artist registration

[Registration remains only for Performance only.  Registration for visual artists and filmmakers is CLOSED.]

 

Before registering for Artomatic, take a moment to read these guidelines. In short, visual artists must register online, pay a registration fee, schedule work shifts, and attend orientation. Performing artists must register online and contact the event bookers to schedule a performance.

Please read and accept these guidelines at the bottom of the page to continue registration.

Registration Fees

The registration fee for visual artists is $99. It must be paid online. No refunds will be given for the registration fee.

For installation artists, an additional $100 deposit (check or money order) will be required at check in on Site Selection Weekend. The check will be held until the end of the event and returned to the participant if all artwork is de-installed and the area is satisfactorily cleaned.

Performing artists are excluded from registration fees.

Participation commitment

Visual artists agree to work three shifts (about 15 hours) during Artomatic 2009. Visual artists will not be permitted to select an exhibit space until they have signed up for the required hours.

These shifts are chosen by the participant online. Failure to complete shifts will result in suspension from future Artomatic events. If you are unable to work your chosen shifts, you must reschedule or find a substitute.

On-Site Orientation and Site Selection (visual artists only)

2009 Site selection dates:

• Saturday, April 25, 9am - 5pm
  
• Sunday, April 26, 9am - 5pm
  

Overflow or late-attendees site selection:

• Monday, April 27, 5-7 pm
• Tuesday, April 28, 5-7 pm

All visual artists must attend orientation and site selection.

A day and time will be assigned to each participant once he/she has completed online registration. If you miss Orientation, you will not be able to select a space.

If you are unable to attend at the assigned date and time, you may make arrangements to attend a session later in the weekend, or an overflow site selection evening on Monday, April 27 and Tuesday, April 28 from 5 - 7 pm. Contact registration@artomatic.org as soon as possible.

Please be prompt. If you do not attend on-site orientation and site selection on one of the given days, you will not be eligible to participate in Artomatic 2009.

Installation

Installation dates:April 29 through May 26, 2009

• Wednesdays, Thursdays: 5 p.m. –10 p.m.
• Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays: Noon – 10 p.m.
• No installation on Mondays or Tuesdays except for the two final days of installation: May 25th and 26th, Noon – 10 p.m.

Participant agrees to install work during open hours between April 29 and May 26, 2009. If you have not started installing your exhibit by 10 PM on Sunday, May 24, your space may be allocated to someone else. No refunds will be given.

Participants may paint the vertical partition that is their space and the lighting brackets only.
NO paint on the floor, ceiling, or columns. You may not hang anything from the pipes, wires,
or hangers in the ceiling, nor may you put anything directly on the glass windows.

Not sure if you’re an installation artist? You’ve created an installation if you use materials (i.e., dirt, broken glass, empty beer cans) that may not have any value to you or Artomatic after the event is over. You must remove everything you bring in.

All building material, paint, ladders, wood, metal, sculpture and everything that takes two people to carry MUST come through the loading dock and the freight elevator. Small artwork and cardboard boxes may come through the parking garage and lobby elevators. Very large items and sculpture may come through Half Street entrance and through the music room to the freight elevator. This eliminates dragging heavy items up the stairs in the loading dock.

Artomatic 2009 is in a brand new, and very raw, building. The entire building is very similar to Artomatic 2008.

Volunteers will be building plywood partitions from which to hang 2-D artwork. Most artists will use a 12’x8’ or 8’x8’ section of these partitions. Core walls (permanent walls around the elevators) will contain a variety of space sizes between 4’ and 12’.

3-D artists will be allotted equitable space to install work.

Volunteers will be adding electricity to the entire building. We will provide overhead lighting and a wall-mounted lighting bracket on each partition. Electrical plugs will be limited so please be cognizant of this when you plan your exhibit.

Collaboration and Groups

Collaborations -- multiple artists creating a single unique piece or body of work – may register under the name of their collaboration, which will represent all of the artists contributing. We ask that each artist in a collaboration sign up for 3 volunteer shifts. All of the shifts will be scheduled under the collaboration name so be sure to note this on the sign-in sheet when each artist reports for their shift.

Groups -- multiple artists showing individual work in the same space -- are not allowed. Artomatic is about individual artists.

De-Installation

Deinstallation dates:

• Wednesday, July 8 through Sunday July 19, 2009.

• Deinstallation hours:

  Wednesdays and Thursdays: 5 pm - 10 pm

  Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays: Noon - 10 pm

Participant agrees to de-install work during open hours between July 8 and July 19, 2009. What you have added to the space must be removed.

The space must be left clean and orderly.

Artist who selected to do an installation will have their deposit check returned upon completing de-installation.

Sales

All sales should be handled directly between artist and the collector.

All works sold must remain on exhibit throughout the duration of the event. No artwork can leave the building between May 29 and July 5. No artwork can leave the building on the night of July 5th (closing night).

Security and Liability

Any artwork or other personal property exhibited in or brought to the event is exhibited or brought at the participant's sole risk. No personal property insurance shall be provided by Artomatic or any of its partners. Neither Artomatic nor any of its partners assume any responsibility for damage, theft, or loss of a participant's artwork, property, or display.

By participating in Artomatic, you agree that your art or performance may be photographed or filmed for marketing or publicity purposes.

As a participant in Artomatic 2009, I understand and agree to the above-stated terms and conditions. I further understand that failure to comply with these rules will disqualify me from Artomatic 2009 and may jeopardize my future participation.