2012 WAST Application Instructions
*** 2012 RETURNING PARTICIPANTS ONLY: Send an email to applications@studiotour.net
stating you wish to participate in 2012.
You will have an opportunity to change your information and images and
you will be informed if you are required to jury this year. ***
(New Applicants
please read the information and use the links at the bottom of the page.)
Table of Contents
1.
About the Studio
Tour
2.
Studio Tour
3.
Advertising and
Promotion of Tour
4.
Requirements for
Acceptance
4.1.
Standards of Work
4.2.
Jury Process
4.3.
Submittal Package
4.4.
Image Specification
4.5.
Jury Submittal Fees
5.
Requirements for
Participating Artists
6.
Requirements for
Participating Studios
7.
Studio Participation
Fees
8.
Important Dates
9.
Link to 2012 WAST
Application Form
Please read these
important instructions for participating in
Whatcom Artist
Studio Tour.
Last year the tour featured 61 artists in 42 studio locations. The tour is widely promoted in the Seattle to
Vancouver BC corridor and the visitor count for all the studios in 2011 was
over 12,000. The tour is cooperatively
organized and run by the participants on a volunteer basis. In addition to the applicant fees the tour
obtains grant money and ad revenue from the brochure it publishes.
The promoters of the Whatcom Artists Studio Tour are making every
effort to create a premier art attraction for visitors, and a successful
exhibiting and sales venue for artists in the
The mission of the Whatcom Artist Studio Tour organization is to
produce events that arouse appreciation for our art and craft while providing a
high quality sales venue and fostering a collaborative arts community among its
participants for the benefit of the Bellingham and Whatcom County communities.
Tour participants share in the benefits of group advertising
including:
·
Website (www.studiotour.net),
·
A professionally designed
brochure and map
·
Studio signs
·
Quality posters
·
Facebook Page
·
A growing list of email
requests from our website,
·
Coordinated press releases
to area media,
·
Advertisements in
periodical publications throughout
For 2012, we plan to sponsor additional pre-tour group exhibitions
at locations in
All work submitted for jury and sold during WAST must be original
work, handcrafted by the applicant. Works that have been produced with
commercial kits, and prefabricated forms are not acceptable. No more than 40%
of works displayed may be sideline reproductions of originals.
4.2 Jury Process
All new artists and previous WAST artists who juried in
2008 (NOT CERTAIN CLICK
HERE) must jury for acceptance into the Tour. After acceptance into
the Tour, each artist will again be subject to jury every 3 years to ensure
that the highest quality artwork is retained within the Tour. The online
application form must be filled out completely for consideration to be juried
into the Tour. Completed online application, images and jury fees must be
received no later than Midnight, April 1, 2012.
All applications must be accompanied by 5 quality digital
photographic images in high quality JPEG format (see Image Specifications in
next section). Images should be representative of the work you will be showing
on the Tour.
Optional: include at least one photograph of yourself working in
your studio. It is to your advantage to submit this image as we have need
of them for advertising purposes.
4.4 Image
Specification
All images must be formatted to the following specifications in
order to upload them successfully into our system.
The jury fee is
$20. You may pay online using PayPal or
by check.
Checks should be
mailed to:
Whatcom Artist Studio Tour
Please Note: Only
those artists who are new to the tour this year or who have been in the tour
for 3 years have to pay the $20 Jury Fee.
1.
All artists (new and continuing participants) must fill out the
online application form for the 2012 Tour and forward required images by April
1, 2012.
2.
All artists accepted into the Tour must pay the full participation fees
by May 1st, 2012 (see Studio Tour Participation Fees below). No exceptions.
3.
Artists must be willing to attend periodic meetings and contribute
time to the planning and orchestration of the Tour by serving on one or more of
the organizational committees. If you
are unable to contribute time you can pay an additional $70 fee and this
requirement will be waived.
4.
All artists must submit separate applications and fees, unless
artists are applying as a team representing work that is collaboratively
created.
5.
All artists are responsible for collecting and paying taxes to the
appropriate city, county, and/or state tax agencies.
6.
Artist’s studios must be open all days and hours of the Tour.
Artists must be present in their studios during the Tour.
7.
Artists must live in
8.
WAST encourages each artist to provide demonstrations of their
artistic processes to the public.
9.
Each participating artist must fill out and turn in to WAST the
evaluation and Tour Statistics Form at the end of the Tour (forms provided
prior to the tour).
1.
The studio space must be suitable to show work.
2.
The studio must be large enough to accommodate tour visitors and to
offer them parking space.
3.
The studio must be located within
4.
During the Tour days and hours, the studio must sell only work by
participating tour artists who have juried, been accepted and paid the WAST
application and studio fee.
5.
Studios must include an actual art production area.
6.
Studios that provide education or instruction as a regular course
of business may display but not sell student work during the show (unless the
student is a paying WAST artist participant).
Upon acceptance into
the Studio Tour, artists will be required to pay the participation fee of
$230. The fee is $330 if you are unable
to volunteer time for the tour preparation (See section 5.3). These fees are per artist not per
studio. The fee must be paid by May 1,
2012. The fee can be paid by check or
PayPal (check is preferred since it saves WAST PayPal fees) Checks should be
mailed to:
Whatcom Artist Studio Tour
The fee provides the following:
1.
A website listing for each artist which includes up to 5 color
photographs of work, a tag line, a studio address and a personal website link.
2.
A color photograph of work, name of artist and/or studio, media of
work and contact information (name, address, phone & email) and a location
on the map in the Tour brochure.
3.
An opportunity to add your personal mailing list to the WAST list
for a mass mailing.
4.
An opportunity to participate in pre-tour group shows.
$230 or $300 for Non Volunteer participation fee
Step 1 2012 WAST
NEW Artist Application Form
Step 2 2012 WAST File Upload Form
Step 3 2012 WAST Payment Form