Pensacola Wine Festival Artists
Pensacola Wine Festival - Call for Entries
In its 5th year, the Pensacola Wine Festival is the premier wine showcase event in the region. The largest ticketed event of the festival each year is the Grand Tasting, which will occur on Saturday afternoon, April 16, 2011 in a closed off section of Palafox Place in Historic Downtown Pensacola. Typically, more than a dozen distributors and/or producers are represented. They collectively pour between 150 and 200 different wines for the attendees to sample. The majority of the wines offered during the Grand Tasting are available for sale year-round at the fine restaurants and wine shops of Downtown Pensacola. In 2010, the Grand Tasting event sold out with over 1000 people in attendance. Responding to a request from many of the wine connoisseurs attending the Grand Tasting, the offering of space to creators of fine arts is being expanded this year.
General Information:
• The Wine Festival will be held on April 16, 2011 from 3:00pm - 6:00pm down three blocks of South Palafox Place in downtown Pensacola.
• Booth space is limited. Applications will be accepted on a first come first serve basis until the deadline date of March 31, 2011.
• Booth set up begins at 1:30pm and must be completed by 2:30pm and disassembled by 7:00 pm.
• Tents WILL be supplied to all participating artists and is included in the cost of booth space.
Categories:
• Ceramics Oil/Acrylic
• Drawing Photography
• Fiber/Wood/Leather Printmaking
• Glass Sculpture
• Jewelry Watercolor
• Mixed Media
Entry & Fee Information
• Each application must be accompanied by a $100 check. The $100 check is for a 10'x10' booth space that INCLUDES a tent (Artists MUST use the provided tent, no exceptions) Table & chair rental is available ($2.00 per table, $0.75 per chair). NO electricity is available.
• Indicate the category that most closely reflects your work on the entry form.
• The Wine Festival will establish a waiting list. Artists on the waiting list may be called if space becomes available because of cancellations.
• All Art Exhibitors and Festival Attendees must be at least 21 years of and be prepared to shop Photo ID to verify.
Images of Your Work
• All persons staffing a fine arts booth at the Pensacola Wine Festival & Grand Tasting must possess a valid admission to the Grand Tasting Event.
• Submit with the application 3 to 4 pictures representative of your current work that you will display.
Festival Specifics
• Only fine art will be accepted into the Pensacola Wine Festival.
• Artists must be present to display their own work; proxy exhibitors are not permitted.
• All works on display must be the artist's own original design. Only original artwork may be hung. Watercolors, original prints, drawings, and photographs must be appropriately framed and glassed (or substitute for glass). Reproductions must be in a portfolio and each item clearly marked reproduction.
• The work of only one exhibitor may be displayed in each assigned space.
• Each exhibitor space is 10' x 10' and INCLUDES an exhibitor's tent. No electricity will be provided at exhibitor spaces. Generators are not allowed.
• Each exhibitor is responsible for collecting Florida sales tax (7.5%) on all sales.
Checklist
Incomplete applications will not be accepted. For more information, call Jim Sweida, (805) 295-9655 or email to jsweida@gmail.com
• Complete and sign the Application. Read and sign Hold Harmless Release Agreement.
• Include a $100 check.
• Make check payable to the Pensacola Wine Festival.
• Include 3 to 4 pictures representative of your current work that you will display.
MAIL OR DROP-OFF APPLICATION TO:
Blue Morning Gallery
Attention: Jim Sweida
112 Palafox Place
Pensacola, Florida 32502