How to Apply

2020 applications will be available soon!

Artists, you can apply for more than one of our art festivals at a time on JuriedArtServices.com! You can also apply to our shows on Zapplication.org where the applications are individual applications.

Application Deadline is January 20, 2020!

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Application & Registration Process How to Apply and Register to Shows

Application Deadlines

Make sure to apply on time to avoid late fees! Deadlines for all applications will be posted on Juried Art Services and Zapplication. You will also get notifications via email. Make sure you are a part of our email list to get these notifications.

Applications received after the deadline (1/20/2020) will be subject to a $10 late fee per application.

Application Process for Juried Art Services

Applications will be processed online through Juried Art Services (JAS) at www.juriedartservices.com. If you have any questions with the process of applying to our festivals, contact [email protected]

When applying in two categories, work in each must be substantially different. Four images of the work and one of the display must be submitted for each category. A separate jury fee is required for each category.

Online jury payments are processed directly by Amdur Productions through a secure payment system. Email confirmation of your payment will be sent. Please follow online payment instructions if paying your jury fee with a credit card. Your jury fee payment will be posted to JAS within three days after you submit your application. All questions or concerns regarding the payment of your fees should be directed to the office at 847-926-4300 or email [email protected].

If paying with a check or money order (US currency only) please send via US mail no later than 7 days after the submission of your online application. Applications will not be processed or forwarded on to our jury unless your jury fee is paid in full. The non-refundable jury fee check will be deposited on receipt.

All checks are to be made payable in US dollars to “Amdur Productions” and sent to:

Amdur Productions
PO Box 550
Highland Park, IL 60035

Please note the festival name on your check.

Notification and Booth Fee Payment for Applications on Juried Art Services

Once the jury process is complete, all artists will receive an email from Juried Art Services directing the artist to log into their JAS account to check the status of their application. Please keep your email up to date with JAS to receive this information in a timely manner.

All artists who have applied will be notified on February 20, 2020 via email. Your application status will be indicated by a color:

  • Green checkmark indicates invited artists
  • Yellow exclamation point indicates waitlisted artists
  • Red “x” indicates declined

Invited artists will be required to submit their online registration and booth fee payment by March 20, 2020 for participation. If the booth fee is not received by the deadline date, the artist will automatically be put on the wait list. Late fees apply on booth space fees paid after March 20, 2020. The late fee on booth space fees are $20 per show fee. Art festival balances are due on the first of the month proceeding the festival’s month. Artists not paid in full by the prescribed dates relinquish their invitation to exhibit.

Credit card payments are processed directly by Amdur Productions.  All questions or concerns regarding the payment of your fees should be directed to Annette in our accounting office at 847-926-4300.

If paying with a check or money order (US Currency only) please send via US mail on or before the registration due date (03/20/2020). If we do not receive the check on or before the registration due date, you will be put on the wait list. Include artist’s name and name of festival on your check.

All checks are to be made payable to “Amdur Productions” and sent to:

Amdur Productions
PO Box 550
Highland Park, IL 60035

If you have any questions regarding status notification or our payment process please contact us.

Application Process for Zapplication

Applications will be processed online through Zapplication (Zapp) at www.zapplication.org. After reviewing our prospectus, if you have any questions contact us via email or phone, and we will assist you with the process of applying to our festivals.

When applying in two categories, work in each must be substantially different. Four images of the work and one of the display must be submitted for each category. A separate jury fee is required for each category.

Online jury payments are processed by Zapplication. All questions or concerns regarding the payment of your application fees should be directed to Zapplication.org.

Notification and Booth Fee Payment for Applications on Zapplication

Once the jury process is complete, all artists will receive an email from Zapplication with their status (invited, wait list, or decline). All artists who have applied will be notified on January 20, 2020 via email.

Invited artists will be required to submit their online registration and booth fee payment by March 20, 2020 for participation. Online registrations are NOT through Zapplication.org. It is on AmdurProductions.com. If the booth fee is not received by the deadline date, the artist will automatically be put on the wait list. Late fees apply on booth space fees paid after March 20, 2020. The late fee on booth space fees are $20 per show fee. Art festival balances are due on the first of the month proceeding the festival’s month. Artists not paid in full by the prescribed dates relinquish their invitation to exhibit.

Credit card payments are processed directly by Amdur Productions.  All questions or concerns regarding the payment of your fees should be directed to Annette in our accounting office at 847-926-4300.

If paying with a check or money order (US Currency only) please send via US mail on or before the registration due date (03/20/2020). If we do not receive the check on or before the registration due date, you will be put on the wait list. Include artist’s name and name of festival on your check.

All checks are to be made payable to “Amdur Productions” and sent to:

Amdur Productions
PO Box 550
Highland Park, IL 60035

If you have any questions regarding status notification or our payment process please contact us.

Artist Statement

An Artist Statement describing the technique, materials, and processes used in the creation of your entire body of work must be included with each entry. Co-artists must describe the collaboration. Your Artist Statement may be used in the promotion of the festival through public relations efforts and should be no longer than a maximum of 1000 characters (including punctuation and spacing).

Jury and Selection Process

The artistic work submitted by each artist is juried based on the criteria listed below:

  • Body of Work: How well the images represent a point of view
  • Artistic Theme: design, vision, creativity
  • Technical Competence: technique, skill, degree of difficulty, mastery of materials used
  • Originality

Categories – All artists must apply to a category

  • 2D – Original two-dimensional work including graphite, charcoal, chalk, pastels, wax crayon, inks, and washes. All work must be framed and/or presented in a finished format. 2D Artists must show work vertically in your booth. Matted work must be shown in bins only.
  • 3D Functional – Dimensional work that has a function – such as wearable fiber or wood furniture.
  • 3D Non Functional – Art that serves an aesthetic not functional purpose. Generally “sculptures.”
  • Painting – Original, two-dimensional work created with pigment, including oils, acrylics, watercolor, egg tempura, etc.
  • Photography –  Signed prints created by the artist from his/her own original negative or digital files that have been “taken” and processed by that artist or under the artist’s direct supervision.
  • Jewelry – No buy/sell or buy/sell fill-in allowed.

Sub-categories – All artists must select a sub-category

  • Ceramics – Original shaped and fired clay (including earthenware, porcelain, stoneware and terracotta)
  • Fiber – Original work created by the artist from fibers/fabric or leather including batik, basketry, weaving, and quilt-making. No factory produced items are permitted.
  • Furniture – Original work in any material which is functional as a piece of functional furniture or home accessory.
  • Glass – Original work created in glass by the artist including blown glass, fused glass or stained glass.
  • Print Making – Prints manually created by the artist using plates, stones or screens which have been signed and numbered.
  • Metal – Original work created by the artist without use of a production studio.
  • Mixed Media – Includes collage and handmade paper; incorporates more than one type of material. Generally flat, wall hung art.
  • Wood – Original hand-tooled, machine worked, built-up, turned or carved work in wood.
  • Acrylic Paint – Applied to a surface in any way
  • Acrylic Resin – Applied to a surface in any way
  • Batik – Technique used on fabric
  • Collage – Variety of materials applied to a surface
  • Drawing – Charcoal, graphite, and color pencils applied to a surface
  • Egg Tempera – Applied to a surface in any way
  • Gold and/or Silver – Precious metal or precious metal clay used in jewelry
  • Leather – Primary material used
  • Oil Paint – Applied to a surface in any way
  • Paper – Hand made
  • Pastel – Dry pigments applied to a surface
  • Photo – Black & white, color, black and white & color, hand color, digital. Select the area the majority of your work is in
  • Stone – Carved
  • Watercolor – Applied in any way
  • Other – If your category is not represented, you may add your own

Late Applications

Late applications will be available on JuriedArtServices.com and Zapplication.org. Artists may apply after the application deadline, January 20, 2020. Late applications will be reviewed in house and artists will be applying for a wait list position. Artists are taken by wait list number and category openings. Questions can be directed to Caitlin by phone (847-926-4300) or email ([email protected]).

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Festival Eligibility & Policies

Festival Eligibility

  1. All artwork submitted to jury, displayed and presented for sale at festivals must be created, designed and made or made under the direct supervision of the accepted artist(s). All artwork shown must be for sale.
  2. An artist may apply in more than one category, but not twice in the same category.
  3. Jewelry created through fabrication and casting is allowed if the original casts are made by the artist.
  4. No commercial casts/molds allowed in production.
  5. No factory produced items allowed.
  6. Photography/Digital art: Original work made by the hands of the photographer is allowed. Only one size of an image may be hung in a booth. All printing of images must be done by the photographer or under their direct supervision.
  7. Artists must create their work from start to finish.
  8. The Artist certifies that jury images submitted represent their current original work and represent the category and body of art that will be displayed at the festival.
  9. Art collaborators (up to two artists in total) producing a single item qualify as an exhibitor. A collaborator is not an employee or helper. If artists enter as a collaboration, it must be clearly noted on the application and art shown must be signed by both.
  10. No work made solely by apprentices or employees is allowed. All artwork must be made in the country the artist resides in.
  11. “Buy/sell” items are strictly prohibited from all or part of an artist’s booth. Buy/Sell is any art or object that is purchased from a manufacturer or maker other than the artist and sold at a festival as “original” work. The restriction of buy/sell work is in ALL categories of art at ALL shows.
  12. Multiples: Limited editions of work in which the artist hand manipulates plates, stones, or screens numbered and signed in editions up to 500 are allowed and are an artist’s original body of work. Reproductions by mechanical techniques including “giclee” and “iris” prints must be signed and numbered (up to 500). Artists may display reproductions on up to 10 linear feet of their booth, and at the Port Clinton Art Festival in a single bin only.

Festival Policies

  1. All booths dressed on street and store side OR accessible  from the sidewalk and the street.
  2. There are many openings to store fronts all around the festival. Artists MUST NOT extend nor block these openings.
  3. The Glen Town Center prefers no back walls.
  4. No booths can be deeper than 10′.
  5. Acceptance is non-transferable. Booths cannot be split without the expressed consent from the Festival Committee.
  6. All festivals are drug-free. No smoking or vaping is allowed in or near artists’ booths.
  7. Accepted artists must be present during all festival hours. No agents, representatives, family members or friends are permitted as a substitute for the accepted artists’ attendance, unless express exception is granted in special circumstances.
  8. Any artist closing the booth prior to the end of the show without permission will not be permitted to return the next day or in future years.
  9. Only artwork in the category accepted through the jury process is allowed. It is the exclusive right of the Festival Committee to direct removal of work at the show that is not in compliance with festival rules. Non-complying artists will be asked to leave the show immediately and no refund will be given.
  10. Discount/sales signs, and ribbons from other shows are not allowed.
  11. Each exhibitor is responsible to collecting and remitting local sales tax to the State’s Department of Revenue as required by law.
  12. White tents only.
  13. Double and corner spaces may be requested but not guaranteed and are awarded at the sole discretion of the Festival Committee. Double spaces must be occupied by two tents.

Reproduction and Limited Edition Prints Policy

Fine art reproductions must be clearly and individually labeled as a limited edition which is signed and numbered on the front of each piece. The method of reproduction and brief process description must be on the back. Browse bins may be used, but reproductions may not be mixed with originals. Framed reproductions may be hung on one wall not to exceed a total of ten linear feet. No laser prints or photo copies permitted.

Limited Edition Prints are printed works for which the artist hand manipulates the plates, stones or screens and which have been properly signed and numbered as a limited edition. These hand pulled prints are considered to be originals. Printmakers are encouraged to identify their process.

Exhibit Space Policies

Spaces are 12’ wide X 10’ deep and work must be contained within the assigned space. You may not infringe on another space physically or audibly. Exhibitors must have a white tent. All tables must be skirted to the ground. Only one artist’s work or the work of two approved collaborating artists may be displayed per booth. Artist must keep their area clean and orderly. Double and corner spaces may be requested but are not guaranteed and are awarded at the sole discretion of the Festival Committee. Double spaces must be occupied by two tents.

An artist requesting a corner must either have the corner wall open or use the outside wall to display art.

Special booth space and special needs requests will be accepted (including corner space and double space requests) but are not guaranteed. We will make every effort to meet all special requests on a first come, first served basis. Additional charges may apply. If invited into a show, please include all booth requests on that show’s registration form.

During the festival, all exhibits will be visited by a festival representative to ensure that they are in compliance with our festival policies. It is the exclusive right and responsibility of the Festival Staff to call for the removal of work that is not in compliance with the festival policies and requirements. Non-compliance may result in expulsion from the festival or refusal of future festival participation.

Tent Requirements

All canopies are required to be white and able to withstand winds and rain and be properly weighted. Properly weighting requires AT LEAST 40 pounds per leg (more in windy weather). Tents must be connected to weights with rope or straps, not bungee cords. Weights may not include cinderblocks or water jugs as they do not meet the 40 pound requirement.

Wait List Policy

A wait list is selected from the jury’s scores in each category, and wait listed artists are invited into the show as cancellations occur in that particular category. Wait list artists can resubmit art images and/or a booth image for reconsideration on their overall jury score. Wait list artists can be accepted up to and on the day of the show and will be notified by phone and/or email when a booth becomes available.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations must be made in written form and submitted by mail, fax, or email. Emails should be sent to the Director of Artist Relations, Caitlin, at [email protected]

If an artist cancels a show on or before April 20, 2020, they will be given a refund for the amount they have paid towards the booth, less $50 processing fee. Application fees, credit card processing fees, and permit fees are non-refundable. NO REFUNDS AFTER APRIL 20, 2020.

Artists that cancel after April 20, 2020 can have the amount that they have paid toward their booth fee transferred to another 2020 Amdur Productions’ festival balance. The fee to transfer is $125. Permit fees, credit card processing fees, and application fees are non-transferable between festivals. Credit transfer will not be accepted if an artist cancels within a week from the festival start date. Credits from a cancelled show can only be transferred once.

No Show Policy

Artists who have not checked in and/or notified Amdur Productions with a message via festival phone (TBD), office phone (847-926-4300), or email ([email protected]) by 7:30 am on the first day of festival, will be considered a NO SHOW and the assigned space will be forfeited with no refund.

Artist Agreement

By applying to this festival, I hereby certify that these images represent my original work, and that the work is unique and made by me. I also agree to follow all festival rules as outlined in the prospectus. In partnership situations, we declare that our combined efforts made every individual piece of work we would exhibit, if accepted. I/We also agree to allow images of my/our work to be used in publicity and or materials.

Tips for Applying

Top Ten Image Tips

  1. Clear, sharply focused images are best.
  2. Represent a coherent body of work, by form, technique or concept in the four images.
  3. Show the work fully.
  4. Do not show the frames in the case of flat art.
  5. One piece of work per image.
  6. Bold color is viewed better than pastels, whites, grays or blacks.
  7. Well-lit, even exposure in all images is crucial.
  8. Images should not be digitally altered except to correct contrast or adjust brightness.
  9. High resolution jpeg files are best.
  10. Don’t let the background overpower or detract from your work.
  11. Any questions? Call or email Caitlin at 847-926-4300 or [email protected]

Image Suggestions

Deficiencies in images will put your work at a significant disadvantage in the juries. Artists are advised to submit images of professional quality. Keep in mind that your images are viewed simultaneously and you may specify the way in which they appear.

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Art Festival FAQs Frequently Asked Questions from Artists

Can I Still Apply after the Regular Application Period?

  • Yes! You will need to submit a separate application found on the web site, any application fees, 4 images of your art, and 1 image of your display or what your booth will look like at the festival. Late fees may apply.

What are the Jurors Looking for?

  • Cohesive body of work, originality, and point of view.

What are My Chances of Getting Into a Festival?

  • Every year there are a new panel of judges and a new group of artists. The only artists that are invited back are the award winners. There’s always a new opportunity to be accepted into the festivals every year!

What if I Don’t have a Booth Image?

  • If you don’t have a booth image, you can create a mock set up of your art with two walls for 2D work. You can use skirted tables or pedestals for jewelry and 3D art.

What If I Don’t Have a Tent?

  • If you don’t have a tent, you can rent one through us! We coordinate tent rentals with a professional tent company that sets up the tent with weights and cover walls and they take the tent down for you at the end of the festival. The fee for this is $275 for a regular 10′ x 10′ x 7′.

What Makes Amdur Productions Art Festivals Special?

  • Professionalism: Every staff member is knowledgeable in event planning coordinating and loves what they do
  • Extensive and Professional Marketing and Advertising
  • Real People: Staff members are always present and readily available to help the artists
  • Top Rated and Longstanding Festivals
  • Organization: Every detail in our festivals, from planning to production is thought out, reviewed, analyzed and executed to make the best art festival experience for all

What Do I Get for My Booth Fee?

  • Professional and knowledgeable staff
  • Organized load in and out
  • Discounted hotel rooms close to the festival grounds
  • Information before festivals on everything you’ll need to know
  • Guidance on applying, registering, preparing for a show, load in, load out, and anything else you need or want to know
  • A large multi-layered marketing plan supports this show with ads running in newspapers, advertisements, on television, radio, posters, street banners, and social media. Professional public relations insure high visibility for this festival.
  • Over night security
  • Close parking accommodations for free or for a discounted price.
  • Signage for your booth with your name, media and booth number
  • Amdur Productions staff is available to booth sit for artists throughout the entire festival
  • Working with a reputable, well established company with a reputation of putting on top rated art festival

Who Selects the Artists?

In 2019, there was a panel of 16 jurors who judged the artists that applied for the 2019 festivals. Jurors are art professionals, award winners, Advisory Board members, art collectors, art teachers, and gallery directors. Jurors go through all of the images and assign them a point value. Then the scores are totaled and then artists are ranked according to their scores. We accept the first batch of artists depending on the number of available spaces. As space becomes available, we then go to the waitlist and invite artists in order of rank and media. 2020 jurors will be announced after February 20, 2020.