1. FRESH AIR ARTS FESTIVAL
 

Saturday- June 21,2008

10am to 5pmVeteran's Park

Granville,Tennessee
(Click here for directions)
 

GENERAL INFORMATION
Audience admission to the Fresh Air Arts Festival is free. Press releases about the event will be distributed throughout the 14-county Upper Cumberland region, as well as adjacent Wilson County and Metro Nashville, and online tourism sites. Musical entertainment will be offered throughout the day. If space permits, the public will be invited to picnic in the park.

Press Release 3/20/2008

ELIGIBILITY
Participating artists must be residents of one of the 14 Upper Cumberland counties. Work presented must be hand-produced originals of professional quality.

APPLICATION / COST / ACCEPTANCE
A completed entry form, three photos of work representative of what you plan to exhibit at the festival, and payment must be received by May 15, 2008. Artists are strongly encouraged to e-mail digital photos; in your message, please include your name, mailing address and phone number. (If not accepted, or if space is filled, your application check and any photo prints will be returned.) The entry fee for UCAA members is $25. The fee for non-members is $50, although that fee may include membership in UCAA if the artist so desires.

Jurying will conclude by June 1, and confirmations will be sent out promptly. Entry fees from artists accepted into the festival are non-refundable.

SPACE / DISPLAYS
The Fresh Air Arts Festival is an outdoors, rain-or-shine event. The park slopes from Highway 53 down to the shores of Cordell Hull Lake. A sidewalk runs through the park, and there are bricks-and-mortar restroom facilities, a performance gazebo and two covered pavilions.

Artists whose set-up includes a tent or canopy will be set up near the front, or top, of the park. The pavilions and lower section of the park, which includes the shoreline, will be reserved for painters. Both include wooden picnic tables and benches that painters can use for their supplies and tools.

Artists may apply for either a standard 12x12 space or for a smaller space appropriate for uncovered table-top displays or for setting up an easel. More than one artist may occupy a 12x12 booth space; chapter or club booths are welcome. There are approximately 60 booth/easel spaces available. UCAA makes all booth assignments, although requests for specific spaces or arrangements (adjacent booths or spaces, for instance) will be accommodated if at all possible. All artists must provide their own tents/canopies, booth furniture, tables, chairs and easels.

DISPLAY SET-UP
All displays must be set up the day of the event between 6 and 10 a.m. Artists should be ready to greet the public promptly at 10 a.m. There will be no security for artists who want to set up their booths the night before, and park regulations do not permit artists to stay overnight on the premises.

Artists using tents or canopies will be positioned on either asphalt (in a parking area near the roadway) or along a sidewalk through the upper grassy area of the park, which gently slopes down to the waterfront. These artists are encouraged to bring stakes and shims. Please respect your neighbors -- and our musical artists: No music is allowed in booths or spaces, nor any other disruptive sounds, smells or other distractions.

Water is available for painters at the restroom facilities. Electricity is available only to painters setting up in the pavilions.

The park is wheelchair accessible. With advance notification, UCAA volunteers can assist artists with disabilities with display set-up or other needs.

UCAA assumes no liability for any injury or loss of merchandise.

ARTIST AMENITIES
A bricks-and-mortar restroom facility is available. UCAA will provide volunteer booth sitters on request. Food and drink are available at the Granville Market (across the highway from the park) and the historic Sutton Store downtown (just two blocks from the park), which will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nearby parking for artists will be available.