CRUNCH
please
How is it that I love soy nuts and edamame, but cannot stand tofu? I’ve tried it firm and silken and every other variety. Ick. I just can’t handle the texture. Something about it seems, well, wrong. But, I didn’t used to like ginger, beets or aspargus, and now I eat each of them regularly. Maybe I’ll warm up to tofu. You know Iowa is famous for corn, but they grow lots of soybeans too. This next Call hails from Iowa. Take a look…
Check out this Call for Entries from Octagon Center for the Arts (Ames, Iowa) for the 43rd Annual Octagon Art Festival. We’ve had a lot of requests for additional art festival listings, so here’s one nearly in the middle of the US that makes it approximately day’s drive from half the US. Don’t be shy…
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CALL for ENTRIES:
43rd Octagon Art Festival
Main Street in Downtown Ames, Iowa on Sunday, September 22, 2013 from 10 am – 5 pm. More than 14,000 people attend. You will be in good company with more than 100 professional artists. Visual arts, children’s art areas and performing arts form the foundation of the Octagon Art Festival. The festival is held outdoors on pavement, rain or shine, in the Main Street Cultural District in downtown Ames.
ELIGIBILITY: Artists at least 18 years of age may apply.
MEDIA: Fine art or fine craft. Work created with use of commercial kits, molds, patterns or pre‐fabricated forms will not be allowed.
DEADLINE: June 15, 2013
NOTIFICATION: June 29, 2013
ENTRY FEE: Artists are required to submit a non‐refundable $15 jury fee by check or money order. Both the booth fee ($100) and the jury fee ($15) must be paid in advance of the jurying process. If the artist is not accepted by jury to participate in festival, the booth fee will be returned.
JUROR: A panel of professional artists will serve as jurors and will perform an on‐site judging for cash purchase awards on the day of the festival between 10am ‐ 2pm.
AWARDS: 3 Honorable Mentions ($100 each) and one Best of Show ($150) will be presented to the winning artists at 2pm.
SALES: No commission
For complete details, Download the Prospectus!
