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Downtown Art & Craft Market 2018 - Salt Lake City Location: Historic Pioneer Park, 300 South 300 West Salt Lake City, Utah (West) Phone: 801-328-5070 Event Dates: 6/9/18 - 10/20/18 Application Deadline: 4/9/18 Midnight MST The application deadline has passed. REQUIREMENTS: Images: 7 (a booth shot is required) Fee (Application Fee): $35.00 JURY DETAILS Event Summary The Salt Lake Downtown Art & Craft Market is a local market and only accepts artists who live and create in Utah. Applications will be accepted from February 6th through April 6th. Artists will be notified of their acceptance no later than May 2nd. The $35.00 application fee is required to submit an application. The Downtown Art & Craft Market operates adjacent to the Downtown Farmers Market in Historic Pioneer Park on Saturdays from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, June 9 - October 20. The Market features unique, local art and handmade crafts. We encourage artists working in new or traditional styles to apply. Our objective is to create a colorful and authentic Market with quality, locally made, handmade crafts and artwork at varied prices. A jury of qualified professionals will review the Downtown Art and Craft Market applications. Jurors’ decisions are based on quality and appeal as well as the overall balance of the various media represented. Please read the Downtown Art & Craft Market Guidelines and Policies. The full season booth fee is $600.00. Part-time booth fees are $35.00 per date. All fees are due upon acceptance. The payment deadline is June 4th. A wait list may be implemented for specific dates if necessary. Please see Vendor Booth Policies for more information. Please direct any questions you have about this Market to meagan@downtownslc.org. General Information BECOMING A VENDOR Applications are accepted online at zapplication.org beginning February 6, 2018. The application deadline is April 6, 2018.. All applications are reviewed by a selected jury. Once the review has taken place vendors will be notified of their status as invited, alternate or not invited. Notifications will be sent to the e-mail provided on the application no later than May 2, 2018. A required application fee of $35 is due upon submission. THE JURY PROCESS Note: The jury process is structured to give every applicant equal consideration. PRIOR PARTICIPATION DOES NOT GUARANTEE ACCEPTANCE IN THE CURRENT YEAR'S MARKET. The jury will not evaluate late applications. Any applications that do not include the requried images and artist statement will not be seen by the administrator. The jury will not be able to evaluate incomplete applications or applications that come unaccompanied by the required application fee. • ALL CRAFTS MUST BE HANDMADE BY THE APPLICANT IN UTAH. Pre-manufactured, mass produced, imported or commercial products will not be considered. • Applicants are required to include digital photographs of their work as well as an artist statement with the application. Vendors are required to submit a maximum of 6 photographs representative of the items intended to sell as well as a photograph of the display (7 photographs total). Digital photographs should be in JPEG format, no smaller than 1400 pixels on the longest side. Guidelines, suggestions and instructions can be found here: http://www.zapplication.org/images.phtml. The jury makes its decision based on the photographs of products and the artist's statement. • Applicants must submit an artist’s statement in the space provided on the application. The applicant will provide a few paragraphs describing the process, the artist’s relationship with the process (inspiration) and why the artist has chosen the selected medium. Any applications that don't include a descriptive statement will be returned for completion before it's submitted. Applicants needing assistance with drafting an artist statement may contact the Salt Lake Community College Writing Center for free coaching. • Once accepted, vendors may display and sell the type of work presented on their application. Any changes must be approved by the Market Manager. • Selections will be made from the primary classifications listed on the application (i.e. jewelry, textile, pottery). To ensure balance and fairness to all exhibitors, each classification has a limited number of openings. A NOTE FOR JEWELRY AND TEXTILE ARTISTS: JEWELRY The jewelry category is often the most applied for category in many art and craft markets. The Downtown Art & Craft Market has identified three subsets of jewelers: CRAFT, ARTISAN and MIXED. Jewelers who design their jewelry using beads and/or other components they did not create fall into the JEWELRY - CRAFT category. Jewelers who craft the components of the jewelry they design (silversmith, gem cutting, stone tumbling, etc.) fall into the category of JEWELRY - ARTISAN. Mixed Jewelers offer jewelry that falls into both categories. Artists offering a variety of products, including jewelry, should also apply under the JEWELRY - MIXED category. TEXTILES The textile category at the Market is often the most misunderstood and difficult to identify as a craft. Textiles at the Downtown Art & Craft Market must be modified, solely by the artisan, to the extent that they reflect an original, artistic character and are obviously informed by the artist’s intention. Textiles that are not allowed into the Downtown Art & Craft Market include, but may not be limited to, those that are mass produced in any way by an outsourced printer or those that are produced/mass produced outside of the state of Utah. The textile artists featured at the Downtown Art & Craft Market often create their products from scratch, with raw materials. Exceptions typically are characterized by screen printed or modified materials designed and created to produce an original design, by the artist. The Jury Process is handled as follows: 1. An impartial jury of up to eight professional artists or arts advocates will be selected from our local community. 2. They meet and examine all of the applications in one session, assigning each a number from 1 - 7. 3. The jury carefully examines a number of important criteria in each application: • Does the product meet the minimum criteria? (Handmade, locally made) • What is the quality of the product? • How marketable is the product? • Does the product enhance the overall variety of products at the Market? • Is the product compelling? 4. The jury results are collected and the top scoring vendors are admitted to fill the available spaces at the Market. The applicants who meet the Market’s criteria but fall just below the average score will be placed on an alternate list to fill available vacancies that occur throughout the season. The applicants who fall well below average will not be invited to participate and will be notified. Remember: The majority of the applications we receive meet most of the qualifications. The jury is dedicated to carefully consider each applicant according to the above criteria. SIGNAGE We encourage vendors to create a strong booth presentation including, but not limited to, unique and compelling signage that helps identify the business. Research at markets has shown that those vendors with an organized presentation tend to sell the most product. All signs should be at eye level or higher. Any signs that interfere with the flow of foot traffic are prohibited. Rules/Regulations
Urban Food Connections of Utah (UFCU) values the efforts vendors make in preparing for our markets and events. Carefully review the following policies, which are subject to change at any time. Updates and communication will be sent to the email address provided in the application. It is the applicant’s responsibility to retrieve and disseminate all communication to their staff members prior to market day. To ensure the success of the DFM and safety of its patrons, all vendors must abide by the following policies:
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LEGAL INFORMATION The Downtown Alliance, Urban Food Connections of Utah (UFCU) and the Downtown Farmers Market (DFM) welcome all regardless of race; color; national or ethnic origin; age; religion; disability; sex; sexual orientation; gender; gender identity and expression; including a transgender identity; genetics; veteran status; retaliation; and any other characteristic protected under applicable federal or state law. Vendor agrees to indemnify and hold DTA, UFCU or the DFM harmless for and against any claims for any injury, theft, or damage stemming from Vendor’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Urban Food Connections of Utah reserves the right, at any time and at our sole and absolute discretion, to suspend or remove any vendor for any reason at any time, with or without prior notice. UFCU also reserves the right at our sole and absolute discretion to rescind a previous booth assignment at any time for any reason. When submitting an application, an electronic signature is required. This signature serves as a binding legal agreement between the DFM and the applicant. DFM will hold anyone working at a vendor booth responsible for understanding and adhering to guidelines and policies. Vendors are required to understand and follow all local, city, state, and federal laws and regulations. All required sales tax collections and remittances are the sole responsibility of the seller. FINES ● Failure to leave booth space clean - $25 ● Failure to be set up and ready to operate at Market opening time - $35 ● Failure to notify Market Manager with required notice when not attending the Market - $50 ● Failure to use tent weights as required - $25 ● Daily fees not paid by the beginning of next Market day - $15 ● Licenses - failure to provide copies of legal and health department required documents will result in loss of Market space until such documents are in order. ● Reselling - $50 first offense, suspension second offense, expulsion from Market third offense ● More than one approved vehicle in the park - $25 ● Unapproved driving in the park during hours of operation - $25 ● Vendor vehicle found in unapproved parking space - $25 OTHER IMPORTANT CONDUCT INFORMATION ● Patrons of the Downtown Farmers Market are allowed to have pets on leash in Pioneer Park and must clean up after their pets. ● Pets are NOT be allowed at/in vendor booths or in close proximity to food. ● DFM will go on rain, shine, or snow. If your product is weather sensitive, make a weather contingency plan with DFM management no later than 48 hours in advance. ● Flyers, handbills, stickers, and promotional items of any kind are not to be distributed outside of vendor’s booth space. Please notify DFM management if you see any violations. ● Buskers and roving performers are required to check in at a DFM Information Booth and display a button showing that they are an “Official Busker.” Report buskers in violation of DFM policies to one of the information booths. See busker application for a full list of busker policies. ● Sales of any kind are prohibited at the DFM unless the seller has applied and been approved to sell at the DFM. ● Amplified music or sound is prohibited at vendors’ booths during Market hours. ● Security is provided by the Market. If there are any concerns, see a Market Manager. If theft occurs or there is a life threatening emergency call 911 first. Be aware of what is going on around and inside of the booth. Booths and cash boxes should not be left unattended. Booth Information BOOTH FEES All booth fees are due upon notification of admittance into the Market. Applicants can choose to attend on a full or part time basis. Accepted vendors that pay for the full season (17-20 weeks) will be assigned permanent booth spots for the entirety of the season. *** Art and Craft vendors wishing to share a booth may do so with another vendor who has applied and been accepted into the Art & Craft Market. Vendors are required to submit separate applications. The booth fee will still be $600 for the full season. Attendance from all/both vendors should equate to full time participation. The fee schedule is as follows: Full Season (17-20 weeks): $600.00 Part Time Vendors (1-16 weeks): $35.00/date All payments made after the deadline will incur a 10% service fee. Part time and alternate vendors will receive their booth assignments by 8:00 pm each week, no later than Thursday prior to their scheduled date. Deadline for payment is June 4th. Vendors who have not made payments, or alternative arrangements with Market Management, will not be admitted into the Market. Payments received after the due date will incur a 10% service fee. Vendors are not required to pay for wait listed dates until they are admitted for those dates. |
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