Terms and Conditions of Participation
BUY-SELL / PRODUCTION PROHIBITIONS
Buy-Sellers have become a scourge on Art Festivals. These people have become increasingly clever in their applications and often show documentation that they are the artist or craftsperson. This makes it very difficult to prove. We wish to do everything we can to deter buy-sell at Artisanville. If it is discovered by the Committee that you are a Buy-Sell / Production exhibitor, you will be immediately expelled from the Festival without refund and not allowed to participate in any other Artisanville shows.
If you are a Buy-Sell / Production exhibitor, save your money and our time and please don’t apply. Please don’t apply if you:
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Buy work and try to sell it as your own
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Have a factory or a team that makes the work under your direction
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You plan on having a representative/agent staff your booth
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Make work from kits or assemble other people’s work into something else
MISCELLANEOUS
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Artisanville requires artists to be present and available during festival hours (which include both members of a collaborating team).
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Artists who breakdown and leave early before closing time on any day of the event will compromise their standing with Artisanville and may forfeit their ability to exhibit in a future Artisanville show. This is only acceptable if there is an emergency and proof must be provided.
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An exhibit must feature original, handcrafted art, created by the artist or collaborative team who applied to the festival. They cannot exhibit or sell subcontracted work for another artist. An artist must guarantee that the work presented is authentic and must reflect the quality and craftsmanship of the pieces presented in their application.
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Artists must exhibit artwork specific to the categories indicated on their applications and artwork that clearly relates to the body of work selected during the jury process.
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Each artist must provide enough work to exhibit and sell during the entire time of the art fair and all work must be available for sale.
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Personal sound systems or generators are prohibited.
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No open flames are permitted at this show.
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The event takes no commission for any art sales from the vendors.
POLICY FOR SELLING REPRODUCTIONS
Artists can sell reproductions, but they must be clearly labeled and identified as the image of an original. They must be able to provide buyers with information that discloses the process used to create reproductions if asked.
APPLICATION BY COLLABORATING ARTISTS
Collaborating exhibitors may apply as a single entry only. No more than two (2) exhibitors working as a team may collaborate in the design and creation of any artwork submitted with the application or chosen to display at the Festival. Assistants, employees, office or other support staff are NOT considered to be collaborators. If an artist has a helper who assists the exhibitor with frames, setup, selling, paperwork, etc., but she/he is NOT producing the work under his/her own or team name, this person is NOT a collaborator, though he or she may certainly assist at the Festival. If accepted, only one (1) booth will be issued, and only finished work that is the result of the collaborative process may be displayed and sold. In this context this two-person team is considered a single exhibitor.
BOOTH SHARING
Only work of one exhibitor may be displayed in one booth unless it is produced by a two-person team, which is then considered a “single exhibitor.
GREENVILLE CONVENTION CENTER RULES
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No helium-filled balloons are permitted on the premises
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No adhesive backed stickers may be used or distributed.
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The Greenville Convention Center is a smoke-free environment. Absolutely no smoking is allowed anywhere in the building.
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Any promotional signage must be confined to the rented booth space.
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No nails, screws, permanent tape, or drilling of holes are permitted on Convention Hall columns, walls or floors unless prior permission is given by the Greenville Convention Center General Manager. The exhibiting artist will be responsible for all damage to the floor, walls, or other parts of the Greenville Convention Center caused by them or his / her assistants and shall promptly reimburse the Greenville Convention Center all costs arising out of such damage.
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No soliciting in the aisles is permitted. Artists must remain within their booth space.