Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts in State College, PA near Penn State

Return to Innocence, Kathleen Kinsella, Sharonville, OH, 2006

Perennials, Michele Randall, State College, PA 2006

The Festival Jester in a Caravaggio Moment, Marty Edmunds, Boalsburg, PA, 2006

Look Who’s Forty, Joanie Eyster, State College, PA, 2006

Peace, Lynn Heritage, Bellefonte, PA 2004

For Every Child, Radio Park Elementary School, State College, PA 2002

Facing the Sun, Joanie Eyster, State College, PA 2004

Buzz, Leah Donell Stephenson, State College, PA 2004

Diving for Festival Treasures, Marty Edmunds, Boalsburg, PA 2004 - The Festival has over 100 banners in its collection. Many of them hang over the Festival route each July.

Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts™ State College, Pennsylvania

July 12-15, 2012 ~ Children and Youth Day July 11, 2012

46th ANNUAL SIDEWALK SALE AND EXHIBITION

Downtown State College and Penn State Campus
Thursday July 12-Saturday July 14, 2012, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 15, noon to 5:00 p.m.

2011 Sidewalk Sale & Exhibition Winners

As the centerpiece of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition brings artists and craftspeople from across the nation to State College to the streets of downtown State College and the adjacent campus of The Pennsylvania State University. More than three hundred exhibitors will offer a wide variety of objects for sale including baskets, ceramics, jewelry, fiber, painting, photography, and wearable art. There will be something to suit everyone’s taste and pocketbook.

The Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition is a juried outdoor show of high quality fine art and fine craft. Our audience gains a better appreciation of the artistic process through interaction with the exhibiting artists. It is essential that the participating artist be the one who conceived the design and executed the finished product. We are not interested in mass produced products or sales agents hired to operate booths.

There are approximately 305 booth spaces in the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition. Fifty artists have been invited to the 2012 Sidewalk Sale based on their on-site scores at the 2011 show. The remaining artists will be chosen by the following jurors:

Angela Cozby, festival director
Oklahoma City, OK

Abram Landes, photography
Alexandria, VA

Neil Patterson, ceramics
Philadelphia, PA

Joyce Robinson, curator
State College, PA

James Thurman, jewelry/metals
Denton, TX

These jurors will return in July for on-site jurying.

JURY PROCEDURE
We use the Zapplication projected jury process. Images are projected on a wall for all jurors to see at once.

The jury process starts with the jurors reviewing the digital images of our invited artists. The jury previews a category; after which the images are shown again so that the work may be scored. All five images are projected simultaneously and are of equal size. As the images are projected, the jurors are read the description of the work that the applicant provides. The jurors evaluate the work individually and without collaboration. The applicant’s name is not revealed.

Images #1-4 must represent the complete price range of the work you plan to display at the show (see regulation #8). Large and medium-sized objects should be photographed individually. Small items may be grouped effectively. Objects to show scale are acceptable.

Image #5, the booth image, must accurately represent presentation and work to be displayed. Applications will not be considered without a booth image. Name or trade name may not be visible.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION
The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts encourages and supports local artists. We will set aside booth spaces in the 2012 Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition for those whose primary residence is in the following centrally located Pennsylvania counties: Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin, and Union. Eligible artists will be invited to participate in a hands-on jurying process. Jurors will evaluate four works representing the artist’s full range of work at a State College location (to be announced) on Friday, February 17, 2012. Jury sessions will take up to one hour after which the work must be retrieved. The artist may not be present when the work is juried.

AWARDS

At least $17,325 in prizes will be awarded during the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. The Arete Best of Show Award is $2,500; our second prize, the Fine Arts Award, is $1,750. We present Awards of Excellence, Distinction, Merit, and a Booth of Distinction Award.

CALENDAR

Application deadline:
January 27, 2012

Notification
We will notify artists of their acceptance status by email on March 21, 2011. We will not release results over the telephone.

Cancellation Date (without penalty)

April 30, 2012

A full refund is available through April 30, 2012; half refund will be made May 1 to May 31. No refunds will be made as of June 1, 2012.

Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition Dates:
July 12 through 15, 2012

SHOW HOURS
Thursday, July 12 through Saturday, July 14
10 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 15
Noon - 5:00 p.m.

ARTISTS’ REGULATIONS

1. Artists must personally attend to their booths and must be present during the entire Festival. Representatives may NOT attend in place of the artist. All artists must check in and show a photo I.D. prior to setting up their booth. If two names are on the application one must check in and show photo I.D. and be present for the entire festival.
2. Booth sharing is permitted only where work is collaborative.
3. Artists may enter no more than two categories. Artists entering two categories must submit two applications and two application fees.
4. Artists may submit no more than two applications.
5. Submission of an application is a commitment to participate in the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition. A full refund is available through April 30, 2012, half refund will be made May 1 to May 31. No refunds will be made after May 31, 2012. Artists who cannot show must cancel in writing.
6. Artists must furnish booths and fixtures that are able to withstand weather and crowds, and fit within a 10’ x 10’ space.
7. All work exhibited must be original artwork produced by the artist. Work that has been produced from commercial kits, patterns, plans, prefabricated forms, or other commercial means is NOT permitted.
a) Any commercially produced parts used in a work must play a subordinate role and MAY NOT be sold separately.
b) Exhibitors are prohibited from selling non-original promotional items (e.g., postcards, calendars, catalogues etc.) at the CPFA.
8. The work exhibited must be consistent with the four images submitted and the CPFA artists’ regulations. Your digital images must show the full range of your work. Compliance will be verified during the Festival. The CPFA has the right to require that any other work be immediately removed from the show. Failure to comply may result in the exhibitor’s removal from the CPFA and the right to exhibit in future CPFA events will be jeopardized.
9. Only artists who have been accepted in the jewelry category may display or sell jewelry during the CPFA. For example, a potter wishing to sell jewelry must apply in both the ceramic and the jewelry categories.
10. No generators or external electrical hookups are permitted.
11. Artists wishing to sell T-shirts must show T-shirts in one of the four submitted slides.
12. All work must be priced and be for sale.

PARTICULAR MEDIA REGULATIONS

Two Dimensional Works
1. Hand pulled prints must be signed, numbered, and limited editions.
2. A minimum of 75% of work for sale (hanging and in bins) must be originals. Hand-colored reproductions are not considered originals.
3. All work must be clearly labeled as original or reproduction.
4. Prints of photographs from the artist’s original image must be made by the artist or under his/her direct supervision.
5. All hanging works must be framed. Framing on the premises is strongly discouraged.

Ceramic
Ceramic works must be handmade and signed by the artist.

Jewelry
1. Chains may be sold separately only if handcrafted by the artist.
2. Gems may be sold separately only if cut by the artist.

Musical Instruments
1. Books may be sold only if they are instructional and must be sold with an instrument.
2. Recordings of music performed by the artist with his/her instrument may be sold, but must remain incidental to the sale of the instruments.
3. Recordings may be demonstrated only with headphones, not from speakers.

FEE & BOOTH INFORMATION
1. Application fee: $30 ($60 if two categories)
2. Booth fees:
a. Standard booth, 10’ x 10’ $450
b. Double booth, 10’ x 20’ $900
A limited number of double booths are available.

Booth location requests are not guaranteed. Most booth spaces are located on pavement. A very small number of spaces are on grass. Local topography makes it imperative to bring items with which to level your booth.

FESTIVAL EYES
We strive to make the CPFA accessible to all. Trained docents from the Sight Loss Support Group of Central Pennsylvania, Inc. will guide visually impaired persons at the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition as part of the Festival Eyes program, recognized by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts as a model program for accessibility in the arts. Visually impaired visitors experience Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition through verbal descriptions and/or guided touch. Please check box on entry form to participate in the Festival Eyes program.

TAX INFORMATION

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania requires artists to have a Pennsylvania sales tax number. If artists do not have one, the PA Department of Revenue will provide a temporary sales tax license at no charge so that exhibitors may legally collect the 6% sales tax. Artists may apply online for a tax number at www.pa100.state.pa.us

Borough of State College.
The Borough of State College requires artists to have a Temporary Retail Permit. This fee is $25.00 per single booth and $50 per double booth.

2011 Sidewalk Sale & Exhibition Award Winners (Mouse over thumbnails to view larger image)

Arete Best of Show Award
Sponsored by Linda & Blake Gall
Luis Enrique Gutierrez of Zebulon, NC (Ceramic)