Art Show Details

Entry and Fee Information

• $30.00 non-refundable jury fee is required for each application.
• Choose one category on the entry form that most closely reflects your work.
• A separate application must be submitted if you wish to apply in more than one category.
• Presently GGAF does not maintain a waiting list.
• Notification of acceptance will be e-mailed the week of July 9, 2010. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE PHONE INQUIRIES.
• The 2009 Best of Show, Awards of Distinction, Excellence, Honor, and Merit winners are exempt from a jury fee and slide requirement. These artists are automatically accepted upon receipt of their completed application and $250 booth fee.

Digital Images

Submit four JPEG images for consideration. File size should be no greater than 1024 X 768 pixels and no more than two megabytes when saved as a JPEG. If you already have files in the ZAPP Standard (1920 x 1920), we will accept these as well.

Three images must represent current work you will display at the festival. The fourth image must show the booth display you will use at GGAF. Name each JPEG file as follows: artist name (last, first), category, booth or number. For example: DoeJohnGlass1, DoeJohnGlass2, DoeJohnGlass3 and DoeJohnGlassBooth. Abbreviate the category if necessary.

You will be prompted to upload the four JPEGs later and the application fee of $30 may be made by using PayPal. THE COMMITTEE WILL ACCEPT NO SLIDES FOR CONSIDERTION.

The committee will hold the images for verification at the festival. Committee members will circulate during the festival to review artwork within booths. If the work you show at the festival is inconsistent with submitted images, you will be asked to remove the work(s).

The Selection Process

GGAF is a juried art show. To ensure impartiality, entries are assigned numbers and no artists' names are used during the selection process. Our goal is to present a well-rounded show, but there is no predetermined number of percentage of "slots" established for any category. The Festival Committee reserves the right to determine "what is art" as it applies to this event, and to make final judgment of all rules. Booth fees are $250 for a 10x10 space. You will be notified if selected and must submit booth fee to GGAF no later than August 20th. Requests for specific booth spaces are honored when possible. Booth assignments are made on a first come basis.

Awards

Judging will begin at 8 AM on Friday, November 5th.
Cash prizes totaling over $25,000 will be awarded in these categories:

• Best of Show - $3000
• Five - $1400 Awards of Distinction
• Five - $1200 Awards of Excellence
• Five - $800 Awards of Honor
• Five - $600 Awards of Merit
• Five - $400 Judges Awards

Festival Specifics

• November 4, 5, & 6 - Show dates 9:00 - 5:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9:00 - 4:00 p.m. Sunday.
• Exhibiting artists and craftsmen must be present throughout the festival to display their own work. ID's will be checked daily.
• Accepted artists must display a minimum of six pieces in each category in which they were accepted.
• All works on display must be the artist's own original design. Only prints directly pulled from the original block/plate/screen may be hung. Reproductions of an artist's one-of-a-kind original paintings, pastels, drawings, collage or mixed may be exhibited subject to the following conditions: All reproductions must be signed and numbered. All reproductions, framed or unframed, must be clearly and individually labeled "REPRODUCTION" OR "LIMITED EDITION REPRODUCTION." Framed reproductions may be hung on one wall of the booth, not to exceed ten (10) linear feet. All unframed reproductions must be displayed in viewing bins. Watercolors, prints, drawings, and photographs hung for display must be appropriately framed and glassed (or substitute for glass).
• The work of only one exhibitor may be displayed in each assigned space. One artist will not occupy more than one space. A two-person team producing a product may qualify for a single exhibitor, but this arrangement must be explained in detail on the application in the description space provided.
• Seville Square is patrolled day and night by the City of Pensacola police throughout the three days of the Festival. Security problems are rare. Although care will be taken to avoid hazards to artwork, the Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival is not responsible for any loss or damage to displays or artwork. Overnight security services will be provided Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night. It is recommended that each artist has insurance.
• Each exhibitor space is 10' x 10', with a limited number of 10' x 20' spaces.
• No electricity will be provided at exhibitor spaces. Generators are not allowed; batteries are permitted.
• Each exhibitor is responsible for collecting Florida sales tax (7.5%) on all sales.
• No pets are allowed at Festival (City of Pensacola ordinance).
• No refunds will be made for cancellation after September 1st.

Hospitality

• Complimentary coffee and doughnuts will be available each morning.
• Friday evening, immediately following the close of the Festival, an informal buffet and awards presentation will be held for all exhibitors.
• Volunteers are available for booth sitting throughout the Festival.
• Cell phones are available for credit card authorization.
• ATM is available at Festival site.

Ineligible Art

Art not eligible in this show: crocheting, knitting, novelty shell items, art supplies, picture frames, mailboxes, velvet paintings, decoupage, carpentry, commercial photography, coin jewelry, fork-spoon jewelry, manufactured belts or handbags, mass produced jewelry, ram-pressed pottery, decorated eggs, t-shirts, candles, art based on embellishing commercially produced items such as painting, stitchery or appliques on commercially produced garments, and decoration on commercially produced furniture, or reconstructed or embellished structural/architectural components, non-original, or kit work.