Art Of The Blues – Call for Artists
Water Street Studios announces a call for artists to enter Art of the Blues, a juried exhibition of 2-D and 3-D art inspired by or relating to blues music. The timing of the gallery exhibit will correspond to the annual Chicago Blues Festival (the largest free blues festival in the world) and the 3rd Annual Blues & Roots on Water Street Festival held on June 9, 2018 attracting 300+ blues enthusiasts to Water Street Studios.
Click here for the application / registration
Deadline: 1 May 2018
Art of the Blues entry fee: $25
The Water Street Studios Gallery Committee will award a $500 prize for the artist that wins Best of Show. Notice of acceptance: May 11, 2018. This award will be juried by the Gallery Committee and announced at the Gallery Opening Reception on June 8, 2018 from 6-9 p.m. Exhibition on display until Sunday, July 8, 2018. Water Street Studios often has an estimated 500 individuals that visit their galleries on a monthly basis.
About Water Street Studios
The Batavia Artists Association at Water Street Studios incorporated as a 501c3 nonprofit arts organization in the state of Illinois in 2009. Their mission is to help make the arts accessible to the Fox Valley area and beyond. Their vision is to be a cultural hub in the Midwest.
The Gallery program offers 24 exhibitions annually exhibiting an estimated 200 local and regional artists every year in both The Dempsey Family Gallery and The Kane County Chronicle Gallery. Our Education program provides art classes for ages five to over sixty-five in a variety of mediums including drawing, printmaking, painting, ceramics, metal-working, and jewelry-making. The Outreach program offers free art instruction for low-income families at Batavia Apartments and provides free arts programming to the surrounding community through over thirty strategic partnerships including local nonprofits, senior centers, public libraries, park districts, and local businesses.
Water Street Studios has 26 artist studios for artists to work in a highly creative and collaborative environment. Resident artists are given the opportunity to exhibit, sell artwork, teach classes and workshops, and participate in on-going events and fundraisers to further their own artistic businesses and passions.
For more information, contact gallery@waterstreetstudios.org.
