Call For Artists at The North Carolina Arts Incubator

The North Carolina Arts Incubator is calling artists to participate in the 2nd Annual “Art Market- Art & Wine for the Holiday Shopper” in Siler City. 

This is a juried show that will feature fine art and crafts form Chatham County and the surrounding areas. 

Event Dates:  December 2nd & 3rd, 2006

Application fee: $25.00

Commission: 25% of sales to support the Arts Incubator development.

Format: Market format- artists will bring work to be sold with a completed inventory form (to be provided).  The artists do not need to be present during the sale but are encouraged to volunteer if possible.

Deadline: 9/30/06 for application, fee and 5 photos or CD of your current work within the past 3 years. 

Click here to download an application:


 
For more information, please email

or call (919)349-5409.


NOTE:  Artists who have juried into the Chatham Arts Gallery
are already eligible and do not need to send photos or CD

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Emerging Artists Grant Program

Durham Arts Council offers Emerging Artist Grants

What is an emerging artist?
An emerging artist is an artist that has mastered the basic techniques in her/his art form and who is attempting to launch a professional career in the arts or an artist taking his/her established career in a new direction. An artist is not required to have any particular degree or type of education to qualify as an emerging artist.


For more information and an application, click here:

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Fiber Show at ChathamArts Gallery -
Call for Artists

The ChathamArts gallery is having a show featuring textile and fiber arts during the month of
October. For more information, as well as applications and contracts, visit ChathamArts web site:

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Creating a Successful Art Business

Presented by Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) & Chatham Artists Guild

Featuring Carol Hewitt

"Many artists love producing art, but have received little training on how to effectively market their work and manage a business," states Carol Hewitt, business woman and wife of noted potter Mark Hewitt. To aid local artists in gaining better business skills, CCCC and the Chatham Artists Guild are offering a four week class, taught by Hewitt, designed to make the business aspects of the artists’ career more interesting, enjoyable and effective.

Carol Hewitt combines the knowledge she has acquired managing and marketing a successful art business for the past 23 years with her experience as a counselor and leadership development consultant. In her Art Business classes and coaching sessions, Hewitt offers artists a non-threatening approach to the business side of being a 'working' artist. "It's got to be manageable and not too painfully dull or we just won't do it", she says of running a business. "My hope is to make the business part easier, so artists can spend more time doing what they love and do best - their art."

The class material will include basic bookkeeping processes, tax information, marketing tips, and web site design. Ms Hewitt will use participants' own art work and websites as case studies to effectively promote themselves and their businesses. Dates for the classes are Wednesday evenings, 6-9pm on Sept. 6, 13, 20, 27. All four classes will cost $40. The four classes will be a start of a series of classes for artists on the many aspects of running a successful art business.

Central Carolina Community College provides life-long educational opportunities consistent with area students’ interests and abilities, prepares graduates capable of acquiring and applying knowledge and succeeding in the regional and global community, and serves as a positive economic, social, and cultural catalyst in our diverse communities.




The Chatham Artists Guild annually holds the Chatham Studio Tour, one of the oldest in North Carolina. The Chatham Tour is a prototype for other area studio tours, and a highly respected art venue. The 2006 Tour will be December 2nd and 3rd, and 9th and 10th.

For more information or to register for the classes, please contact Maggie Zwilling, 919.542.6495, ext. 228, or

Contact: Maggie Zwilling
Chatham Studio Tour
PO Siler City, NC 27344
http://www.chathamstudiotour.com
phone: 919.542.6495, ext. 228
email: artstour@blast.com <mailto:artstour@blast.com>

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Madison Heritage Festival