Call to Artists
Show dates: Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27, 2010.
Applications must be postmarked by February 2, 2010.
Notifications will be mailed on or about
February 15, 2010.
Selection Process l Categories l Jurors/Judges
Awards l Entry and Fee Info l Slides l Festival Specifics
Hospitality l Calendar of Important Dates
Checklist l Mail To
The Selection Process
Festival on the Green Fine Arts Show is a juried fine art and fine craft show with space for 40-50 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
Suzanne Robbert is an artist who specializes in realistic oil portraits and landscapes. She has a BA in Studio art and has worked as a professional artist for over 15 years selling her paintings internationally. Suzanne has volunteered and exhibited for the past six years at Artel, the only non-profit educational contemporary art gallery in Northwest Florida. She judged an exhibit at Artel that was photographed by Southern Living Magazine and was recently voted in as President of the gallery. Suzanne’s career combination of artist and gallery administrator has given her a unique understanding of both the creative and the business side of exhibiting quality artwork of various media.
Tommy McPherson is a graduate of University of South Carolina, earning his B.A. through the South Carolina Honors College in the History of Art. He earned an M.A. in Early American Culture and Decorative Arts from the University of Delaware - Winterthur. As the Director of the Mobile Museum of Art, Tommy takes delight in new and creative visual experiences and recognizes few boundaries or limitation for artists or for communities.
Awards
Judging begins at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 26. 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 | |
| (4) Judge's Awards | $75 | |
| In addition, several purchase awards will be offered. | ||
- Each application must be accompanied by a $65 check. The $65 check is for a $25 jury fee (which is non-refundable), and a $40 booth fee (includes $2.80 state sales tax). Those applicants who are not selected by the jury for participation in the show will be refunded the $40 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.
- A separate application packet (entry and release form, fee and slides or jpegs) must be submitted if you wish to apply in more than one category.
- 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 15. Please do not make phone inquires.
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 jward@uwf.edu.
- 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 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.
- A reception and awards presentation will be held Friday, March 26.
- 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.
| Feb. 2 | Deadline for entry |
| Feb. 15 | Notification of entries accepted for the show (on or about) |
| March 26 & 27 | Show days 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (set up allowed Thursday, April 3 afternoon or Friday, April 4 6:30 to 10 a.m.) |
| March 26 | Judging begins at 10 a.m. |
| March 26 | Reception and awards presentation at 5:30 p.m. in the Alumni Room, Bldg 12 |
| March 27 | Slides of accepted work will be returned to artists by 3 p.m. |
CHECKLIST:
Incomplete applications will not be accepted. For more information, call Joy Ward, (850) 474-2431.
Complete and sign the application enclosed. Read and sign hold harmless release agreement. - Include a $65 check: The $65 fee is for a $25 jury fee (nonrefundable) and a $40 booth fee ($2.80 state sales tax is included). If applicant is not juried into the show, the $40 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: November 17, 2009