Arts & Entertainment

City Calls for Arts Festival Entries

Artists from throughout Southern California will be considered for the festival's featured artist.

 

The city of Moorpark is accepting submissions from Southern California artists to compete to be this year's featured artist at the city's annual arts festival.

As it does each year, the festival will highlight an established or emerging artist with a daylong exhibition and one of that artist's images will be featured in promotional paterials such as press releases and the event program designed by the city.

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This year's festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 28 at the Moorpark Civic Center, library, High Street Arts Center and various businesses on High Street.

The featured artist spot competition is open to all Ventura and West Los Angeles County artists. All visual art media will be accept, though it must be appropriate for a family audience.

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Appropriateness to a public venue, artistic quality of the work, reproducability and the general public appeal will be considered in the selection process.

The judging panel will include artists, community members and city staff. The panel will review applicants’ materials and choose one artist as the Featured Artist for the 2012 Arts Festival. Applicants will be notified via e-mail of the panel’s decisions. Application materials will be returned to applicants.

Applicants who are not selected for the Featured Artist will have the opportunity to submit artwork during the general call for entries sent in February.

Submissions, which are due by 5 p.m. Feb. 17, must include the following:  

10 color jpeg images (email or on a CD). Please save each jpeg as a number 1-10. Images submitted must be available to exhibit the day of the Arts Festival and the artist must have all rights to reproduce the image.

Description sheet that corresponds to the numbers on the jpegs. Include the title, date, media and size of your work for each image you submit.

Current resume (maximum of 3 pages) that includes your name, address, phone number and email (if applicable).

Self addressed and stamped envelope for return of all materials (unless emailed).

If you require additional information about submitting your artwork for consideration,

contact Dylan Gunning at 805-517-6300.


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