The Dragon*Con 2003 Art Show is Open for Business!!!
Patrick Roberts
For all the information on the Dragon*Con 2003 Art Show please go to
http://www.dragoncon.org/artshow.html
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 2003
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
Show will once again be located in the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. This
location puts the Art Show in the middle of the convention and 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 to visit
the Art Show. Our area is spacious, elegant, and well lit. The Dragon*Con
2003 Art Show is a very large and diverse event. It is a very active,
exciting function and gives the artist a high potential for large sales. We
believe art is all about capturing new ideas in one form or another and
showing the world the awesome creativity within these works.
We are planning many exciting events for the Dragon*Con 2003 Art Show
including the 3rd annual Iron Artist contest, a large canvas that all the
artists can work on (which will be sold at auction), an art salon, artists
making art with live models, live music, demos, how-to's, and other
wonderful events. 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 as well. The programming room for all Art Show
programs is right next to the main entrance of the Art Show. 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 event.
Last year, the The Dragon*Con 2002 Art Show was a huge success. The Art Show
sold out over 2 months before the start of the convention. We had some
amazing pieces from 185 artists from around the world. Artists from all over
the world 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 28
different Art Show program items. From live demos to hands on participation
people were captivated with what they saw. Many of the program events filled
to capacity even before the events started.
Another Art Show program event was the second annual Iron Artist. This was
held in a large meeting room at the Hyatt, which seats close to 1,400
people. Iron Artist is based on the popular TV show Iron Chef. Kevin Murphy
and Michael J. Nelson from Mystery Science Theater 3000 hosted the show. The
Iron Artist this year was Don Maitz and the challenger was Joe Michael
Linsner creator of the Dawn comic. The artists were given one hour, oil
pastels, colored pencils, and 24" x 36" shadowbox to create something. In
the end, Iron Artist Don Maitz won.
During the 2002 show, we had 40 items go to auction and had over 400
attendees registered for bidder numbers. We will make full use of the
Internet and other media to advertise the 2003 Art Show and Dragon*Con. This
coupled with the excellent location should maximize the sales for all
artwork in the 2003 show.
Starting this year the Dragon*Con Art Show will be juried. The Art Show has
become one of the most popular and prestigious Art Shows of these genres in
the world. To continue to improve the quality of the show we are now jurying
the show. There are some automatic jury acceptance criteria for those
artists that have been in the Art Show in the past and those artists that
have been awarded some of the art world's highest honors. We are also taking
great care to include new and fresh talent just coming into the art scene as
well. Please see the rules for all the details about the jury process.
New student section! In keeping with the desire to help nurture new young
talent we are adding a student section to the Art Show. Students are
considered to be those individuals who are high school or college level that
are art students or have an art focus. Student and amateur are different
status levels of artist. Please see the rules for all the details about the
new student section.
We will be announcing many items about the Dragon*Con 2003 Art Show in the
next few months. Please continue to check the Dragon*Con web site at
and the Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror/Space Art Shows Yahoo group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiFantasyHorrorSpace_ArtShows/
for all the announcements about the 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.
Print shop is limited to 26 SKU's (titles) with an unlimited quantity per
title, 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. The Print Shop is restricted to the
Professionals and Amateurs.
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 the professional artists to present merchandise relate
d to their art and is located in the main art exhibition room. The pieces
range from unusual and the exotic.
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 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 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.) If you are
interested in submitting your digital art, please see the rules for further
details.
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 May 1, 2003. The sooner, we know your talents or ideas the more
likely they are to be included. We have access to many types of equipment 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 May 1st deadline and we will do our best to provide any
supporting resources.
The convention members will vote on a portion of the art awards. Award
categories will include but are not limited to Best in Show, Color, 3-D, B
and W, Photography, and Mixed Media for both Professional and Amateur
Artists.
To reserve your space, send the completed Dragon*Con 2003 Art Show
reservation form
http://www.dragoncon.org/artshowpdf/as2003rg.pdf
, jury slides/images if required and payment to the Dragon*Con address
below.
(The registration form is in PDF format; if your computer does not have the
Adobe Acrobat Reader, click
http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html
to download the latest version.)
If you are an artist interested in participating in this years art show
click here for the Dragon*Con 2003 Art Show rules at
http://www.dragoncon.org/artshowhtml/as2003rl.html
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), the Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror/Space Art Shows Yahoo group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiFantasyHorrorSpace_ArtShows/
or use our Dragon*Con mailing address at:
Dragon*Con
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 2003.
The 2003 Art Show is shaping up to be the most exciting show yet, and one
you really don't want to miss!
Patrick Roberts
Art Show Director