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CALL for ENTRIES: Niche Awards 2016

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Learn more about the 2016 Niche Awards!HERBS
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Niche market foods abound.  Don’t you ever wonder who decided, “I want to grow lavender mint microgreens when I grow up”?  But someone grows lavender mint microgreens.  I used to wonder if there was a place for me in the market to make goat cheese for a living, but I have dismissed feeling like the market was too small to support my goat cheese obsession.  But now the idea of raising goats and making cheese sounds like I want to be an agricultural giant by comparison to lavender mint microgreens, eh?  This next Call is all about the niche market.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from NICHE Magazine for the Niche Awards 2016–a celebration of fine craft.  Many of you are producing both fine art and fine craft; maybe this one for you…

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Learn more about the 2016 Niche Awards!CALL for ENTRIES:
NICHE Awards 2016

 

Sponsored by NICHE magazine, the NICHE Awards program began in 1989 to celebrate excellence and innovation in American and Canadian fine craft.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists age 21+ residing in U.S. or Canada. All work must have been made and finished in the United States or Canada.

MEDIA: Categories include: Basketry, Ceramics, Fashion Accessories, Fiber, Furniture, Glass, Home Furnishings, Jewelry, Judaica, Metal, Mixed Media & Miscellaneous, Polymer Clay, Recycled & Wood

Learn more about the 2016 NICHE Awards!DEADLINE: August 21, 2015

ENTRY FEE: The cost to enter is $40 for professionals for up to 3 images (only 2 allowed per category)

JUDGING: Images are judged on the following: 1) Technical excellence, both in surface design & form, 2) A distinct quality of unique, original and creative thought and 3) Market viability (pro entries only)

AWARDS: Finalists receive an awards certificate, a listing in NICHE magazine (pro only), and a listing in the Buyers Guide of the American Made Show.  Winners will receive an awards certificate, trophy, a listing on the NICHE Awards website and a listing in NICHE magazine.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the NICHE Awards!

CALL for ENTRIES: Sugarloaf

Posted on by R.L. Gibson

Click to Subscribe to www.ArtAndArtDeadlines.com by Email!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.

Wheel Thrown Pottery by Helen WeichmanCALL 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.

Glass Vessel by Henry LevineABOUT 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.

JEWELRY by Steve StamasThe 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

Furniture by Michael WeneckThe 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

Jewelry by Jeannette MullarkeyHartford, CT, November 11 – 13, 2011

Gaithersburg, MD, November 18 – 20, 2011

Chantilly, VA, December 9 – 11, 2011

For more information,
visit the Sugarloaf website!