Date of Event

August 22, 2020 10:00AM -
August 23, 2020 5:00PM

Event Location

Glen Ellyn, IL
645 Lenox Road
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
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Description of Event:

We invite you to participate in the 51st Annual Festival of the Arts in Glen Ellyn!

This year’s show will be held August 22nd and 23rd. Show hours are from 10am-5pm each day.

New this year, the Festival of the Arts is being run by the Alliance of Downtwon Glen Ellyn.  We are a non-for-profit organization whose mission is to drive sales for Downtown Glen Ellyn, as well as, market our town.  We have a 12 year track record of executing very successful events and are excited to be running this art festival at Lake Ellyn.  We will be bringing amazing juried art of all medians to the beautiful surrounding of Lake Ellyn and welcoming many to enjoy and purchase it.  Please apply to show and bring the beauty that you created to our town.

2020 is a big year for art in Glen Ellyn and DuPage County.  From June-August, College of DuPage, in partnership with the McAninch Arts Center and Cleve Carney Art Gallery, has announced an exhibition of the largest private collection of works by Frida Kahlo coming to the Glen Ellyn campus in summer 2020.  The 26-piece collection, on loan from the Museo Dolores Olmedo, features an array of sketches and paintings spanning the career of Kahlo, who is considered one of Mexico’s greatest artists. 150,0000 tourists are expected to come to Glen Ellyn to view the exhibit, and we are excited to add to the experience by welcoming them all to our very own Festival of the Arts. In 2020, Glen Ellyn is the place to be showing, enjoying and buying art.

ARTIST AMENITIES
• Commission free sales
• Coordinated loading and unloading with assistance is available for a $25 fee (30 minute pre-reserved time)
• Friday check-in and set-up followed by an artist reception on the boathouse deck
• Bottled water throughout the day, morning coffee and pastries Saturday and Sunday
• Booth sitters available
• Overnight Security
• Festival programs with listing of artists attending
• Food and music available

AWARDS
$1,600 IN CASH PRIZES.
1-$600 Best of Show, 2-$300 Awards of Excellence one in 3D medium and one in 2D medium,2-$200 Awards of Merit one in 3D medium and one in 2D medium. There are also 4 Judges Awards with the recipients receiving a complimentary booth space to next year’s show. Award winners are selected by professional judge(s), for excellence, regardless of media.

PUBLICITY

The Festival of the Arts in Glen Ellyn is promoted through featured newspaper articles, internet and print advertising, eblasts, magazine ads, social media marketing, and broadcast radio promotion.  Also, the Festival of the Arts will be highlighted on the tourist website for all Frida Kahlo visitors.

Information:

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