ANDOVERS ARTISTS GUILD

A community of Artists from the Greater Merrimack Valley

You are cordially invited to register to exhibit and sell your work in the 2010 Fine Arts Celebration under the combined sponsorship of the Town of Andover and the Andovers Artists Guild, Inc. (AAG).

Date and Hours:         Saturday, September 11, 2010,  from 10:am until 4:00 p.m.
Rain Date:                    Sunday, September 12, 2010      (same time)

Place: Central Park, Andover, MA, Chestnut and Bartlet Streets (just off Main Street)

If you register for a walk-way space and there are no longer any available, you will be assigned to a non-walk space.

Artwork eligible for this Exhibition: Original paintings (all media on traditional surfaces), graphics, drawings, photography, and digital art.
All prints must be labeled as such but are not eligible for competition.

 AWARDS -  This year Art in the Park  judges are Jane Young, gallery director of the Chase Gallery in Boston and  Mark Hayden a Copley Master.

Please bring one piece of art to the judging tent at the established time, check at the registration desk.  Prizes and ribbons will be awarded at the discretion of the judges  in each of the following 8 categories: Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Pastels, Photography, Mixed Media, Drawings/Graphics, and Digital art.
One work of art from each exhibit space, no larger than 26”x 26”. 

In addition to paintings, requests to show hand crafted art may be made. All such work must be juried and accepted into the show. Work must be photographed and submitted in jpg format to the Art in the Park Committee. If such work is accepted, the size of the display must be small. It may not exceed the paintings exhibited by the member. If you have any questions please call chairpersons Carol Boileau, 978-683-9933 or Sheila Corbitt 978-475-8160. To be considered, please email jpg files to sullicorbitt@comcast.net



REGISTRATION

Registration Fees  -   $50. for current AAG members  -  $80. for non-members

Send the registration fee with the attached registration form and a #10 self-addressed stamped envelope to: Diane Butler / Art in the Park,  2 Chadwick Circle, Andover, MA 01810.  All spaces are assigned on a first come, first served basis.

Deadline for inclusion in the program:  All entries are due by June 30th, 2010.

Proceeds: Proceeds from this show go into the AAG scholarship fund for student artists entering college.

Sales & Restrictions: No commission will be charged on sales.All sales and exhibits will be the responsibility of each individual artist.

Space: A 12 foot by 12 foot space will be allotted for each exhibitor.

Cancellations: There will be no refunds. If you cannot participate, your entry fee will be donated to the scholarship fund. Please notify Diane Butler,  so that we can accommodate other artists on the waiting list.

Miscellaneous: Food concessions, free parking and rest room facilities will be provided. We ask that, after drop off, artists move their vehicles to the back parking lot or a nearby side street to free up space next to the show grounds for customers.

If weather conditions force postponement to the rain date, announcements will be made via our website: www.andoversartistsguild.com

2010 Art in the Park - Application Form - click here!

2009 Art in the Park Prize Winners - click here!