Information for Applicants About the Festival:
The 50^th Annual Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festivaltm 

Apply to: www.zapplication.org

IMPORTANT DATES
SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
Application deadline to ZAPP, by midnight

OCTOBER 31, 2008
Notification from ZAPP, on or before

NOVEMBER 30, 2008
Acceptance and Exhibitor Fee deadline to ZAPP, by midnight
No request for Exhibitor Fee refunds will be accepted after this date

MARCH 19, 2009
Spaces in the Park set up after 1:00 p.m.
Check in with Space Assignment Committee before set up

MARCH 20, 2009
Spaces on Park Avenue set up AFTER 5:00 a.m.

MARCH 20, 21, 22, 2009
WPSAF hours,
Friday and Saturday:
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Sunday:
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

FESTIVAL RULES
GENERAL INFORMATION
Please read the entire application completely.

A juried fine arts and fine crafts show, The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival™ combines the unique atmosphere of Park Avenue and Central Park in Winter Park, Florida, with a knowledgeable, art-buying public. Attendance usually exceeds 350,000 people for the three -day event, which celebrates its 50th year on March 20, 21, and 22, 2009. To create a more intimate experience for artists and patrons alike, the Festival will include no more than 225 booths.

Only original work may be displayed and offered for sale. The work must be attributable solely to the exhibitor and created anytime after January 1, 2007. Artists must be with their exhibits during the entirety of the Festival. Proxy representation will not be allowed.

Our reputation for enforcing the rules is deserved. During the Festival, all displays will be visited by Viewing Committee members to ensure that they are in compliance with Festival rules. It is our exclusive right and responsibility to remove work that is not in compliance. Non-compliance will result in expulsion and ineligibility for judging, awards and future Festival participation. Ours is a family-oriented event, and exhibits must be in keeping with this atmosphere.

EXHIBIT SPACE
Each space measures 10’ by 12’. The artist’s display, including booth and viewing bins, must be contained within this space. An artist may have only one space, with the exception of dual category acceptance. The work of only one exhibitor may be displayed in each assigned space. A minimum of six pieces must be displayed. The Festival retains the right to regulate various aspects of the booth display including, but not limited to, number of pieces of artwork, size/number of bins, and overall placement within the allotted space.

TAX
Each artist is responsible for collecting and reporting Florida Sales Tax on all sales made during the Festival. The current tax rate is 6 1/2 %. Reporting forms will be provided by FL Department of Revenue.

PROHIBITED

• Artwork created before January 2007 or artwork not in category.
• Original photo image taken before January 2007.
• Any reproductions: commercial or photographic, e.g., offset, gravure, photocopies or commercial publications, including catalogs, note cards, books, etc. (The printed result of plates, stone or screen, that is handcrafted, is considered original work when signed and numbered).
• The final interpretation of commercial/reproduction status will be made by the Viewing Committee.
• Production artwork in any category.
• Artwork reproduced or copied from works of masters, advertisements, commercial or widely circulated photographs or offset prints.
• Work created by kits, picture frames, velvet paintings, manufactured or kit jewelry, candles, art supplies, commercial signage, or displays, decoupage and ceramics cast from commercial molds.
• Framing in the Park.
• Creation or demonstration of artwork in Park.
• Animals, alcohol, and sound systems.

ARTIST STATEMENT
Please create an Artist Statement describing the technique, materials, and processes used in the creation of your entire body of work. Co-artists must describe the collaboration. Every exhibitor must prominently display a copy of their Artist Statement in their booth.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Artists may apply only once in a category.

APPLICATION IN TWO CATEGORIES
Artists may apply in a maximum of two categories (one entry per category). If applying in two categories, the work in each must be substantially different in medium and technique. An artist selected in two categories is committed to display in both categories. Two separate adjacent spaces will be assigned – one for each category. Work in each category may not be combined.

APPLICATION BY CO-ARTISTS
A two-person team producing a single product qualifies as a single exhibitor. However, a team may consist of no more than two members. A description of each member’s involvement in the creation of the artwork must be in the Artist Statement. Both members of the team must be present at the 2009 Festival.

IMAGES
In addition to image specifications for ZAPP, all images, excluding the booth image, must be a minimum of 500 KB at 300 dpi. If an image is not submitted in this format it will not be used in the Festival program. No exceptions allowed.

SPACE REQUESTS
All Space requests are to be made on the ZAPP application in response to Question 4.

South End of the Park


South side of Morse Blvd.


North Side of Morse Blvd.




North End of the Park

FEES

1. $30.00 administrative fee, paid through ZAPP.
2. $475.00 exhibitor fee (includes $28.99 FL Sales Tax), paid through ZAPP by November 30, 2008.

COMMITMENT
A completed ZAPP application and full payment of the exhibitor fee is a commitment to show in your selected category (categories) and to abide by the Festival rules. No refund of exhibitor fee will be made for cancellation after November 30, 2008.

ACCEPTANCE
Selection is by the jury process only. The decisions of the judges are final.

CATEGORIES
Categories will be used for jurying purposes. It is the artist’s responsibility to enter the appropriate jurying category.

CLAY
Original, non-jewelry clay and porcelain work; may not be machine-made or mass-produced.

DIGITAL ART
Original work created by the artist using a computer, printed with archival quality materials, which have been signed and numbered as a limited edition. Includes scanned images of the artist’s original work that have been significantly manipulated or enhanced into the final piece.

DRAWINGS & GRAPHICS
Original two-dimensional work: including pencil, charcoal, chalk, pastels, wax crayon, inks and washes. Prints manually created by the artist using plates (stones or screens) which have been signed and numbered.

FIBER
Original work created by the artist from fibers including baskets, books, paper, quilts, weaving, and others. No forms of mass production are permitted.

GLASS
Original work created in glass by the artist. No molds or other forms of mass production are permitted.

JEWELRY
Original jewelry regardless of medium created without commercial casts, molds or use of a production studio.

LEATHER
Handmade original work created with leather.

METAL
Original non-jewelry metal work; created by the artist without the use of a production studio.

MIXED MEDIA
Original work of two or three dimensions in which the primary intent is the union of two or more media or physical materials.

PAINTING
Original two-dimensional work created with pigment including oils, acrylics, egg tempera, casein, alkyd, etc, or any combination of these pigments (does not include watercolor).

PHOTOGRAPHY
Signed prints created by the artist from his/her own original negatives or digital files that have been processed by that artist or under the artists’ direct supervision.

SCULPTURE
Original three-dimensional work created in any medium.

WATERCOLOR
Original two-dimensional work only.

WOOD
Original hand –tooled, machine-worked, built-up, turned or carved work in wood.

SPECIAL NOTICE TO 2008 FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS
Winners of the 2008 Best of Show Award, the Morse Museum Award, Awards of Excellence and Awards of Distinction are invited to return in their awarded category for the 2009 Festival.

To confirm your participation in The 2009 Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival™, returning award winners must submit an application to ZAPP (by midnight, September 19, 2008) and exhibitor fee payment of $475.00 through ZAPP (by credit card by midnight, November 30, 2008). A coupon code will be provided to you by WPSAF.

Although not juried, please include an image through ZAPP to be used for publicity, including the Festival programs and Web site. In addition to image specifications for ZAPP, the image must be a minimum of 500 KB at 300 dpi to be included in the programs. No exceptions allowed.

If there is a change of category or a wish to enter a second category, submit a separate ZAPP application, including fees and images following all applicable instructions.

AGREEMENT
I hereby submit this application to become an exhibitor in The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival™. I agree to abide by the Festival rules and regulations as established by the Festival Committee and the City of Winter Park.

By submitting this application, Applicant hereby and forever discharges The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival™, Winter Park Art Festival, Inc., and the City of Winter Park, Florida, of and from all manner of actions, suits, and damages, claims and demands, whatsoever in law or equity, from any loss and damage to the undersigned’s property while in the possession, supervision or auspices of The Winter Park Art Festival™, Winter Part Art Festival, Inc., the City of Winter Park, their agents, representatives or employees.

I also warrant that the artworks submitted for jurying and the artworks to be shown were produced after January 1, 2007, solely by myself or in collaboration with the co-artist in the category in which selected. I also authorize use of the images submitted with my application or duplicates thereof for Festival publicity or documentation.

I agree to grant a license to The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival™ to reproduce electronically, in limited resolution, my original artwork for a period of up to thirty (30) months beginning December 1, 2008. I understand by signing this agreement, I retain full copyright of my original artwork. My images shall not be redistributed except as anticipated on the Web site and in the Festival programs and other Festival related media, without the express written permission of myself and The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival™.

The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival™ reserves the right to make final interpretation of all rules.

A completed application (to ZAPP by midnight, September 19, 2008) and full payment of the exhibitor fee (to ZAPP by midnight on November 30 2008) is a commitment to show in your selected category (categories) and to abide by the Festival rules. No refund of exhibitor fee will be made for cancellation after November 30, 2008.

ARTISTS AMENITIES

• Booth Sitting
• Artist Hospitality Center
• Art Festival Magazine
• Morning Refreshments
• Thursday Set-Up and Check-In
• Saturday Night Artists’ Dinner
  

AWARDS
A TOTAL OF $67,500 IN AWARDS!

BEST OF SHOW - PURCHASE AWARD
$10,000

MORSE MUSEUM AWARD FOR A DISTINGUISHED WORK OF ART
$2,500

TEN AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
$2,000

TWENTY AWARDS OF DISTINCTION
$1,000

THIRTY AWARDS OF MERIT
$500

PAST WPSAF AWARD-WINNING WORK IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD.

THE JUDGES AND THE JUDGING PROCESS
The jurist panel consists of three independent judges, selected from across the country for their in-depth knowledge and experience in multiple art mediums. In October, they will review the digital images of all applicants to select the Festival artists and the Wait List artists. In March, this same panel will review the work of the exhibitors, determining those works they consider outstanding (eligible for awards). They will select one piece, representative of the artist’s body of work, from each of these outstanding artists for final judging on Saturday morning; awards are presented for individual works.

Awards are presented solely at the discretion of the judges.

CONTACT INFORMATION
The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival™
P.O. Box 597
Winter Park, Florida 32790-0597
407-672-6390 (voice message system)
www.wpsaf.org (general Festival website)
wpsaf@yahoo.com (general Festival questions)
wpsafzapp@yahoo.com (application questions)

Apply through www.Zapplication.org only.