Call for Artists Black Mt Art and Craft Show

15th Annual Black Mountain Arts & Crafts Show

June 2 and June 3, 2012 Sat 10-5 PM and Sun 10-4 PM

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Call for entries to the 15th Annual Black Mountain Arts and Crafts show have gone out to artists/crafters across the Southeast.

The show will be held June 2 and June 3, 2012 during the peak of the Mountain Air Wildflower Season. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains just 15 miles east of Asheville, Black Mountain has long been a rich and varied arts and crafts community.

From the 1930's to the mid 1950's the town was home for Black Mountain College, which still claims alumni of worldwide renown in the arts. More and more, the town is becoming a center for arts and crafts, antiques and furniture, which attracts tourists from throughout the nation for its unique offerings.

The Old Depot Association is sponsoring the event, giving the show a degree of experience in the arts, marketing, and show management seldom seen in shows of this type.

Artists/crafters seeking to enter the juried show should email Meredith Green at craftshow@olddepot.org or call Joan Tolley at 828-669-4563 28711.

Applications Accepted until May 1, 2012.

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Call to Artists $5k in prize money DL 7/31

Call to artists

Southern Appalachian Artist Guild Annual National Juried Show

National Juried Show sponsored by the Southern Appalachian Artist Guild, juried by Asheville, NC gallery owner John Cram. Blue Ridge, GA is located in the beautiful north Georgia mountains. The show will run in the peak visitor months of October and November attracting interest from the surrounding metropolitan areas of Atlanta, Asheville, Chattanooga and Knoxville. Art works selected by the juror will be displayed in the Richard Low Evans Gallery of the Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association, Blue Ridge, Georgia.

$5000 in prize money will be awarded.

Juror: John Cram has pursued his dream for the past 35 years through four distinctive galleries in the Asheville, NC area. Blue Spiral 1, New Morning Gallery, Bellagio and Bellagio Everyday have paced the recognition of Asheville as a vital center of the arts. Mr. Cram’s name is synonymous with Asheville’s renaissance. His eye for art is unquestioned and apparent in his galleries and in the vision in the Asheville art scene.

Show Dates: October 15 - November 12, 2011

Eligibility Artists who are residents of the United States are invited to participate in a juried exhibition of two-dimensional and three-dimensional works. Artwork will be chosen from submitted entries by the juror on the basis of creative excellence and quality of execution. All works must be original and completed within the last 2 years. The Guild will be the final authority on eligibility and acceptability for exhibition. Works to be hung must be wired and ready for hanging with all necessary hardware in place. No modifications to prepare a piece for exhibition will be done by the Guild or Art Center.

MEDIA CATEGORIES -All paint and sculpture mediums accepted including photography, computer art, drawing, colored pencils, pen and ink; excluding all prints.

 Photography framed, either white or dark matting.  Computer art framed, if on paper, either white or dark matting.  All Other: including drawing, color pencil, pen and ink. 2-D work normally framed under glass: glass acceptable on hand-delivered items; Plexiglas only on shipped artwork. Matting must be white (a colored inner liner is acceptable).

Size Requirements All 2-D work must be no larger than 48” by 48” including frame. Sculptures and other 3-dimensional art may not exceed 60” vertical and 30” horizontal, or weigh more than 50 pounds.

Deadline for Entries: July 31, 2011 Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association

420 West Main St. Blue Ridge, GA 30513 706-632-2144 blueridgearts@gmail.com

For prospective and further info :

http://blueridgearts.net/Documents/Prospectus2011%20Show%20color.pdf