The Sioux Narrows Arts Council is no longer accepting applications for the 63rd Annual Sioux Narrows Arts Festival on August 3 and 4, 2024.
APRIL 1, 2024 CALL TO ARTISTS HAS EXPIRED
Dear Artist: The 2024 Sioux Narrows Arts Festival is now accepting applications for our 63rd year of celebrating the unique artistic talents of Lake of the Woods and beyond. This annual show will be held Saturday, August 3rd and Sunday, August 4th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the old Curling Rink on Panorama Road in Sioux Narrows, Ontario.
Exhibitors are expected to only display work hand-crafted by themselves and to exhibit for the entire length of the show. Our festival is a juried show and we invite all artists to submit 3 - 5 digital photos of individual works with their application. Photos may be used for the jury process and for festival advertising. A brief resume may be included should you wish to offer more insight into interesting facts about your specific work. We also invite you to share any connection/history you might have to our Lake of the Woods community. Previous acceptance does not guarantee a booth in the current festival.
A registration fee of $75 must accompany a completed 2024 Application Form in order for artists to be juried. Student artists who have not completed high school will only be charged a $25 registration fee. There will be no charge for an artist who is demonstrating only. If you are a festival participant, the Sioux Narrows Arts Council will request payment of 10% of your booth sales after the first $500. This includes all commissioned work that results from the show.
If your work is not selected by the jury, or if you withdraw from the festival before July 1, 2024, the registration fee will be refunded. Payment can be made by cheque or e-transfer. (Note that if your registration fee is in the form of a cheque, the cheque will NOT be cashed until jurying is complete and you are accepted). The deadline for receiving applications is Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Successful applicants will be notified by April 10, 2024 by email or phone. We again anticipate being able to accommodate only a portion of applicants due to limited space, and will notify those who have been waitlisted. In the event that an accepted registrant later finds that he/she is unable to participate, we ask that the Arts Council be informed promptly in order that a waitlisted applicant may be accommodated. Please return your application form, photos and registration fee by March 27, 2024 to:
Mail: Sioux Narrows Arts Council P.O. Box 90, Sioux Narrows, Ontario P0X 1N0 OR E-Mail: snartscouncil@gmail.com
Any profits from the festival are used to fund art scholarships for full-time and seasonal residents of the Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls Township, as well as to subsidize local art related workshops.