• Booth Sitters
• Artist Hospitality Team and Hotline
• Complimentary morning coffee in your own Art Center's ArtSplash travel mug
• Complimentary beverages and snacks delivered to your tent throughout each day
• Optional boxed lunches delivered to your booth each day (option at confirmation)
• On-site parking
• Overnight paid security
• Deeply discounted lodging rates at hotels
• Complimentary Artists’ Dinner on Friday night before the festival
• Artists’ images and website links posted on the ArtSplash website
• Official Festival Guide includes color image for each artist distributed to 220,000+ households via the Sioux City Journal, as well as distributed to point of sale locations and on-site during event.
   

Media Categories

Media categories are used by ArtSplash as a tool for organizing artists' images into logical, related groups for the jury's review. While a balanced show that equitably showcases both works of fine art and fine craft as well as diversity among media is a principal objective, ArtSplash establishes no quota or entitlement by media category.

• Ceramics: All original clay and porcelain work other than jewelry is accepted in this category. No machine-made or mass produced work is permitted. If multiple pieces of the same design are displayed, each piece must be signed.
   
• Digital Art: This category includes any original work for which the original image, or the manipulation of other source material, was executed by the artist using a computer. Work in this category must be in limited editions, signed and numbered on archival quality materials. Traditional photographs taken through a digital media should apply in the photography category.
   
• Drawing: Works created using dry media including chalk, charcoal, pastels, pencil, wax crayon, etc. or from the fluid medium of inks and washes applied by pen or brush are to be entered in this category.
   
• Fiber: All work crafted from fibers including basketry, embroidery, weaving, leatherwork, tapestry and papermaking. No machine tooling, machine-screened patterns or other forms of mass production are permitted. No factory produced wearable items, regardless of additional modification or enhancement by the artist, may be exhibited.
   
• Glass: No forms of mass production are permitted. Glass jewelry must be submitted in the jewelry category.
   
• Graphics and Printmaking: Printed works for which the artist's hand manipulated the plates, stones or screens and which have been properly signed and numbered as a limited edition may be entered in this category. All photogravure, photocopy and/or offset reproductions will be rejected. Printmakers are required to disclose both their creative and printmaking processes.
   
• Jewelry: All jewelry whether the work is produced from metal, glass, clay, fiber, paper, plastic or other materials must be entered in this category. No commercial casts, molds or production studio work is allowed.
   
• Metalworks: Includes all non-sculptural, non-jewelry works crafted from metals. No production studio work is allowed.
   
• Mixed Media: This category includes works, both 2 and 3-dimensional, that incorporate more than one type of physical material to produce. Includes non-sculptural work as determined by the artist.
   
• Painting: Works created in oils, acrylics, watercolor, etc. are in this category. Reproductions of all kinds are prohibited.
   
• Photography: Photographic prints made from the artist's original image, which have been processed by that artist, or under his or her direct supervision, are included in this category. Photographers are required to disclose both their creative and printing processes.
   
• Sculpture: Three-dimensional original work done in any medium comprise this category.
   
• Wood: Original works in wood that are hand-tooled, machine-worked, turned or carved are accepted in the wood category.

Digital Images

• Four images are to be submitted for each application entered by the artist.
• Three images must be of individual pieces of work.
• The fourth image must be of a display of the artist's work, showing overall continuity and presentation of your current body of work.

• Images must be in 1920 pixel horizontal x 1920 pixel vertical format. For more information access www.zapplication.org/imaging_tips.phtml
• Images must accurately represent the body of the artist's work to be exhibited at the ArtSplash festival.

• Work is original and made by hand;
• Work is produced in quantity or as an individual piece;
• Work is well-conceived, expertly executed without technical faults;
• Work shows originality of design; and,
• A desire to keep the media in the show balanced.
   

• Jury Fee (non-refundable) - $25.00
• Single 10x10 Booth Fee - $275.00
• Single 10x10 Corner Booth Fee - $375.00
• Double 10x20 Booth Fee - $525.00
   

• 31-60 days before the show: 50% will be refunded.
• 30 days before the show: No refunds given.

• This is a rain or shine festival ~ there are no refunds due to inclement weather.
• The decision to close the show due to weather is at the sole discretion of the Show Director.
• Hardship refunds can be made up to the show date and must be accompanied with acceptable documentation (accident report, doctor’s note etc,), at the sole discretion of the Show Director.
• Jury fees are non-refundable.
• A no-call, no-show exhibitor will be ineligible for future shows.
• Leaving early without an acceptable excuse will make exhibitors ineligible for admission to future ArtSplash festivals.

Sales & Sales Tax

Artists retain all proceeds from their sales. All artists are responsible for collecting the 7% sales tax. ArtSplash assumes no responsibility in this matter.
*** NEW: All artists are required to supply their State of Iowa Tax ID number upon confirmation of participation. Artists will be reminded to do so by email by the Show Director. ***