Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts

Important: Please read all information below, particularly the section on Digital Image submission, before clicking the link at the bottom of the page to submit your application.

SHOW HOURS

Saturday, August 28 10am-6pm
Sunday, August 29 10am-5pm

LOCATION

The Festival will be held on Elmwood Avenue between West Ferry Street and Lafayette Avenue, in the heart of Buffalo’s premier shopping and dining district.

PO Box 786
Buffalo, NY 14213-0786
Phone: 716-830-2484
www.elmwoodartfest.org

ATTENDANCE

The tenth Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts was held on August 29th and 30th and attracted an enthusiastic shopping crowd of 100,000 people.

BOOTH SPACE

All booth spaces are 10’ x 15’. An attempt will be made to accommodate special requests in the order they are received. The Festival tries very hard to make every space a good space. Emerging artist spaces are 10’ x 10’.

SALES TAX

Each exhibitor is responsible for collecting 8.75% New York State sales tax. For information, contact: NY State Department of Taxation & Finance; calls from within NY State 800-225-5829; calls from outside NY State 518-485-6800.

ARTIST'S PARTICIPATION

The Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts is a juried show open to all artists and craftspeople. One of the festival goals is to encourage regional artists and craftspeople. To accomplish this we award one point in the jury scoring to Erie County and New York State residents. Participating artists must be present for the entire festival. No agents, dealers or representatives will be permitted. Photo identification may be required. All artists must supply their own booth, tables and chairs. Only one artist may display work in a booth. Collaboration on work is permitted but must be identified on the application form. All work should be original and made by the artist, not manufactured. No "buy and sell" work will be permitted.

STANDARDS

All work displayed must be consistent with images submitted. The Festival will have on-site jurors to insure compliance during the festival. Work not consistent with the images will be required to be removed. Jurors will use the following guidelines in selecting eligible participants. "Whether one of a kind or produced in quantity, all work should reflect excellence of design and craftsmanship. Work should be well conceived, expertly executed, and show a creative identity of design." All submissions will be juried, but the Festival Committee reserves the right and responsibility to make final determinations as to the suitability of all work for inclusion into the show and the right to remove specific items or entire displays if deemed necessary.

APPLICATION

Click here to complete application. Applications must be submitted online by March 27, 2010, and include:

1. A completed application form for each medium to be exhibited.
2. Four digital images for each medium to be exhibited. (see IMAGES)
3. A valid credit card for each application fee for each medium to be exhibited. (see FEES)

One application must be completed for each medium to be displayed. An artist wishing to display work in more than one medium must submit a separate application, images, and jury fee. Only one booth fee is required. Applications submitted after March 27, 2010 will not be accepted. The Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts, Inc. reserves the right to refuse any application. The Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts, Inc. reserves the right to use any images and artists names submitted with applications for any publicity needs.

FEES

Application Fee: $20-Non-refundable, for each medium applied in. Will be billed to your credit card.
Booth Fee: $225 per booth. Booth fees must be paid by check upon notification of jury acceptance into the show.

DIGITAL IMAGES

All work to be exhibited must be represented in your images.

• 3 images of work/1 of display
• Dimensions: Images must be a minimum of 700 pixels and a maximum of 1920 pixels in both width and height. Any rectangular image within these limits is acceptable (e.g. 1024 x 800)
• File Format: Baseline JPG (do not use progressive JPG format) PLEASE DO NOT SAVE YOUR JPG AS A PROGRESSIVE JPG FILE. Progressive JPGs will be read by the Web site. However the large format images used during the jury will not display properly if the files are saved as progressive files.
• Compression: The image file size must be less than 1.8 MBs. To determine your file size please view the properties of your image file size while it is closed. Larger is not necessarily better. Please consult a professional vendor to determine if compression for your artwork is needed.
• Quality pictures are very important There a several products that will help you format your images. Software is available to purchase as well as free downloadable software. Various websites are offer online image editing tools. Here are some helpful links
  • Adobe (http://www.adobe.com) currently provides two photo editing products--Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Elements--that are very popular among today's designers and artists. Adobe Elements, the less-expensive option, provides a free 30-day trial if you would like to try the program before purchasing.
  • Get Paint (http://www.getpaint.net), a free open-source program for Windows-based computers, can also help to format images successfully. If you are a Mac user, download Gimp (http://www.gimp.org), a useful image editing program. Sumo, Aviary, and Pixlr are some of the few websites out there that offer image editing right in the browser.
  If purchasing a photo editing program is out of your budget or you are short on time, having a digital professional prepare your images for upload to the Elmwood Festival system may be your best option.

JURY PROCESS

The jury will be composed of three local arts & crafts professionals. All four digital images will be viewed simultaneously.

NOTIFICATION

Notifications will be mailed by March 30, 2010. Cancellations must be made by April 17, 2010 to have booth fee refunded.