[Press Release] : Artist opportunities: Columbia Festival of the Arts

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 6, 2008
CONTACT: Kay McCarthy
Cultural Program Specialist
(573)  874-6386 or (573) 874-6387

Artist opportunities: Columbia Festival of the Arts
									
	(COLUMBIA, MO) - Applications are available for artists who wish
to participate in the 17th annual Columbia Festival of the Arts Sept.
27-28. Artists can apply for the commemorative poster competition, and
visual, performing or literary arts.
	Applications are available on the Office of Cultural Affairs’
(OCA) page of the city’s Web site at www.GoColumbiaMo.com/Arts/. The
“Artist Opportunities” link provides easy access to guidelines
for applying and the forms. The information can also be accessed via the
city’s home page, www.GoColumbiaMo.com, by using the search word
option “GoArtsFestival.” To receive a hard copy of the application,
contact the OCA.
	Visual artists applying to the poster competition must be
residents of Missouri. There is no residence restriction for
participating in the visual, performing or literary arts components. 
	Categories for visual artists to sell and display work include
ceramics, drawing/pastels, fiber, glass, jewelry, metalworks, mixed
media, painting, photography, print making, sculpture and wood.
Individuals or groups are eligible to apply for performing or literary
arts. Literary artists must submit a printed version of material. All
entries will be juried. 
	The postmark deadline for applications for the commemorative
poster is April 10. The postmark deadline for visual, performing and
literary arts applications is April 21.
	For more information contact the OCA: (573) 874-6386,
festival at GoColumbiaMo.com.

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