REGISTRATION INFORMATION
When
Saturday May 18, 2013 from 10:00-5:00
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Sunday May 19, 2013 from 11:00-4:00
Rules and Requirements:
Commercial agents, dealers, or manufacterers are NOT eligable for registration. All included items must be artist derived. No wholesale items are eligible for sale during the festival.
A complete list of rules can be found on the AitpFestival.com website.
Thank you for your interest in the 4th Annual Art in the Park Outdoor Art and Music Festival! This event features exceptional artisans and crafters, live entertainment, and a fun festival atmosphere. Set in beautiful Stevenson Park in Friendswood Texas.
About the Event
Friendswood Fine Arts/FFAI presents Art in the Park Outdoor Art & Music Festival, under the direction of founding members Sangie Gardiner and Sara Peters. Art in the Park was the first art festival in Friendswood, Texas and still continues to be the largest and most successfully-run event of its kind in the area. AITP has become the Friendswood area's premier festival for artists, working each year to improve the experience for both our artists and patrons.
Here are a few of the Art in the Park perks:
PARTICIPATION IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE!
Friendswood Fine Arts is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. This means that your participation in Art in the Park, or any FFAI sponsored event, is TAX DEDUCTABLE! That's right! Your participation fees qualify as deductions on your 2014 taxes!
ARTIST HOSPITALITY!
Artists participating in Art in the Park 2013 will receive festival perks including complimentary breakfast both Saturday and Sunday mornings! We also invite you to join us for our AITP Meet & Greet scheduled the Friday evening before the Festival. We'll meet adjacent to the park at the Chamber of Commerce outdoor patio for drinks, small bites sponsored by Jason's Deli, and great music as we enjoy sounds from that evenings Concert in the Park performance. During the Festival hours we are just a text away if you should us. We have volunteers ready to stand in for a moment if you should need to step away from your booth.
ALL ACTIVITIES ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC!
Thanks to our generous sponsors, all art activities at AITP are presented free to the public. This feature boosts public attendance and encourages art sales! The goal of this event is to help bring your work to the community, which was why we first developed Art in the Park in 2010.
ALL PROCEEDS GO BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY!
Friendswood Fine Arts is a completely volunteer run nonprofit, which allows all proceeds from our events are recycled back into the community through creativity-based events and volunteer work. Your participation means that we can continue to promote the arts in and around our community for years to come.
PUBLIC JURIED EVENT
Art in the Park is not your typical judge-juried art festival. Artists are juried by the community and their peers. Visitors to the Festival will vote for their favorite artist. The winner is named as the Favorite Artist of that festival and named Featured Artist for the following years event. As reining "Featured Artist", they will be included on event marketing and promotional items, with web and social media mention for next 12 months. The winning artist is also invited back for the following year as our guest.
2 DAY FESTIVAL!
You're already unpacked, why not stay for another day? This year we are pleased to announce that Art in the Park will be a 2 day event! We were overwhelmed by the artist and community's request for a second day, so we made it happen! We now have 2 full days of exciting music and art demonstrations!
OVERNIGHT SECURITY
OVERNIGHT SECURITY WILL BE PROVIDED DURING THE CLOSING HOURS BETWEEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING.
About the Organization
Our Mission:
To enrich the visual and performing arts landscape in Friendswood, Texas
and surrounding communities.
FFAI/Friendswood Fine Arts is a registered 501©3 nonprofit organization, dedicated to “Promoting Community Creativity & Artist Opportunity".
We believe that the best way to do this is by presenting fun and exciting events free to the community, to encourage continued interests in the arts, regardless of income or current economic stresses.
Friendswood Fine Arts is the areas only nonprofit art group run entirely by Volunteers which allow all profits by our organization to be returned to the community through organization donations and events such as Art in the Park, their largest event of the year, designed to enrich the landscape of Friendswood and the surrounding areas. No individual will profit monetarily from their efforts through Friendswood Fine Arts, an approach that has aided the success of FFAI since its inception in 2009. We, as a community, are doing our part to spread positivity and create something great for the next generation.
“This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in
unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.”
- Theodore Roosevelt
We appreciate your interest in our event and welcome you to the FFAI/2013 Art in the Park Outdoor Art and Music festival family!
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to stay up to the minute with event details!
Contact:
The FFAI Team
Hotline: 281-996-7700
Email: Info@FFAIonline.com
