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ENTRIES: Please submit digital images of three representative works and an image of your booth, all in jpeg format. These, along with the completed application form and twenty-five dollar application fee, are due to the MCAC by January 1 4th. Do not submit actual works. Artists will be notified of acceptance by February 7th. Professional artists, external to the MCAC, serve as paid jurors. External jurors review and select all participating artists.
PARTICIPATION POLICIES: All fine art and fine craft will be accepted for jurying. The artwork presented must be original and created by the exhibiting artist. However, we do allow some giclée prints, provided that at least 50% of the work displayed is original. All work must be for sale. Castings from commercial molds, kit items, buy/sell items, offset reproductions, unlimited series and/or mass editions will not be allowed. MCAC reserves the right to exclude any work it deems unsuitable for display, or which was misrepresented by the application.
BOOTH FEE: Upon acceptance into the festival, a $1 25 booth fee ($1 50 booth fee for a corner booth,
if available) will be due to MCAC by March 1st.
BOOTH SPACE: Spaces are approximately 10 ft. wide by 1 0 ft. deep. A limited number of booths are 14 feet wide. All set up items (chairs, tables, display boards, etc.) are the responsibility of the artist. Special needs will be considered for space assignments. Electricity is provided and is much better improved over our previous event site.
SET UP: Check-in time is 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm Friday evening and 5:00 am to 9:00 am Saturday morning. YOU MUST CHECK IN BEFORE SETTING UP. All booth areas are marked and numbered.
FESTIVAL HOURS: 10 am to 5 pm Saturday. The exhibiting artist must be present.
HOSPITALITY: Complimentary coffee and doughnuts available Saturday morning. Saturday lunch is provided.
AWARDS: Monetary awards are given upon judging by a qualified, independent, paid art professional. Best of Show $300; Fine Craft 1st Place $150, 2nd Place $75; Fine Arts, 1st Place $150, 2nd Place $75.
ASSESSMENT: A committee of practicing artists, art teachers, and/or MCAC staff will view each booth and visit with artists to ensure cooperation with stated policies and satisfaction of all participants. The committee reserves the right to reject or remove from the Spring Bloom Arts Festival any work it considers unsuitable, or any artist found to be in violation of the policies and rules herein described. Any exhibitor violating the rules of the Spring Bloom Arts Festival will become ineligible for re-admission to future festivals.
SECURITY: Artists are responsible for their own equipment and artwork. MCAC, the Spring Bloom Arts Festival, and its sponsors assume NO responsibility for lost, damaged, or stolen items.
LOCATION: Held at the Interstate Center (McLean County Fairgrounds) at 1106 Interstate Drive, Bloomington, IL 61705. less than mile from the I55/I74 interchange, the new site features excellent electric, ample parking and easy access for both artists and attendees and has great public recognition.
2011 Accepted Artists (alpha by last name)
| Catigory | First | Last | City | State |
| Jewelry | Karen | Agopian | Hamilton | MI |
| Painting | Dalia | Ancevicius | Oak Lawn | IL |
| Jewlery | Melissa | Banks | Chicago | IL |
| Painting | Nathan | Bassett | Atlanta | IL |
| Other | Patty | Beckman | Highland | IL |
| Jewelry | Vahan and Vicki | Bedeian | Blue Grass | IA |
| Jewelry | Kelly | Bedeian | Davenport | IA |
| Jewlery | Gayla | Betts | Normal | IL |
| Ceramics | Robert | Blue | Woodstock | IL |
| Ceramics | Bob | Brehmer | Rock Island | IL |
| Painting | Sharon | Briggs | Springfield | IL |
| Jewlery | Martha | Brown | Heyworth | IL |
| Ceramics | Rhonda | Cearlock | Vandalia | IL |
| Fiber | Nancy | Clark | New Berlin | IL |
| Need | Nancy | Clark | Kansas City | MO |
| Glass | James | Connolly | Munster | IN |
| Jewelry | Barb | Dalenberg | Mansfield | IL |
| Painting | Barbara | De Ward | Dwight | IL |
| Graphics | Paul | Dominguez | Watertown | WI |
| Sculpture | Kathy and Chuck | Dunning | Streator | IL |
| Jewelry | Jan | Ebling | Peoria | IL |
| Jewelry | Genevieve | Echols | Mission Hill | SD |
| Glass | Brock | Eddleman | Bloomington | IL |
| Ceramics | Thomas | Elston | Bloomington | IL |
| Painting | Gerard | Erley | DeKalb | IL |
| Jewelry | Cathy | Evans | Marshfield | MO |
| Painting | Jeanna | Fearon | Peoria | IL |
| Ceramics | Vickie | Fitzgerald | Pontiac | IL |
| Photography | Ron | Frazier | Bloomington | IL |
| Painting | Tracy | Frugoli | East Peoria | IL |
| Ceramics | Tim and Pam | Frye | Shumway | IL |
| Jewlery | Joan | Furilla | Peoria | IL |
| Sculpture | Amanda Pierce | Gahramani | Bloomington | IL |
| Photography | Philip and Glenda | Gangler | Normal | IL |
| Painting | Tom | Gross | East Peoria | IL |
| Fiber | Sandra | Holt | Bloomington | IL |
| glass | Jenni | Hopfinger | Watertown | WI |
| Sculpture | Sandy | James | Fox River Grove | IL |
| Photography | Jessica | Johnson | Burlington | IA |
| Painting | Linda | Kelly-Fosse | Harvard | IL |
| Ceramics | James | Kemp | Greenwood | IN |
| Wood | Aryn & Courtney | Kern | Little Falls | MN |
| Jewlery | Nancy | Krahn | Algonquin | IL |
| Jewlery | Frank | Kudla | Baraboo | WI |
| Jewlery | Cyd | LaBonte | New Berlin | IL |
| Jewlery | Heather | LaFoon | Champaign | IL |
| Wood | Joe | Landon | Bloomington | IL |
| Jewelry | Henry | Litchfield | Peoria | IL |
| Painting | John | Madison | Normal | IL |
| Glass | Ed | Martin | Springfield | IL |
| Sculpture | Cliff | Matyszczyk | Wales | WI |
| Fiber | Eva | May | Chicago | IL |
| Painting | Michael James | McNeil | Bloomington | IL |
| Ceramics | Susan | Meyer | Kirkland | IL |
| Fiber | Jill | Miller | Urbana | IL |
| Sculpture | Darren | Miller | Decatur | IL |
| Painting | Nicole | Moore | Fort Wayne | IN |
| Painting | Michael Anderson & Colin | Murray | Madison | WI |
| Fiber | Marcia | Nagy | Bloomington | IL |
| Painting | Eric | Nye | Chicago | IL |
| Graphics | Susan | Palmer | Bloomington | IL |
| Painting | Gina | Perillo | Normal | IL |
| Jewelry | Carolyn | Phillips | Brazil | IN |
| Sculpture | Stephen | Phillips | Brazil | IN |
| Multi | Angela | Pierce | Bloomington | IL |
| Glass | Laurie and Sally | Pillman | Peoria | IL |
| sculpture | Jerry & Carol | Prater | Donnellson | IL |
| Photography | Dylan | Punke | ||
| Ceramics | Sheridan | Ray | Mendota | IL |
| wood | Tom O. | Reed | Sandborn | IN |
| Ceramics | Bill | Robins | Donahue | IA |
| Photography | Jean | Robinson | Goodfield | IL |
| Ceramics | Robert | Sancamper | Brighton | IL |
| Ceramics | Michael | Schael | Cambridge | WI |
| Ceramics | John | Seiz | Chatham | IL |
| Glass | Al | Sievers | Batavia | IL |
| Multi | Francie | Skoflanc | La Salle | IL |
| Jewelry | Lisa | Slodki | Chicago | IL |
| Fiber | Jack | Southern | Springfield | OH |
| Glass | Cathy | Soutter | Gilman | IA |
| Painting | John | Stillmunks | Des Moines | IA |
| Graphics | John | Stoeckley | Lousiana | MO |
| Jewlery | Tom | Suter | ||
| Jewelry | Vinnie | Sutherland | Newaygo | MI |
| Fiber | Kae | Taylor | Madison | WI |
| Fiber | Char | TerBeest Kudla | Baraboo | WI |
| Painting | Lindsey | Tull | Shelbyville | IL |
| Photography | Clark A. | Willett | St. Louis | MO |
| Jewelry | Lisa | Williams | Chicago | IL |
| Photography | Michael | Zecher | Aledo | IL |
| Jewelry | Diane | Ziegler | Williams Bay | WI |
| Jewelry | Wendy and Marc | Zoschke | Springfield | IL |
Above: Barbara Tinger, Sandy James, Tracey Frugoli, Rita Troller, Paul Dominguez
2010 Spring Bloom Arts Festival Award Winners
Best of Show: Paul Dominguez
First Place Fine Art: Tracey Frugoli
First Place Fine Craft: Sandy James
Second Place Fine Art: Rita Troller
Second Place Fine Craft: Jeanmarie Petro & Barbara Tinger
The Spring Bloom Arts Festival on March 19, 2011.
The Bloomington Sale Barn, located at 2027 South Main St.,Bloomington, IL 61704, provides both convenient parking, and large booth spaces. Electricity is provided up to 300 watts per booth, but the use of gas generators is prohibited. If you have special needs please notify our office as soon as possible by clicking this link or calling our office.
Artist check-in time will be from 5 pm to 8 pm Friday evening and 6 am to 9:30 am Saturday morning.
You must check-in before you can set-up. We will secure the facility at 10 pm Friday evening and begin check-in and set-up again at 6 am Saturday morning. Vehicles must be unloaded and moved to the rear of the facility by 9 am Saturday.
The Baymont Inn is holding rooms for the evening of Friday, March 18, 2011. The Baymont Inn 309/662-2800 has 20 rooms available including a mix of kings and doubles for $60. Click this link for a map to the hotel and show venue.
Thank you for helping to make this a great festival. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact me at (309) 829-0011 or by e-mail at doug@mcac.org. You may find more information on our website at: www.mcac.org