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Dragon*Con 2002 Art Show is open for business!!
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Patrick Roberts
Mar 18, 2002, 10:12:37 PM3/18/02
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Dragon*Con 2002 Art Show is open for
business!!
Calling all science fiction, fantasy, horror,
media, and astronomical Artists and Fans!
We would like to cordially invite you to be a part
of the Dragon*Con 2002 Art Show. Dragon*Con is one of the largest annual Science
Fiction and Fantasy theme conventions in the world with an average attendance of
20,000 people. This year the Art Show, Artist Bazaar, Print Shop, and Digital
Art Section will be located in the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. This location not
only puts the Art Show in the middle of the convention but we are on the same
floor as the exhibitor's room and the celebrity autographs. With this location
the Art Show should get all of the convention attendees. Our area is spacious,
elegant, and well lit. The Dragon*Con 2002 Art Show is a very large and diverse
event. It is a very active and exciting function. Art is all about capturing new
ideas in one form or another. We will also have our first convention inside a
convention. Dragon*Con is proud to host the First Annual Renderosity
convention!
We are planning many exciting events for the
Dragon*Con 2002 Art Show including the 2nd annual Iron Artist contest, a large
canvas that all the artists can work on (which will be sold at auction), an art
jam, demos, how-to's, and other wonderful items. We will be hosting our annual
artists reception on Friday night of the convention. Panel discussions and
demonstrations are very important to the Art Show. The programming room for all
Art Show programs is right next to the main entrance to the main Art Show room.
This location puts the Art Show programming room near the middle of the main
convention level for all convention attendees to see while keeping an intimate
environment inside. This will almost certainly guarantee high attendance to
every program item.
Last year, the Dragon*Con 2001 Art Show was a huge
success. The Art Show sold out 1 month before the start of the convention. We
had some amazing pieces from over 160 artists. Artists from countries such as
Austria, Australia, United Kingdom, and The Peoples Republic of China displayed
artwork, elevating it to world-class status. The main Art Show was in a 16,500
sq. ft chandeliered ballroom. The Art Show programming did very well. In a room
that, seats 70 people; we had 24 different Art Show program items. From live
demos to hands on participation people were captivated with what they saw. Some
of the program events filled to capacity even before the events started. Another
Art Show program event was called Iron Artist. This was held in a large meeting
room at the Hyatt, which was close to 1,400 people. Iron Artist is based on the
popular TV show Iron Chef. Harlan Ellison and Peter David hosted the show. The
Iron Artist this year was Don Bluth and the challenger was Larry Elmore. The
artists were given 45 minutes, oil pastels, colored pencils, and 24" x 18"
canvas to create something. In the end, Iron Artist Don Bluth won. We had 78
items go to auction and had over 400 attendees register for bid numbers. We have
made full use of the Internet and other media to advertise the 2002 Art Show and
Dragon*Con. This coupled with the excellent location should maximize the sales
for all artwork in the 2002 show.
The Dragon*Con 2002 Artist Guest of Honor is Alex
Grey! ( http://www.alexgrey.com ) Grey has
an expansive audience outside of the traditional art world. His work has been
included in the album art of such popular rock groups as Nirvana and the Beastie
Boys and a book of songs by the Talking Heads. The underground Techno Rave
culture has extensively sampled Grey's art, using it to promote all-night dance
events. The Chairman of the Department of Alternative Medicine at the National
Institute of Health in Washington, D.C., who uses it in his international slide
lectures, has used Grey's vision of the human psychic anatomy. Healers, body
workers and "new age" figures including Matthew Fox, Joan Borysenko and Deepak
Chopra have all used his work to describe the dimensions of body, mind and
spirit. Grey's artwork has been exhibited worldwide, including Stux Gallery and
the New Museum in NYC, the Grand Palais in Paris, the Sao Paulo Biennial in
Brazil, the Centro Culturale Zittele in Venice, Italy, University Galleries of
the University of Illinois, and La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles. A major
exhibition of Grey's work was held at the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art
in the spring of 1999.
Concert in the Art Show! Dubbed "Guitarist of 1000
Ideas" by The New York Times, Gary Lucas is moving beyond his reputation as one
of the most innovative guitarists in the world today to firmly establish himself
as a composer and Grammy-nominated songwriter. Gary Lucas recently played a
month-long club residency in Tokyo, Japan, which earned a rave review in The
Japan Times ("His playing lends new meaning to the term tour de force"). In 1998
he opened the 7th New York Jewish Film Festival at Lincoln Center with a
sold-out performance of his original live score for the silent German
expressionist film classic "The Golem," accompanying a screening of the film,
and then he repeated his triumph two days later with a sold-out performance in
Ljubljana. Gary recently performed "The Golem" in Washington D.C. in front of a
sold-out crowd, as well as in San Francisco, Amsterdam, Palermo, Chicago,
Prague, Miami, Tucson, Berlin and elsewhere -- in 14 countries around the world,
most recently in London at the Royal Festival Hall for the Meltdown Festival. On
Sunday, September 1, Gary will perform Space Guitar Fantasia to accompany a
Science Fiction Art presentation in the main Art Show ballroom.
New! DIGITAL ART Department: To present art in all
it's native forms, we created the Digital Art department. This is an additional
type of space within the art show. Artists are welcome to enter art in all the
types of space we have. In this area, artists will be able to upload their
entered artwork to our own FTP site or mail it to our Digital Art Section
Manager on CD-ROM. The artwork can be animation as well as still artwork. At the
show, computer stations will be located in the main Art Show ballroom. Some of
these stations will carry work that can be purchased via print, and one station
will just show "display only" work. We will have catalogs next to the display
computers so attendees can browse through the work that can be purchased. If an
attendee wants to purchase a print of one of the images in the show, they can
have it printed "on demand," by an on-site, professional printer and even have a
selection of not only image size, but print type: watercolor paper base, or
canvas in either loose or stretch frame-mounted form. (Stretched
frame-mounted--Not to be confused with 'framed' the canvas is stretched on a
frame and stapled taught, as opposed to framed with glass and ready to hang.)
Please see the Dragon*Con 2002 Art Show rules for details if you would are
interested in submitting your digital art. You can also contact the Art Show
Digital Manager Audre Vysniauskas (au...@chartermi.net).
NEW to this year's Art Show is Renderosity. We are
very pleased to announce Renderosity.com (the largest 2D and 3D digital art site
on the Internet) as one of our very special Art Show participants. In fact, they
will be hosting their First Annual, Renderosity Convention at Dragon*Con, and
will be putting on some very cool presentations as part of this year's Art Show!
Renderosity.com has over 80,000 members (1,000 new members per week), membership
in 134 countries, 4,200 total free stuff items are available on the web site
(100's of items added each week) which has 50 million hits per month and 10
million page views per month, 58,700 art images in the online gallery with 875
images added each week, cutting edge information & interviews by key figures
in the entire 2D/3D graphic artist industry, and a grand total of 30 gigabytes
of information served each day. Renderosity.com is helping us celebrate a
first-time event of our own, the launch of our Digital Art Department. All
Dragon*Con 2002 guests and attendees are invited to attend the Renderosity
Convention for free which will be on the same floor in the Atlanta Marriott
Marquis as the Dragon*Con Art Show.
There are many different sections to the Dragon*Con
Art Show. The following is a quick orientation:
ART GALLERY: The Art Gallery has many types of
space available to display your artwork. We use a standard 4-ft. x 4-ft.
pegboard for hanging space. We have many combinations of Art Gallery space
listed on the Art Show registration form. We have 6' tables available as well as
floor space. There is a 10% commission charged on all artwork sold in the Art
Gallery.
PRINT SHOP: The Art Show has a large area to
display prints called the Print Shop. There is a Print Shop fee of $5 for
attending artists or agented art. There is no limit on number of prints,
however, be aware that even though we can display a large number of prints,
there is a limited amount of space. A 15% commission is charged on each piece
sold in the Print Shop.
New! DIGITAL ART Department: To present art in all
it's native forms, we created the Digital Art department. This is an additional
type of space within the art show. Artists are welcome to enter art in all the
types of space we have. In this area, artists will be able to upload their
entered artwork to our own FTP site or mail it to our Digital Art Section
Manager on CD-ROM. The artwork can be animation as well as still artwork. At the
show, computer stations will be located in the main Art Show ballroom. Some of
these stations will carry work that can be purchased via print, and one station
will just show "display only" work. We will have catalogs next to the display
computers so attendees can browse through the work that can be purchased. If an
attendee wants to purchase a print of one of the images in the show, they can
have it printed "on demand," by an on-site, professional printer and even have a
selection of not only image size, but print type: watercolor paper base, or
canvas in either loose or stretch frame-mounted form. (Stretched
frame-mounted--Not to be confused with 'framed' the canvas is stretched on a
frame and stapled taught, as opposed to framed with glass and ready to hang.)
Basic entrance fee is $20.
ARTISTS' BAZAAR TABLES: These tables are discounted
sales tables for the artists, located in the art room. All items for sale on
these tables are either made by the artist or from the artist's designs. The
Artists Bazaar is a special area for artists to present merchandise related to
their art and is located in the main art exhibition room. The pieces range from
unusual and exotic original jewelry to hand-thrown prints.
MAIL-IN ART: We will be accepting a limited amount
of mail-in art. Please see rules for details if you would are interested in
being a mail-in artist.
DISCUSSIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS: If you are
interested in doing a demonstration, to be included on programming or panel
discussions, do a slide show, or just have some great ideas for art programming,
please let us know by June 15, 2002. The sooner, we know your talents or ideas
the more likely they are to be included. We will have a slide projector to show
artwork. Please don't assume that your desired equipment will be readily
available. Please coordinate any equipment or other needs with Art Show Director
by the June 15th deadline and we will do our best to provide any supporting
resources.
The convention members will vote on the art awards.
Award categories will include Best in Show, Color, 3-D, B & W, Photography,
& Mixed Media for both Professional and Amateur Artists.
To reserve your space just go to
If you scroll down this page you will see a link to
the Art Show registration form which is in PDF format (If you need a PDF viewer
to open this file you can go to
Please fill out the form and send the completed
Printable Dragon*Con 2002 Art Show Reservation Form and payment to the
Dragon*Con address below.
The registration form tells us how many bid and control sheets to send you. It's that simple. If you have any problems using the web page you can send me your mailing address and we will send you an art show info pack. If you have any other questions let me know.
The registration form tells us how many bid and control sheets to send you. It's that simple. If you have any problems using the web page you can send me your mailing address and we will send you an art show info pack. If you have any other questions let me know.
We have also posted the entire Dragon*Con 2002 Art
Show registration package on the ArtShows Yahoo Group at
Once you log into the site look on the left side of
the screen and you will see an index with the link Files. Click on Files and you
will see a listing of files. Look for the file
Dragoncon 2002 Art Show info and registration.pdf
Click on it to open it up of you can download it to
your computer. You will need the PDF viewer to open the file. If you have any
problems with this please let me know.
If you have any problem with this form please send
the art director an email (gt0...@cad.gatech.edu) or call the
Dragon*Con main office (770) 909-0115 and we will send you a Dragon*Con 2002 Art
Show Registration package in the regular mail immediately.
For other information, the art director can be
reached at (404) 894-6696, by e-mail (be sure to include your snail mail
address) at: gt0...@cad.gatech.edu
(we will not be accepting any reservations via e-mail) or use our Dragon*Con
mailing address at:
Dragon*Con
Attn: Dragon*Con Art show
P.O. BOX 16459
Atlanta, GA 30321-9998
Attn: Dragon*Con Art show
P.O. BOX 16459
Atlanta, GA 30321-9998
We hope you will decide to join us for the excitement at Dragon*Con 2002. The 2002 Art Show is shaping up to be the most exciting show yet, and one you really don't want to miss!
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