own original design. Only original artwork may be hung. Watercolors, original prints, drawings, and photographs must be appropriately framed and glassed (or substitute for glass). Reproductions must be in a portfolio and each item clearly marked reproduction. Work in portfolios will not be judged, but may be offered for sale. No more than two viewing bins may be used.
- The work of only one exhibitor may be displayed in each assigned space. A two-person team producing a like- product may qualify as a single exhibitor, but this arrangement must be explained in detail on the application in the descriptor space provided.
- The University of West Florida campus is patrolled day and night by the University of West Florida police department. Although care will be taken to avoid hazards to artwork, FOG is not responsible for any loss or damage to displays or artwork. Overnight security services will be provided Friday night, however it is recommended that each artist have insurance.
- Each exhibitor space is 10' x 10'. No electricity will be provided at exhibitor spaces. Generators are not allowed; batteries are permitted.
- Each exhibitor is responsible for collecting Florida sales tax (7.5%) on all sales.
- Each exhibitor is expected to display until closing, 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 6.
- A reception and awards presentation will be held Friday.
- Complimentary coffee and sweets will be available each morning for participating artists.
- Volunteers will be available for booth-sitting both days.
- ATM services are available on campus in the Commons.
- Artists' parking passes will be mailed prior to the festival.
- Artists will be allowed to set up display tents on Thursday afternoon. Detailed setup instructions will be mailed prior to the festival.
| February 18 | Deadline for entry (postmarked) |
| February 27 | Notification of entries accepted for the show (on or about) |
| April 5 & 6 | Show days 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (set up allowed Thursday afternoon or Friday 6:30 to 10 a.m.) |
| April 5 | Judging begins at 10 a.m. |
| April 5 | Reception and awards presentation at 5:30 p.m. in the Conference Center lobby |
| April 6 | Slides of accepted work will be returned to artists by 3 p.m. |
CHECKLIST:
Incomplete applications will not be accepted. For more information, call Charlotte Guyette, (850) 474-2769 or email to cguyette@uwf.edu.
Complete and sign the application.- Read and sign hold harmless release agreement.
- Include a $70 check (or $45 if you won Best of Show, President's or First Place Awards at the 2012 festival): The $70 fee is for a $25 jury fee (nonrefundable) and a $45 booth fee ($3.14 state sales tax is included). If applicant is not juried into the show, the $45 booth fee will be refunded. Make checks payable to UWF Foundation, Inc.
- Include four slides or four jpegs per entry, including three of your current artwork and one of display booth.
- If submitting slides, include self-addressed, stamped envelope with sufficient postage for return of your slides (to be used if the artist is not juried into the show).
MAIL TO:
UWF Festival on the Green Fine Arts Show
Attn: Valerie Moneyham, Bldg 20W, Rm 159
11000 University Pkwy.
Pensacola, FL 32514
last update: april 5, 2013