Rising Sun Fine Arts Festival September 18 and 19
Award winning artists and artisan’s from all over the United States gather in Rising Sun to display their fine art, fine crafts, jewelry, furniture, and handcrafted musical instruments at the first annual Rising Sun Festival of Fine Arts and Crafts.
Sample Indiana’s wineries, listen to music, stroll along our landscaped river walk for a great day away.
The festival will be located on Rising Sun’s Historic Main Street 10-5 on Saturday and Sunday. For more information check our www.risingsunartfestival.org , www.enjoyrisingsun.com. or call 888-776-4786.
Express Yourself in Any
Subject or Style – from
Abstracts to Realism
Awards
Best of Show $1,000
First Place $750
Second $500
Third $300
(3) Judge’s Merit Award $100
Calendar of Events
April 5 Postmark Deadline for Entries
April 22 Notification of Acceptance (Email or Phone)
May 1 Hand Deliver Artwork (10 am to 5 pm)
May 2 Hand Deliver Artwork (Noon to 4 pm)
May 7 Reception & Awards Presentation (7 to 9 pm:
May 28 Last day of Exhibition (Works must remain through this date)
May 29 Pick up artwork (1 0 am to 5 pm)
May 30 Pick up artwork (Noon to 4 pm)
Artist Eligibility: Open to all artists over 18 years of age. Up to two entries per artist. A non-refundable $20 fee is required.
Media & Specifications
2-Dimensional -All media. Art must be properly framed, ready to hang with wire – no sawtooth hardware or clip-on frames. No wet paint. Not to exceed 40×40 framed.
3-Dimensional art must come fully assembled on a stable base and be light enough for two people to handle.
All work must be the artist’s original design; not copied from copyrighted material or produced in a workshop.
Artwork must have been executed after 2007 and not been previously displayed at the Rising Sun Pendleton Art Center (includes
the main gallery and private studios.)
NO giclee’ or other reproductions, wearing apparel (i.e. jewelry, clothing) photography (digital or otherwise)
Good News: No commission on Sales!
Artwork may be submitted Not for Sale (NFS.) Price on Request (POR) will not be accepted. Artwork must remain through duration of the Exhibition — offenders will not be eligible for future exhibitions.
Submission by Digital Images Only
Submit one CD with up to two images in jpg format, no larger than 8×10, 300 dpi, RGB color mode. 3-Dimensional work may
be shown with two images each.
Include on the disk the following information typed in a Word document: Title of Work, Artist, Dimensions, Media & Price
* File Naming: Name each jpg image with
Last Name-First Initial-Entry Letter.jpg:
Example: Doe-J-A.jpg
Doe-J-B.jpg
Make sure the Entry letter (A or B) of the image on the file matches the letter of the image on the Entry Form.
*Print full name on the CD and cover
*Any digital manipulation is limited to making the file look like the original artwork or the work will be disqualified.
ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY APRlL5, 2010 Mail the entire signed & completed Entry Form, CD, and $20 payable to:
Rising Sun, O/C Tourism
P.O. Box 112
Rising Sun IN, 47040
The entry form can be downloaded here.
Delivery & Return of Work
Check Calendar of Events for dates and times. Artists will receive labels to identify their work upon registration. Special arrangements must be made in advance if work cannot be picked up in time allotted or the artist will be charged a $lO/day storage fee. After 30 days, the work becomes RSIOCT property.
Liability & Insurance.
Reasonable precautions will be made to safeguard all entries. However, Rising Sun Tourism and the Pendleton Art Center will not be responsible for loss or damage to artwork. Works submitted to this exhibition shall indicate the Artwork may be artist’s agreement with the above conditions.
Here are the upcoming workshops for 2010. March 27 and 28 Bob Saueressig will be teaching Linocuts. On April 17th and 18th, Pat Averill will be teaching Colored Pencil. In May, it will be time once again for our Juried Art Exhibition at the Pendleton Art Center. On May 22nd and 23rd, Ron Monsma will be back again for Pastel Landscapes. On June 5th and 6th, Ken Buck will be teaching Acrylic Flowers. Robin Goetz will be teaching Photographing Still Lifes on August 21st and 22nd. September 18th and 19th, the Rising Sun Festival of Fine Arts and Crafts will be downtown. And, last but least, the Fall Juried Art Exhibition will take place in October at the Pendleton Art Center.
Click Here to download the 2010 Workshop Registration Form (requires Adobe Acrobat).
The Rising Sun Arts Council is pleased to announce the 2010 Rising Sun Festival of Fine Arts and Crafts on September 18th and 19th, 2010. Please visit the website www.risingsunartfestival.org for further information, rules and regulations. Artists must apply through the website www.zapplication.org.
4th Annual Juried Art Show October 2 at Pendleton Art Center
The opening reception for the Rising Sun 4th Annual Juried Art Show “A*muse” will be held on October 2 at the Pendleton Art Center 201 Main Street Rising Sun from 6-9pm.
Over one hundred and thirty entries from the tri-state area were received. The entries were then juried for entry into the show. Fifty eight works were accepted and will be displayed at the Rising Sun Pendleton Art Center during the month of October.
Judge for the competition is Tamara Lenz Muente. Ms Muente is curatorial assistant/exhibition coordinator at the Taft Museum of Art where she serves as curator of the recently established Keystone Contemporary series that annually features an emerging Cincinnati artist. She writes about the visual arts for City Beat, as well as national art publications The Artist’s Magazine, The Pastel Journal, and Watercolor Artist.
Prizes will be awarded at 7pm for Best of Show, First, Second and Third Place and 3 Honorable Mentions.
Local artist, Vera Curnow, is the coordinator of the show.
The show is sponsored by Ohio County Tourism. For more information call 888-776-4786 or visit www.artsinrisingsun.com for information on all art happenings.
