Artist Applications:


Applications for the 2013 tour must be postmarked before April 1, 2013. Selection takes place April 13. We welcome your entry to the Sylvan Circle, a tour for artists and artisans, to be held Saturday, September 21, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The objective of the tour is to provide residents from Algoma, the North Shore, Sault Ste. Marie and Upper Michigan the opportunity to take a scenic drive in the country and enjoy the artistic creations of local artists and artisans. Starting in Echo Bay, the tour extends through beautiful country around Highway 638, through Leeburn and Rydal Bank to Bruce Mines and back along Highway 17, a distance of about 100 kilometres. Work will be exhibited in community halls and studios. There will be a mixture of media at each location. The application form for the Sylvan Circle Tour 2013 can be obtained from www.sylvancircle.ca. Please feel free to contact Sarah Buckley at (705) 246-2819 for additional information, or send an e-mail to info@sylvancircle.ca. WORK 1. All pieces must be recent work of the exhibitor. 2. Neither work made from purchased kits, nor the use of decals, will be permitted. 3. No resale items or discounted items are allowed. 4. Work must be an original design of the exhibitor, or follow traditional patterns, or be a skillful adaptation of a published pattern. The Committee will screen out work which does not meet standards of originality. 5. No food items may be sold by the exhibitor. 6. You are only allowed to exhibit work that has been listed on this application and approved by the selection committee. You must provide the required number of actual pieces of all media to be exhibited. 7. Artists must be present to interact with the public during the show. 8. Artists wishing to display in their own studios may request this on the application form. Written proof of liability insurance must be provided with the application or the request will not be considered. 9. Work of artists selected for the tour will be photographed and published in this year's brochure. SELECTION PROCESS For the purposes of selection, entrants must submit three (3) pieces of the media that will best represent their work to be exhibited. Submissions should be actual pieces; if photographs or CD’s are provided, the images must be of professional quality. All samples of artwork must be delivered to the Echo Bay Community Hall, 257 Church St., Echo Bay, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Or contact any of the Sylvan Circle Committee members prior to this date to make alternate delivery arrangements. All submitted pieces must be picked up from the Echo Bay Community Hall on Sunday, April 14, 2013 between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Unless alternate arrangements are made, any items not picked up on this date will be returned at the artist’s expense. NON-REFUNDABLE SELECTION FEE A non-refundable selection fee of ten dollars ($10.00) must also be submitted at the time of registration. A separate cheque is required. ENTRY FEE Applications and entry fee must be postmarked prior to Monday, April 1, 2013. A one hundred dollar ($100.00) entry fee cheque, post dated prior to April 1, 2013, must be included with the application. Applications with cheques post-dated after April 1, 2013 will not be accepted. The entry fee is used primarily for advertising and promotion. Acceptance letters will be mailed out to applicants in late April. If an applicant is selected for the tour, their entry fee cheque will be cashed at that time, otherwise it will be returned. Cancellations prior to June 20, 2013 will result in a $75.00 refund. No refunds will be provided after this date. NSF CHEQUES An NSF cheque will result in a fifty dollar ($50.00) administrative fee as well as disqualification from this event. DISPLAY SET-UP If possible, each entrant will be allocated a minimum space of 10' x10' including a table and 1 chair. Please advise if electrical outlets are required. Participants are responsible for any additional lighting. All exhibits must be set up by 8:30 a.m. and may not be dismantled until after 5:00 p.m. on September 21, 2013. Most show locations will be available for set up the day prior to the show. Hall monitors will contact you to schedule set up times. On the day of the tour, artists will be asked by hall monitors to remove any artwork that does not meet with prior approval, or is in conflict with category quotas and not within tour qualification standards. Non-compliance to these terms and conditions will result in being excluded from future shows. SYLVAN CIRCLE COMMITTEE Errol Caldwell Sarah Buckley Rhonda Ferris David Solomon Jack Dunning Lucy Boston Jan Miller Michele Forester Rose Sundaram Diana Madill Hélène Caldwell Skip Bailey Stephanie Mitchell ARTISTS PLEASE NOTE: We have received a number of requests for early submission by artists who expect to be away around the time of selection. Unfortunately, we are unable to take responsibility for storing your work over an extended period of time. We suggest that you arrange with a friend or family member to hold three pieces for selection and either bring them as required on the selection day or leave them with a member of the Committee a week or so before the selection day. Then you can obtain the application form from this web page in January, and submit it by mail. Application Form 2013 Call for Entry 2013 (Print Friendly Version of This Page) If you are applying as an emerging artist please use the following forms: Emerging Artist Application Form 2013 Emerging Artist Call for Entry 2013 *NOTE: Forms will open in new browser windows.* If you have further questions that are not answered here, please send e-mail to info@sylvancircle.ca NOTE: The application form is a pdf document, designed to faclitate printing from your own printer. In order to read and print it, you must have Adobe's free Acrobat Reader installed. Most current operating systems include it automatically. If yours does not, you can download a free copy from www.adobe.com

Artist Applications:

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