Application

If you were a participant in last year’s Festival, and you wish to participate again next year, please forward your Exhibitor Agreement, Checklist, and a cheque, in the required amount, (made payable to the Rideau Valley Art Festival), to:
 

The Rideau Valley Art Festival

c/o Penny Warriner,
Box 203, Newboro, ON  K0G 1P0

If you wish to be part of the 2012 Festival, as a professional artist, there two methods of applying. If you wish to apply as an amateur artist click here.
 

1) Print a copy of our Application Form, complete and submit it along with a disc containing six digitized images of your works, as required below. Mail the form, a $25.00 cheque and disc to:

The Rideau Valley Art Festival

c/o Norm Hagan,
12 Upper Rideau Drive, RR #2, Westport, ON K0G 1X0

2) The second option is to file your application using the electronic form below and email images of your works, as described below, to normh@rideau.net.
A $25.00 cheque should be mailed to the postal address shown above.

The following information applies to both methods of applying.
 

Requirements for digitized images:

JPEG format no larger than 300 KB.

Six images are required.
mailto: normh@rideau.net.
Titles, sizes and asking prices must be included.
Failure to provide any of the requested information could invalidate your application to the jury process.

Jury payment

The non-refundable cheque of $25.00 is required to cover the cost of jurying your works. The cheque is to be made out to the Rideau Valley Art Festival, and mailed to the address given in 1) above.

Following the Jury Process, you will be advised whether or not your application has been accepted for the following years Festival. If you have been accepted you can expect to receive further information and contracts early in the New Year. All applications, images and payments must be received no later than midnight on the first Friday of November of the current year.

Policies and Guidelines

Artwork is understood to include paintings and drawings, sculpture, pottery, wood carving, and photo art.

Framed photo-mechanical reproductions are to be excluded from the display, except in the case of photo art.

Exhibitors are responsible for the supervision of their displays through out the Festival.

Exhibitors are required to set up their own displays on 4' X 8' aspenite panels which are provided by the Festival. A non-refundable deposit of $30.00 per panel, to a maximum of 6, is required in order to reserve panels at the Festival. The number of panels (4, 5, or 6) and the allocation of space is decided by the Festival Committee. A percentage of all sales and orders (20%) is payable to the Festival at the close of the Festival.

Electronic application form

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