Call for Artists - Windows on Main Street 2012

Deadline for submissions has bee extended to : June 1, 2012 

Installation will take place August 6-10

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Windows on Main Street is a unique project entering its eigth year in Beacon, NY. Participants create site-specific works of art as a means to engage the community, residences, and businesses through a month-long exhibition displayed in store windows located along our mile-long Main Street.

This collaborative and multidisciplinary project is intended to stimulate interaction between artists, residents, and commercial vendors to explore how art can provide cultural and social understanding, be a catalyst for economic improvement in communities, and strengthen the relationship between residents and artists. The opening of this event will be part of Beacon’s August 2012 Second Saturday celebration, a monthly celebration of the arts in which galleries and shops are open from noon until 9:00PM for openings, performances and other events. Beacon’s Second Saturday is a project of the Beacon Arts Community Association (BACA). For more information about Second Saturday events in August, please visit: www.beaconarts.org.

A photograph of each artist’s work along with their statement will be included in a catalog that will be sold as a fundraiser for the event.


OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS:

Windows on Main Street provides a unique, public venue for local artists to display their work. Last year fifty artists and stores participated – become a part of this exciting event! Submit the following information to windowsonmainstreet@gmail.com, or fill out the online Artist Submission Form.

• Your name (as you would like it to appear in print), email address, and phone number
• Your desired storefront(s) (pairing of artists and stores is ongoing – sign up early!)
• A description of your proposed work (this may be brief, but is required)
• An artist's statement, which will accompany your installation and be published in the catalog
• A link to an online portfolio or website

Please note: Artists are responsible for artwork installation, deinstallation, and any clean up required. All artwork must be family friendly and artists must present their idea and get final approval for any installations from their assigned store owner.

Pairing of artists and stores is ongoing, so sign up early!

Send inquiries to: windowsonmainstreet@gmail.com

Click around this site for information on previous exhibitions and to learn more.

Sponsorship Opportunities: Windows on Main Street 2012

Dear Art Supporter, 

“Windows on Main Street” is a unique and exciting project entering it’s eighth year in Beacon, NY. Local Beacon artists create site-specific works of art as a means to engage the community through a month long exhibition displayed in store windows located along Main Street. Windows on Main is part of Beacon’s Second Saturday, a monthly celebration of the arts that draws hundreds of visitors from around the tri-state area. This site-specific exhibition gives visitors good reason to walk the full length of Main Street. Your sponsorship of the project will go toward funding printing costs of the book, promotional materials, and signage.

Please consider purchasing one of the following sponsorship packages for 2012 Windows on Main Street. Your logo, information, ad, and coupon will be printed on our map, thousands of copies of which will be distributed and posted along the length of Main Street, for the month-long duration of the exhibition, as well as on our banners at each end of Main, and in the printed catalog of the exhibition.

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• 1x1 Sponsor: $100. Logo only.
• 2x2 Sponsor: $150. Logo and address.
• 2x4 Sponsor: $250. Logo, address, message.
• 4x4 Sponsor: $500. Logo, address, message, coupon.

As a sponsor of Windows on Main Street, your information will be listed on the following promotional materials for all of our events.

• Press releases to New York City and local news, publications, websites, and art organizations
• Posters and flyers distributed locally (Beacon, Cold Spring, Garrison Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, etc.)
• Brochure / map, which will be available to visitors along Main Street for the duration of the event.
• Two Windows on Main Street ‘windows’ which will be on display at each end of Main Street throughout the event.
• Our website beaconwindows.org listed as a sponsor in the sidebar panel, and including a hyperlink to your website.

Interested business owners can email Melissa Tatge at melissa@tatge.biz or call her at (917) 407-9244.
For more information about the event, visit our web blog http://beaconwindows.org 

Please mail tax-deductible contributions to our fiscal sponsor, “BACA — Beacon Arts Community Association” to:

WOMS
c/o Melissa Tatge Creative
PO Box 103
Beacon, NY 12508

Please email digital assets to: melissatatge@gmail.com

To be listed in our print materials, please commit to sponsorship and send your logo and ad by June 30, 2012. Please fill out the form below to begin your sponsorship journey.


Sincerely,
The WOMS Team