PLAN AHEAD
My family is on a savings spree. We sat down the first week of the year and decided on goals for the year. Many of those goals require cash. Cash necessitates saving. Saving, in my house, means cutting the food budget. Grocery shopping is now preceeded by a menu and detailed grocery list and eating out has been cut to one sit-down meal and one fast-food meal a week. This next Call gives you an opportunity to plan ahead.
This Call for Entries is for the 13 Sugarloaf Fine Art & Crafts festivals. I don’t publish many festival calls, but Sugarloaf is among the country’s finest. Take a look, and find a festival for you…or enter them all.
CALL for ENTRIES: Sugarloaf Festivals
Sugarloaf Crafts Festival, one of the nation’s most popular and most recognized juried shows of contemporary crafts and fine art, is now accepting applications from artists for its 2011 shows.
MEDIA: Artists may apply for the 2011 shows in categories including ceramics and pottery, fiber and fashion, fine art, furniture, blown and leaded glass, leather, metalsmithing, photography and functional and decorative wood crafts. Sugarloaf is no longer accepting applications for jewelry artists for Spring 2011 shows. Jewelry remains open for Fall 2011.
ABOUT SUGARLOAF: Sugarloaf enters its 36th year among the most respected shows in the country. In 2010, nine of Sugarloaf’s 13 shows were ranked in the Top 200 nationally by Sunshine Artist magazine.
This past fall, attendance at the seven Sugarloaf shows increased by12%, and artists’ sales increased over 8%, totaling $9.7 million. Artists whose work is exhibited at Sugarloaf shows are jury-selected and are represented in the nation’s finest galleries, private collections, and museums.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Artists interested in exhibiting at Sugarloaf Craft Festivals candownload applications from www.sugarloafcrafts.com. Applications must include slides representing artists’ work and their display space. Artists who wish to apply online can complete their application and submit digital images via www.zapplication.org, using the search term “Sugarloaf.” Potential exhibitors may also request printed applications and additional information by calling (800) 210-9900.
The Spring 2011 season of
Sugarloaf Festivals includes:
Chantilly, VA (Northern Virginia), January 28-30
Somerset, NJ, March 11-13
Oaks, PA (outside Philadelphia), March 18-20
Hartford, CT, March 25-27
Gaithersburg, MD (outside Washington, DC), April 8-10
Timonium, MD (outside Baltimore), April 29-May 1
The fall 2011 season of
Sugarloaf Craft Festivals includes:
Timonium, MD, September 30 – October 2, 2011
Gaithersburg, MD, October 14 – 16, 2011
Somerset, NJ, October 28 – 30, 2011
Oaks, PA, November 4 – 6, 2011
Hartford, CT, November 11 – 13, 2011
Gaithersburg, MD, November 18 – 20, 2011
Chantilly, VA, December 9 – 11, 2011