Marion Arts Festival
Call to Artists
WHAT: One of the nation's top one-day fine arts and fine crafts festivals
WHERE: Marion, Iowa (Cedar Rapids Metro)
WHEN: Saturday
May 19, 2012
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
NOTEWORTHY:
*20th Annual Event.
*Limited to 50 artists.
*Estimated attendance: 18,000.
*Jury/Booth Fees ($25/$225).
*Consistently highly rated by Art Fair Source Book.
*Cash awards totaling $2,500.
*Friday set-up.
*Artist amenities include: artist's reception; convenient, free parking; overnight security; booth sitters and "energetic volunteers".
*Extensive event marketing, including posters, billboards, newspaper, TV, radio and full-color program distributed to 80,000 area households.
Marion, Iowa, is a "vintage uptown" type of community, and a part of the Cedar Rapids metro area. Our show is regional, one-day, intimate and purposeful, with the mission to be an event through which you will thrive. (Here, we're obligated to insert that we're volunteer-driven, admittedly hokey and maybe a more than a little mom-and-pop). There are no bands, there is no beer...our fesival is about the art (we do, however, cop to felafel).
We're one of the most artist-profitable festivals in he country! The 2011 Art Fair Source Book ranks the Marion Arts Festival: #1 in the country among one-day events featuring 100 or fewer artists; #51 overall in fine art; #59 overall in fine craft.
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:
Deadline:
January 16, 2012
Application through www.zapplication.org
Notification:
February 20, 2012, via email
For more details, please visit: www.marionartsfestival.
Email inquiries to:
MAFDirector@marioncc.org
You may also contact by telephone:
319-377-8316
