Rules and Guidelines

Application Entry Deadline: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 11:59PM CST. 

Applications to the 2023 Stevens Point Festival of the Arts will be accepted and processed only through Zapplication.

Jury/Application Fee: $30. Paid through ZAPP and non-refundable. 

Images: 4 images of artwork.  1 booth shot.  5 images total. 

Total number of booths: 50 

Booth Fee: $130 for 10'x10’ booth.

• An additional $25 for electricity.
• No corner booth requests
• No double booth requests

Artist Presence: Required 

Contact: Jessie Fritsch - FoA Council Chair 

Phone: 715-252-4125

Email: PointFoA@gmail.com 

Mailing Address: Festival of the Arts 2125 Michigan Ave, Stevens Point, WI

• Tuesday, January 31, 2023 :Application Deadline at 11:59PM CST
• February 3-8: Jury Process 
• Friday, February 10, 2023: Jury invitation to exhibit at FoA will be emailed along with artist contract. 
• Wednesday, March 1, 2023: Booth fee and artist contracts due.
• Wednesday, March 1: Cancelation deadline for full refund, minus a $25 processing fee.
• No refunds after March 2, 2023
• Monday, March 20: Booth assignments and festival information email by.
• Saturday, April 1, 2023: Artist check-in and load-in. Times TBD
• Sunday, April 2, 2023: 49th Stevens Point Festival of the Arts

All artwork must be original and produced by the exhibiting artist or collaborative artists. The FoA maintains high standards of quality in fine art and fine crafts.

Multiple Applications: Artists may only exhibit in the media for which they have been accepted.  A separate application is required for each medium. Artists can submit up to two applications. Only artists accepted in the jewelry category may exhibit jewelry.

Collaborating Artists: If two artists have collaborated in the joint creation and production of the art displayed, they may together show their work in the booth and will be listed jointly in the program, website, and social media.  

$30 Jury Fee. A non-refundable credit card or PayPal purchase, payable through ZAPPlication, must be made with each application. Checks will not be accepted. A booth fee is NOT required at the time of application

Statement: A brief statement of 500 words or less describing the artist’s creative process, materials, and techniques is required in application.

Acceptable Media Categories: 2-D Mixed Media, 3-D Mixed Media, Ceramics, Digital Art, Drawing/Pastels, Fiber, Leather, Glass, Jewelry, Metal, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Stone, and Wood

Leather: Leather that is decorated, painted, or stained and turned into an art object. Metal: Includes all non-jewelry work crafted from metals. No production studio work is allowed.

Painting: Original compositions on a flat surface created by the artist’s hand using oils, acrylics, encaustic, gouache, or watercolor.

Photography: Limited-edition digital or film photographic prints made from the artist’s original image and processed by that artist digitally or using wet techniques, or under his or her direct supervision. Work must be printed on archival-quality paper and be properly signed and numbered as a limited edition.  

Printmaking: Printed works for which the artist hand-manipulated the plates, stones or screens. Prints must be signed and numbered as a limited edition.  

Sculpture: Artists sculpting clay, metal, wood or stone should apply in that medium unless the work incorporates mixed materials (in which case it is 3D-Mixed Media) or media not included separately here.  This category is only for work that does not fit into any other category.  

Stone: Original work in stone that is shaped by the artist, whether hand-tooled or machine worked.  

Wood: Original work in wood that is hand-tooled or machine worked by the artist.

Works that incorporate more than one type of physical material in their production. Two-dimensional mixed media should include more than one of the following: paint, pencil, watercolor, photography, printmaking or drawing, fabric or other found objects, and collages. 

Works that incorporate more than one type of physical material in their production. Three-dimensional mixed media should include more than one of the following: clay work, fiber, glass, metal, wood or any other 3-D objects.   

Original, hand-crafted clay and porcelain. No machine-made or mass-produced work is permitted. If multiple pieces of the same design are displayed each piece must be signed. Work should be primarily aesthetic; functionality is secondary.

Includes any original work in which the original image was crafted and manipulated by the artist using the computer.  Work must be in editions, signed and numbered, on archival paper. Artwork created using a camera and then subsequently manipulated utilizing computer technology should be entered in the photography category.     

Works created using dry media including chalk, charcoal, pastels, pencil, scratchboard, wax crayon or from the fluid medium of inks and washes applied by pen or brush.   

Artwork crafted from fibers, including embroidery, weaving, tapestry, and papermaking.    

Glassworks that are functional or decorative by design and are kiln-formed or have been crafted by glass blowing, molding or casting. Works may be etched or engraved. No forms of mass production are permitted. Work must be made primarily by the hands of the applying artist.

 All jewelry, whether produced from metal, glass, clay, fiber, paper, plastic or other materials. No commercial casts, molds or production studio work is allowed.  Work must be primarily hand-fabricated by the artist.     

Leather that is decorated, painted, or stained and turned into an art object. Metal: Includes all non-jewelry work crafted from metals. No production studio work is allowed.

 Original compositions on a flat surface created by the artist’s hand using oils, acrylics, encaustic, gouache, or watercolor. 

Limited-edition digital or film photographic prints made from the artist’s original image and processed by that artist digitally or using wet techniques, or under his or her direct supervision. Work must be printed on archival-quality paper and be properly signed and numbered as a limited edition.    

Printed works for which the artist hand-manipulated the plates, stones or screens. Prints must be signed and numbered as a limited edition.   

Artists sculpting clay, metal, wood or stone should apply in that medium unless the work incorporates mixed materials (in which case it is 3D-Mixed Media) or media not included separately here.  This category is only for work that does not fit into any other category. 

Original work in stone that is shaped by the artist, whether hand-tooled or machine worked.  

Original work in wood that is hand-tooled or machine worked by the artist.    

The FOA council has the right to remove artwork not representative of images presented for jury or that do not abide by the fine art requirements.

• Jewelry made from strung, commercial beads are not considered handmade by the artist and will not be accepted in the FoA.
• Production studio work is prohibited.
• Items bought elsewhere and sold as original art are not allowed.
• Reproduction prints can only make up 25% of the artist’s display.  The council prefers reproductions be placed in clearly marked bins. Reproduction Prints must be signed and numbered with limited series of 250.

Submit 4 images of artist’s current work and 1 booth shot, for a total of 5 images.

• No names, signatures, or studio names can be on the photos, artwork, or booth shot. This is a blind jury process.
• The quality and presentation of the artist’s booth are very important to us. The purpose of the booth image is to ensure a consistent presentation of the artist's work. The represented images submitted with your application give the jury an idea of their overall presentation at the festival.

The jury consists of FoA working artist Council members and two rotating guest jurors.

• Artist’s images, artwork description, and artist’s statement are reviewed by the jurors.
• Each application is given a score 1(low) - 5(high) with 3 eliminated from use. The artists with the highest scores are invited to exhibit.
• Event jurors will view artist images on individual computer monitors over a two day period.
• The FoA is a small show of only 70?  artists and we are committed to keeping the show balanced, appealing, and unique to artists, patrons and guests.

• Artists will be emailed their jury status on Friday, February 10., 2023
• Invited: Artists will be emailed an artist contract. They will have until Wednesday, March 1, 2023 to accept invitation and sign the artist contract.
• Waitlist: Artists who received high scores but are below the initial cut-off will be placed on the waitlist. Artists on the waitlist will be contacted if space in their respective medium becomes available. Spaces become available upon cancellation.
• Not Invited:  Artists not chosen to exhibit at the 2023 festival will be emailed their jury scores. We ask that artists please respect our decisions and do not request feedback as to why they did not get into the festival.

All work exhibited and sold at the FoA must be original and made by the exhibiting artist. Artists are required to display their artist’s statement with information about materials and techniques in their booth.

Image use for Promotion: Images used in jury process will be used for FoA promotional purposes. Artists must grant permission of use of their jury images for the promotion of the festival on the FoA website and social media. FoA will add watermarks for images used for promotion to prevent image theft.  

Artist Contracts: Due Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Exhibiting Artists are required to fill out and sign an artist contract.  Electricity requests, booth sitters, art raffle participation, and optional lunch delivery are all stated on this contract.  

Artist Attendance: Artists must be present during the event and must personally staff their booths. No representatives will be permitted.  

Security: Items left in the booth Saturday night are at the artist’s own risk. Artists must have their own insurance against damage and loss. Artist bears all risk and responsibility for any loss, theft, or damage to their work or other personal property despite cause.  

Booth Set-up: There will be afternoon and evening on Saturday set-up on April 1, 2023 . All booths are 10'x10’. 

• Artist check-in is located in the atrium near the entrance of Artist & Fare. A photo ID is required.
• Artist load-in with garage doors are located at multiple area. Load-in map will be provided by Friday, March 17. Vehicles are NOT allowed to drive into the venue. Carts will not be provided.
• All parking is free Artist & Fare. Please respect patron and guest parking the day of the event and all artists and volunteers should park farthest away from the Artist & Fare.

 Coming Back to Artist & Fare in 2023! 

Booth Fee: $130 The FoA charges a booth fee of $130 that must be paid in full by Wednesday, March 1 by credit card or PayPal through ZAPP. No booth refunds will be given after Thursday, March 2, 2023. Cancellation priorarch 1, 2023 to M be refunded their booth fee minus a $25 processing fee.  

Booth Size: All booths are 10'x10' Additional Booth Fees: Upgrades for electricity must be requested on your contract and paid by March 1. There are only a limited number of spaces in the Atruim and they are assigned by the FoA Council. Award winners get priority.

• An additional $30 for electricity.

Floor Protection: All artists using a heavy display system or loading system must take proper precaution to protect the floors Artist & Fare..

Tidy Booth: We ask that artists keep all packaging materially neatly stowed away in their booth. There will be an artist storage area located in the Artist & Fare and O'so Brewery to keep additional packaging, extra bins, and backup work.

How images are viewed by jurors:

Computer monitor

Within a medium category, applications are sorted and viewed by:

Application ID (number generated when application is started by artist)

Jurors score applications using the following scale:

1 - 5

Number of jurors scoring applications:

8

The show organizes the jurors for a:

Single jury panel that scores applications for all medium categories

Jurors score

Separately from various locations

Average number of applications submitted each year:

120

Average number of artists selected from the jury to participate in the event:

50

Average number of exempt from jury artists who are invited to participate in the event:

6

How returning artists are selected:

Received an award

Selected by show director or board

Am I allowed to observe the jury process?

No, the jury process is closed

I have thoroughly reviewed the Stevens Point Festival of the Arts application.

I understand, accept, and will abide by the rules and regulations of participation, standards, and policies set forth in the application and by the Festival of the Arts Council. By submitting your application to the Stevens Point Festival of the Arts you agree to the jury requirements, rules and regulations, exhibit policies, booth requirements, and the legal agreement. The FoA reserves the right to determine if artists have violated any of the festival’s policies or requirements. Artists will either be asked to remedy the situation or asked to leave the festival.

I hereby release and forever discharge the Stevens Point Festival of the Arts, the FoA Council, FoA volunteers, Artist & Fare, O'so Brewery and their staff, and all sponsoring organizations from any responsibility, personal liability, claims, loss or damage arising out of or in conjunction with my application to the Stevens Point Festival of the Arts.

I understand that I store and sell my art at my own risk, without exception or limitation.

I understand that the FoA does not carry insurance to cover my personal property and agree that as an independent contractor, I will obtain my own insurance.

Upon acceptance of invitation to exhibit at the Stevens Point Festival of the Arts, I agree to allow the FoA Council the use of my jury images and photographs to be taken during the Festival for promotional use.