Prospectus
The annual Orange Beach Festival of Art is a juried exhibition and sale of fine art hosted by the Coastal Arts Center of Orange Beach, Alabama. Our setting is magnificent among stately oaks on beautiful Wolf Bay. The event has become a regional attraction drawing “locals” from along the Gulf coast as well as our “winter guests”. The Festival always includes performing arts, local coastal cuisine, a musician’s/ songwriter’s stage, and a kids’ arts alley. Please come be a part of our rich cultural history, in a story-book setting - all with the warmest southern welcome!
We will make the Friday afternoon set-up as easy as possible with a convenient load-in area and close access to your tent space. Your tents will be set-up on the lawn at the edge of a paved center path. Also, we serve a light breakfast on the back porch of the Gallery on Saturday and Sunday and host an Artist Awards Dinner on Saturday night. Hospitality is our forte. An artist’s information letter will be sent in late January to all accepted artists who pay for and secure their space on time.
Each year, our top award winners are automatically invited back; however, applications are still required. Winners should fill out the application and when you get to the “Review Application” page, just exit out instead of clicking the “Pay Now” button. Booth fees will still be required.
2014 Top Winners were:
Two-Dimensional 1st Place: John Furches
Three-Dimensional 1st Place: Craig & Tracy Wilson
Best of Show: Bobby Goldsmith
LOCATION:
Coastal Arts Center of Orange Beach and the Orange Beach Waterfront Park grounds:
26389 Canal Road
Orange Beach, AL 36561
EVENT DATES/TIME:
March 14, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
March 15, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm….We close early on Sunday to allow time for packing up. No early booth closings or departures are allowed.
CHECK IN/SET UP:
Friday March 13, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday March 14, 6:00 am – 9:00 am
PARKING:
Required parking space for all vendors is in the back parking lot of the adjacent church facility – no exceptions.
APPLICATION FEES:
$35 (non-refundable) payable on line at JuriedArtServices.com - - NO late applications accepted.
DEADLINE, REVIEW and EDITING of Applications
• Applicants will be able to edit their applications until submissions close at midnight CST on October 31, 2014. NO LATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
• Artists can upload new images, revise statements, check payment status and view the application as it will be seen by the jurors until the closing deadline.
• If you have not completed your application, including the $35 application payment, by midnight CST on October 31, 2014, your application will not be submitted for review by the juror panel.
NOTIFICATION
Jury results will be posted confidentially on the Juried Art Services website under the “Manage Application” function on Friday, November 21, 2014. YOU MUST LOG ON TO SEE YOUR RESULTS. Your results will be posted as follows:
- Those whose application shows a green check mark are invited artists
- A yellow exclamation point indicates waitlisted artists
- A red indicates rejected artists.
ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE JAS SYSTEM IS CORRECT. On November 21, 2014 all invited artists will receive an electronic letter from Juried Art Services indicating the process for accepting the invitation. It will be sent to your email address in the Juried Art Services system. If you change your email, it is your responsibility to access your JAS account and make sure the change is reflected before November 21, 2014. Invited artists can also access the letter while in the JAS system by clicking on the green check mark icon for the Orange Beach Festival of Art.
BOOTH FEES AND ARTIST INFO
The acceptance letter will contain instructions on how to accept the invitation and how to secure/pay for booth space ($175 per booth.) It is important that invited artists who plan on participating access these instructions as early as possible. All Artist Acceptance forms and payments will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis.
The deadline for paying booth fees, after you have been accepted, is January 15, 2015. After that we will begin contacting the waitlist artists until all spaces are filled. At the end of January, an information letter will be sent to the final list of participating artists with details about the event procedures and guidelines.
Good luck and we look forward to seeing you at the Orange Beach Festival of Art 2015!