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ARTISTS, ARTISANS & ART VENUES! Sign up now for the Creemore Festival of the Arts 2018

Purple Hills

Opening night, 2016

Do you want to be part of the festival this year?

Creemore Festival of the Arts – Sept 29 & 30, 2018

We’re looking for creative people who are interested in registering for Artists on Location, which places artists and artisans with local businesses, or seeking to show artwork within downtown Creemore throughout the weekend of Sept 29 & 30. The Artists in the Village, formerly called Artists on Location, is a weekend-long collaboration in the village of Creemore among venue owners, artists/artisans, and the Purple Hills Arts & Heritage Society.

Deadline for registrations: July 22, 2018 (EXTENDED)

Click here to sign up.

Background

The autumn arts weekend in Creemore is a community staple. This is the weekend we try to outdo the splendour of our natural surroundings in beautiful Simcoe County. We do our best to amaze our guests with arts exhibitions, installations, performances and displays centred around Creemore’s community halls and beautiful main street. Many visitors return each year for an afternoon, a day or a weekend.

Our guests may come for the marquee exhibits but they stay for the main street. A stroll along Mill Street is rewarded with delightful shops and restaurants anytime but on arts festival weekend there’s an added creative element with artists and artisans of all kinds, showing and demonstrating their work — indoors and outdoors.

The event is free to the public and exhibits are open on the Saturday and Sunday between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Volunteer guides are available both days at the main venues. We ask artists to engage with the public at the display venue throughout the weekend as this is an aspect of the festival that is especially meaningful to visitors.

The event is a proud part of the Small Halls Festival in Clearview Township. We look forward to announcing our exciting and diverse marquee shows — two exhibits in Creemore’s Station on the Green and one at the historic Log Cabin.

Registration

If you are registered, you will be part of the marketing machine for the festival which includes our brochure, poster, rack cards, website, social media, and print and online ads. We are not charging a registration fee this year. Instead, we ask that both the venue and the artist become members of Purple Hills Arts & Heritage Society, if they are not already members.

Membership for businesses is $100 per year. With that membership, your name is included on our website (phahs.ca), social media (@purplehillsarts), brochure and poster, and media outreach. Artists may join as businesses or as individuals at your level of choice.

If you would like to be part of this program, please fill out the forms linked below. If you have any questions, please contact the festival chair, Sara Hershoff: sara@creemore.com or 705-466-9906.

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Also available as PDFs:

Small Halls Festival

Call for Entries in Public Art

Purple Hills

Public Art Opportunity for Collectives, Partnerships and Individuals

Description and Application Form

Deadline for Entries: April 15, 2018

Creemore is home.The Purple Hills Arts & Heritage Society is seeking Artistic Submissions for public arts and heritage experiences at the Creemore Festival of the Arts on September 29 and 30, 2018.

We invite arts exhibitions, installations, performances, displays and more, which will be centred around Creemore’s attractive community halls and handsomely preserved main street.

The purpose of this Public Art Opportunity is to inspire and support two to three marquee presentations to elevate the Festival experience. Collectives, partnerships and individuals are encouraged to apply and may be made up of artists, curators, performers or others. Applicants may be from anywhere and work in any discipline.

“This year, we really want to open up the opportunity to headline the Creemore Festival of the Arts,” said Festival Chair, Sara Hershoff. “We hope this Call for Entries process will help us gather new possibilities and inspire exciting voices who want to explore and present their creative ideas.”

The deadline for Artistic Submissions is April 15, 2018. There is no entry fee. It is the goal of the Festival to distribute up to $10,000 to support two or three presentations. The funds are to be used for creation, production and display of works. Successful applicants will be provided with a community venue and volunteer support to bring their ideas to life during the highly-promoted autumn weekend festival.

The Creemore Festival of the Arts, which operates in partnership with Clearview Township’s Small Halls Festival, is an annual, weekend-long community celebration that seeks to engage and attract artists, locals and visitors to enjoy and support Creemore as a destination for creative inspiration and success.

Marquee shows are the cornerstone of the Festival, which is organized by volunteers and also features artists and artisans showing their work in more than 20 central locations. The event is free to the public and volunteer guides are available both days at the main venues. The event attracts between 1,500 and 2,000 visitors each year.

Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society is a volunteer-run charity dedicated to fostering community by cultivating and celebrating a broad range of arts and heritage activities in Creemore and area.

Contact

Sara Hershoff

Chair, Creemore Festival of the Arts

sara@creemore.com

705-466-9906

Creemore Festival of the Arts Committee 2018

Sara Hershoff, Liz Eakins, Paul Eprile, Laurie Severn, Cheryl MacLaurin, Julie Pollock, Victoria Denoga Huntley

Application Form 2018

Here is a PDF of the application form (Public Art Opportunity – Creemore Festival of the Arts 2018 – Google Forms) for your reference.

We prefer that applications be submitted through the online form that immediately follows this note. Many thanks.

Artists! Sign up for the 6th Annual Creemore Festival of the Arts.

Purple Hills

Call for Artists 2017

Creemore Festival of the Arts 2017

Artists on Location

Saturday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017

Join Us

Artists and artisans! Help us bring fall colours right to Creemore’s main street during our annual arts weekend.

The Artists on Location weekend is an opportunity for artists and artisans to display and sell their art in local businesses, studios and galleries throughout the village of Creemore.  This year’s dates are Saturday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017.

This program is open to artists and artisans (e.g., visual artists, sculptors, jewellers, woodworkers, craftspersons).

Register Early

Space for this show is limited. We would like to begin registering participants as soon as possible. Location assignments will be made by the Festival Committee on a first-come, first-served basis. REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.

While the deadline for applications is August 1, all available exhibit spaces may be assigned before that date. To avoid disappointment, complete the registration form and send in your entry fee as soon as possible. If needed, application forms in Word format can be requested from the Festival Committee.

Register here: Registration Form for Artists

Artists’ Fee

A registration fee of $50.00 will cover the program’s overhead costs such as signage, marketing and street decor. The Purple Hills Arts & Heritage Society takes no commissions.

You can pay via PayPal at the website or by cheque payable to The Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society and mailed to: 10 Caroline St E., Creemore, ON L0M 1G0. Applications will be processed when payment is received.

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If you have any questions, please direct them to Jim Stacey at CreemoreFestival2017@gmail.com.

Creemore Festival of the Arts Committee 2017

Sara Hershoff, Victoria Denoga Huntley, Bail Guinane, Carole Watson, David Bruce Johnson, Gail Caswell, Laurie Severn, Jim Stacey, Cheryl MacLaurin, Julie Pollock

CALL TO ARTISTS 2016

Purple Hills


Creemore artists 2015Artists on Location 2016

Part of Clearview Township’s Small Halls Festival

Artists on Location 2016 is now accepting registrations for the fifth annual event on Saturday, October 1 and Sunday, October 2. Each year, artists and artisans are embedded in the community of Creemore, providing visitors with a lively mix of art and commerce.

Artists on Location provides an opportunity for artists of all skill levels to display and sell their work at local businesses, studios, galleries, restaurants, homes and green spaces in the vicinity of Creemore’s main street, Mill Street.

The event is anchored by a group exhibit in Creemore’s “small hall”, the Station on the Green, showing one piece from each participating artist and featuring a large map (and volunteers) to help visitors find artists around town.

The deadline for registration is Friday, August 19, 2016.

How to apply … it’s simple!

Email Jim Harkness (jim.harkness@sympatico.ca – don’t forget the dot after “jim”!):

1. Your name
2. Your personal information (email, website, phone number and address)
3. Briefly describe the original art you create, and will represent in person at the event.
4. Attach an image of your art. This image may be used by the organizers to market the event.
5. Let us know if you have a preferred location for showing. We can’t guarantee you will be placed there, unless you have made arrangements with the location owner.

Before final acceptance, you will be asked to pay a registration fee of $50, payable by PayPal, cash or cheque. Cheques can be made out to Purple Hill Arts & Heritage Society and mailed to 10 Caroline Street E, Creemore, ON L0M 1G0. You will then hear from the organizers with next steps as the event approaches.




Note: If you do not have email, please apply in writing to Purple Hills Arts & Heritage Society, Attn: Jim Harkness, 10 Caroline Street E, Creemore, ON L0M 1G0.

Questions?

Jim Harkness
705 428-0957
jim.harkness@sympatico.ca

This event is part of an annual arts weekend organized by the Purple Hills Arts & Heritage Society, a volunteer organization committed since 1977 to cultivating and celebrating Creemore’s cultural scene.

Clearview Small Halls Festival