01 Jul Call for Artists: 35th Annual Boca Raton Museum Art Festival
35th Annual Boca Raton Museum Art Festival
Application Deadline: October 8, 2021
Boca Raton, FL
February 5-6, 2022
The MUSEUM ART FESTIVAL is the longest running in Boca Raton, drawing 40,000 art collectors and enthusiasts to the Museum’s doorstep every year. Approximately 165 artists and artisans from across the country are selected to showcase their fine artworks in a diversity of mediums, including ceramics, wood, fiber, glass, drawing, painting, mixed media, jewelry, photography, and sculpture.
As the “Official Art Museum of the City of Boca Raton,” is the only Art Festival affiliated with the Boca Raton Museum of Art and the ONLY Art Festival permitted to occupy the full breadth of Mizner Park.
The MUSEUM ART FESTIVAL is promoted through the Museum’s year-round, comprehensive marketing plan: MUSE Magazine & quarterly calendars sent to 5,000+ households; e-blasts that reach 12,500+ subscribers; social media efforts that reach 25,000+ followers; week-of banner signage visible to 70,000+ vehicles daily; and a dedicated budget for multi-channel marketing that includes postcards, print and online ads, radio spots, press coverage, and zoned cable TV ads. These efforts allow for maximum targeted market infiltration with over 3 million impressions.
- 170 exhibiting spaces
- 40,000+ art enthusiasts attend
- $12,000 Total Awards
- Located on the grounds of an upscale retail center & Museum
- Over $20,000 committed to advertising
- Complimentary Artist “to-go” continental breakfast
- Complimentary volunteer Booth Sitters
- Exhibit map/flyer
- 24-hour Security
- Booth Signs
- Local Restaurants & Food trucks (and food event in the amphitheater)
- FREE Artist parking
AWARDS
$12,000 will be given in awards where excellence is determined, regardless of media category, as follows: nine Merit awards of $1,000 each, and one $3,000 Best-In-Show award. On-site judging of the exhibitors will take place during Art Festival hours on Saturday, February 5, 2022. Awards will be based on the quality of the entire body of work displayed.
- Art Festival: February 5 & 6, 2022, 10 am to 5pm daily
- Applications open on June 1, 2021
- Application Deadline on ZAPP: October 8, 2021
- Exhibitor Image Jury: October 11 – 13, 2021
- Invited notification available on ZAPP: October 15, 2021
- Deadline for invited artists/pre-accepts to remit booth fee: November 30, 2021.
- Information on booth assignment will be posted on ZAPP by December 13, 2021
- Last day for full refund due to artist cancellation: November 30, 2021.
- Waitlist artists will be notified, if invited on December 3 & exhibit fees are due upon acceptance (no later than Dec 6, 2021).
- Artists parking and early check in opens on Friday, Feb 4 at 12:00pm.
- Booth set up: Approximately 3:30am Sat, Feb 5, 2022 – streets must be closed by the City & no early set up allowed.
- Booth closure cannot begin before 5pm Sunday, February 6, 2022