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I know it’s getting a little redundant, but here’s a reminder that this Saturday is the last day artists and venues can secure each other.

By 11:59pm this Saturday night, all artists and venues who have reached an agreement must have completed the final step (both parties click the Secure artist/Secure venue buttons so our system knows you’ve reached an agreement).

WHAT’S NEXT?

ARTISTS
Any artist who has not secured a venue by 11:59pm Saturday, August 15, will not be eligible to compete in ArtPrize. Artists can still show work at the event, but that work will not be available for voting or listed in any ArtPrize materials. Venue hosts are not obligated in any way to reach agreements after Aug 15.

The Artist registration fee will not be refunded. Read why.

VENUES
Any venue that has not secured at least one artist by 11:59pm Saturday, August 15, will not be listed in any of the ArtPrize materials and will not be considered an ArtPrize venue. A venue must have ArtPrize registered artists exhibit in it to be an ArtPrize  venue.

Be sure you know the final step. If you don’t complete the final step, you may wake up Sunday morning wondering why there are no artists listed under your venue, even though you signed Hosting Agreements.

The Venue registration fee will not be refunded to venues without artists. Read why.

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THE FINAL STEP Read More »

What is the Hosting Agreement?

We stress that artists and venues must work out a “Hosting Agreement” before the artist secures space within a venue (download the template). ArtPrize won’t police if a venue and artist actually signed the agreement. Artist and venue could come to a verbal agreement, but we strongly suggest you get it on paper. I’ll use a tacky analogy about online dating to explain why.

Nancy Artist is looking for a relationship and stumbles across Alan Venue’s profile online.

• Nancy Artist finds Alan Venue appealing
• She clicks “Connect” to let Alan know she’s interested
• Alan is notified that Nancy is interested
• Alan checks out Nancy’s profile
• He likes what he sees

This is the point where the Hosting Agreement comes in. Alan Venue could just say, “Meet me at the Casbah,” but he knows that wouldn’t be prudent. He wants the terms of the relationship to be clear before things get serious, so he doesn’t shock Nancy when he demands she get rid of her cat on the third date. Read More »