Britt Festival Call to Artists - 2017 Fine Arts Poster

Britt Music & Arts Festival Call to Artists – 2017 Season Fine Arts Poster

Britt’s Fine Arts Poster is a cherished tradition that celebrates Britt’s concert series and music through the visual arts. The 2016 Britt Festival Call to Artists seeks an original piece of artwork by a local artist to commemorate the 2017 concert season through a Fine Arts Poster.

Specifications for the chosen artist’s finished work

(please see the process and submissions guidelines below)
Original work must represent any aspect of the Britt Experience of concerts under the stars in the outdoor amphitheater in Jacksonville. It can be a work that has already been created, or one created specifically for the Britt Music & Arts Festival

Fine Arts Poster

The original work can be of any medium that could be scanned or photographed so that it can be used in print formats.

Artist will donate original work to Britt Music & Arts Festival.

Preference

We would like artwork that can be incorporated into a marketing piece, with negative space where text could be incorporated. Possible uses could be a marketing “season-at-a-glance” poster, playbill cover, large poster, postcards, etc.

Selection process/procedure

Selection of artists will be done by a committee made up of Britt staff and local artists. Committee will select an artist for the 2017 Fine Arts Poster, and artists for future years.

Artists interested in being selected should submit the following by February 15, 2016:

• Name and contact information
• At least three samples of their work (either online or printed samples)
• Artist Statement: A brief statement explaining artist’s process techniques and concepts.
• Piece Description: Paragraph describing the piece artist would like to create for the Fine Arts Poster
• Send to:

Sara King Cole
Britt Music & Arts Festival
mail: 216 W. Main Street, Medford, OR 97501
email: [email protected]

The selected artist should be able to produce a completed piece by April 2017.