FRIDAY 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
SATURDAY 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
AUCTION 5:30 PM
SUNDAY 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sunday Artist
Check-Out Noon - 3:00 PM
VOLUNTEERS
THANK YOU so much for volunteering to help!
The Art Show staff will be at the Convention Center:
Thursday Set-Up 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Friday Artist Check-In Noon - 6:00 PM
Friday - Show Opens 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Auction 5:30 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sunday Artist Check-Out Noon-3:00 PM
Please look the information and rules over and decide when you would like to help and doing what.
Most help, of course, is needed Thursday night and Sunday afternoon, but I DO need help over the entire weekend.
There will be a pizza party Thursday night for the volunteers helping and maybe again for Sunday afternoon.
Here are the rules that will be posted IN the Art Show for fans wishing to buy art work:
1. You may buy any artwork for the direct sale price as long as it does NOT have a bid written on the bid tag already. 2. You may bid on a piece of art by PRINTING your name and the DOLLAR amount you wish to pay on the bid tag (minimum bid amount or higher). 3. Once a piece receives a bid, you can only bid on the piece. To do so, write your higher bid on the bid sheet (after 3 bids, it goes to auction, but keep writing them in til close of bids). 4. The highest bid gets the artwork. If you are not out-bid, you buy the item for your last bid (written on the bid sheet or verbal at the auction). 5. There must be AT LEAST 3 BIDS on a piece of art for it to go to auction. 6. If the art has only a minimum bid amount with no direct sale amount--the item can only be bought by bidding on it. NFS means the artwork is not for sale. 7. Re-Sale Art is for direct sale only, no bidding. 8. If you are the last bidder on an item at the close of bidding Saturday afternoon and it is not going to auction, it is yours for that bid. 9. If you are the last bidder on an item at the close of bidding Saturday afternoon and it is going to auction, it is yours if no one bids against your bid at the auction. 10. When you win your bid on an item, you can pay for it at the auction or BEFORE 12:00 PM (NOON) SUNDAY. ALL artwork must be paid for by 12:00 PM Sunday so that artists may leave with their work or their money. 11. All bidding ends on Saturday. Art sales on Sunday are for the direct sale price only.
ONCE AN ITEM RECEIVES EVEN ONE BID,
ALL ARTWORK MUST HAVE AT LEAST
THIS ART SHOW CONTAINS
Last year's attendance was over 1,600 and art sales over $9,800.00, with over 100 artists displaying their art. Awarded by popular vote were: Best of Show and Best Amateur was World Maker by David Halfacre, Best Concept was Sylvan Princess by Oneta, Best Humor was Tender was the Knight by Patricia Pierce-Phillips, Best of Pro was Felinese Prince by Monika Livingstone, Best Juvenile was Sun Drake by Tori Hansen, Best Junior was Unicorn Magic by Jamie Holmes, Fans Choice was Vessel by Thomas Manning, and Artists Choice was One Eye Open by Thomas Manning.
At programming is popular at the convention and if you would care to join in any discussion panels, demonstrations, etc., or have any ideas, please let me know.
I am also looking for a few volunteers to help, starting Thursday night at 7:00 PM to Sunday afternoon closing. If interested, PLEASE let me know.
I hope you will be able to attend the convention. If you could take the time to let me know your requirements as soon as possible, I would greatly appreciate it.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Here are the Art Show Rules for artists wishing to enter the Art Show:
Thank you for your interest in the Archon Art Show. Following is a list of rules and guidelines you should follow when mailing or bringing artwork to the convention:
COSTS:
Panel - $8.00 full, $4.00 half, $2.00 quarter panel Table - $8.00 full, $4.00 half, $2.00 quarter table Print Shop - $1.00 per artist Junior & Juvenile - FREE (maximum of half panel/table) Floor space - same cost for a full table or all panels that could be fit into the floor space desired [table or panel depends on if you want space in center of floor (panel) or next to wall (table)]
SIZE: Panels are 4' wide and 7' tall (up & down-NOT sideways) Tables are 30" x 6'
No more than a combined total of three panels and tables will be sold to each artist or agent. Additional panels and tables may be purchased by attending artists at the discretion of the Art Show staff.
The Art Show will take a 10% commission from all artwork sold.
PRINTS - please follow the Print Shop Rules on the back of this sheet.
RE-SALE SECTION: For those people whose personal art collection is too large, there will also be a Re-Sale section of the Art Show. It will be clearly marked as re-sale artwork only and will be sold for direct sale prices only, no bidding on any of this art. There will be a 10% commission on sales. Prices for space are the same as for the Art Show (see above).
JUVENILE/JUNIOR ART: We will have a section reserved for Junior/Juvenile art. Each Junior/ Juvenile artist is limited to one-half panel/table and this space is free. To qualify as a Juvenile, the artist must be 13-17 years old; Juniors are under 13 years old. Persons 17 and under may put art in the main Art Show, but they will pay full price for space and must have adult quality artwork. The 10% commission does apply to Juvenile/Junior sales.
Payment must be received by Aug. 25. All paperwork (Control Sheets, Bid Sheets, etc.) will be sent at the end of August. When sending payment, please include the number of bid sheets and control sheets that you will need. There is no limit to the number of pieces that you may enter in the show other than the limit of your space. Artists entering small 3-dimensional pieces of art should have a case to hold the items. If you do not have a case, we do have two cases. If you do not wish to have your items inside locked cases, we cannot be held responsible for theft.
All art should be of a science fiction, fantasy, fannish or humorous nature. Also, all art must be original or prints of your own original. Original does not mean mold (greenware) ceramics or purchased kits. Limited exceptions will be made to this rule, but write or call and ask first. The Art Show staff reserves the right to refuse art that does not fall into these categories. We also reserve the right to refuse art that does not live up to the standards that we would like to see at Archon.
MAIL IN ART: All mailed in art must be insured and have adequate return postage and insurance included in shipment. Also, all mailed in art must include a UPS or Postal Service return shipment address label. All mailed in art must have completely filled out control AND bid sheets. If your paperwork is not complete, YOUR ART WILL NOT BE HUNG! No exceptions!
PAYMENT for space should be made payable to Archon and sent to Kay Goode. MAIL-IN artwork should be mailed to: Archon Art Show Director, Kay Goode, 389 Sorrento Drive, Ballwin, MO 63021 6476. No mail-in art accepted after Sept. 29 without calling me first at 314-256 8364.
Display space is a first-come, first-served basis. We ask that if you are attending the convention, please hang your own art. We are extremely busy Friday and, if you do not hang it yourself, it probably will not get hung until Saturday. All art must be picked up by 3:00 PM on Sunday or it becomes the property of the convention (except, of course, mail-in).
The Art Show staff will be at the Convention Center:
Thursday Set-Up 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Friday Artist Check-In Noon - 6:00 PM Friday - Show Opens 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Saturday 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Auction 5:30 PM Sunday 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Sunday Artist Check-Out Noon-3:00 PM
AUCTION: THERE WILL BE 3 BIDS TO AUCTION. NOT 1, NOT 2, BUT 3! THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS WILL BE THE WINNERS OF THE ART SHOW AWARDS.
Items not sold at auction will be offered for sale on Sunday for the direct sale price if they received no bids prior to the auction. If an item received only one or two bids, then the high bidder (after Saturday night Art Show close) will get the piece at that price. After Art Show closing Saturday evening, the Art Show staff will mark each bid sheet accordingly. Remember the following price definitions:
Minimum Bid - The lowest price you are willing to sell the item for.
Direct Sales - The selling price you will accept without the item being submitted to auction. This price can only be offered by an initial bidder who does not want to lose the piece due to a higher bid in auction.
** One bid (at least) sells the piece. **
All art will be available at direct sale price on Sunday unless otherwise marked.
COST: $1.00 per artist entered.
Artists/agents may register as many prints of each piece of work as they wish, but not more than 10 different pieces of work.
A commission of 10% will be charged on total print shop sales.
IF YOU WANT TO HANG PRINTS IN THE ART SHOW, please follow the following guidelines: a. Prints must not be an open-ended run, they must be numbered; b. You may only hang one copy of each print; c. You may put a print in the print shop OR in the Art Show, but not both.
To display prints for sale in the print shop, the artist/agent (an agent shall be a person or firm which has written permission, signed by the person or firm being represented, to transact business) must be attending the convention. We cannot accept prints for the print shop by mail. We have no place for high-volume storage.
A print shall be any copy of an original work, the copies having been reproduced by mechanical means, such as: photo offset, commercial printing, photographic reproduction, or a copying machine.
Hand-colored prints are considered to be original works of art and may, at the artist's or agent's discretion, be displayed in the Art Show or the print shop, following the above guidelines.
If you plan to attend the convention and display prints in the print shop, send a note stating how many different prints you wish to display.
Inventory will be checked at registration. Prints may not be removed from the table during the show unless being purchased or withdrawn from display.
Each print offered for sale must have the price of the piece affixed on the back and must have the artist's signature, the print number, the number of prints per run, the run number (if more than one), and the date of the work in a visible area on the print.
COST: The same as the regular Art Show, and the 10% commission does apply.
This is artwork that has been bought previously by an individual who, for various reasons (art collection is too large, their taste in artwork has changed, etc.), now wishes to re-sell them.
They are for direct sale only, no bidding on this art. Here is info about reserving JUST floor space:
FLOOR SPACE FOR DISPLAYING IN THE ART SHOW
The Archon Committee decided that floor space would be charged for by the area where the personal equipment/art work would be placed. If the floor space being used was in a "table" area then, the floor space being used would be charged the same as table space. If the floor space being used was in a "panel" area, then the floor space being used would be charged for the amount of panel space being used. A table being 6' x 30" and our panels are put up in sets of two panels hinged together using approximately 6' x 6' worth of floor space with rentable space of four panels per set (2 panels with each having 2 sides for a total cost of $32.00 for 6' x 6' of panel floor space).
For example:
Personal print bins will be charged for the amount of table space being used, so if you have a small print bin, you may be charged for 1/4 or 1/2 of a table, but if you have a very large print bin, you may be charged for a whole table, or more.
Free-standing artwork or personal art panels (any device to hang your art in a free-standing way) requiring floor space would be judged for the amount of table space or panel space used, depending on where the artist wishes to place his artwork/panels. If the artist wants to place his artwork/panels along the wall (in the table area), he will be charged for the amount of floor space at the table rate. If the artist wants to place his artwork/panels in the middle of the floor (where the panels stand) he would have to pay for the panel space of the total number of panel sides we would have to take down to make way for his piece of art/panels. Such as, if the piece of art/panels take up the place of one normal panel, the artist would have to pay for both sides of the two art show panels that would be taken down to be replaced with artwork/personal panels, plus the panel that is physically attached to the one panel (after all, both sides of the panels are for sale and the space can not be used by another artist now).
Also, I do not promise where the floor space will be made available to you. I will need to see your personal equipment and decide where it can best be fit into the floor plans I already have made up. Therefore, the floor space may be in the middle or in the back of the art show, depending on where I can find floor space to spare.
Therefore, if you need floor space, please be advised that there may be additional charges for the floor space being used.
I am sorry if this inconveniences you or makes you change your plans, but I have tried to arrange the floor plans of the space I have to the best advantage for the panels and tables I will be putting in the area, and to have to change the entire floor plan for personal equipment/artwork needs to be considered.
LastUpdated 18-Apr-96 rd@virtual.think-net.com