ART MADE HERE is a spring arts Special Event produced in collaboration with Garland Cultural Arts Commission, Inc., Visit Garland, Garland's Downtown Development Office, and Garland ISD. ART MADE HERE celebrates and showcases artists and the arts in Garland. Visitors to ART MADE HERE can view and purchase work at the Art Fair, participate in interactive hands-on crafts for kids, and enjoy live entertainment.

ART MADE HERE
Saturday, March 28, from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Participating artists receive:

• 10' x 10' display space includes canopy, table, and 2 chairs
• Prominent visibility on Downtown Garland's Square
• Comprehensive event marketing
• Artist spotlights on the website

Artist requirements:

• Must display work that falls within defined artwork categories (listed below)
• Agree to Terms and Conditions
• $100 artist site fee. Must submit payment by deadline (listed below), following notification of event acceptance.

Important Dates:

• Jan 26 – Application opens
• Feb 27 – Application deadline
• Mar 9 – Artist notification
• Mar 13 – Site fee must be received
• Mar 28 – Load-in available from 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Vehicles must be off-site by 1:00 p.m.
• Mar 28 – Festival opens at 2:00 p.m.

Selection Process - ART MADE HERE encourages artists of all ages, backgrounds, and media to submit an application. Due to space limitations, artist selection will include representation from a variety of artwork categories. The selection will be juried.

ART MARKET – ARTWORK CATEGORIES:

• Ceramics: All original clay and porcelain work other than jewelry is accepted in this category. No machine-made or mass-produced work is permitted. If multiple pieces of the same design are displayed, each piece must be signed.
• Digital Art: This category includes any original work for which the original image, or the manipulation of other source material, was executed by the artist using a computer. Work in this category must be in limited editions, signed and numbered on archival-quality materials. Traditional photographs taken through digital media should apply in the photography category.
• Drawing: Works created using dry media, including chalk, charcoal, pastels, pencil, wax crayon, etc., or from the fluid medium of inks and washes applied by pen or brush are to be entered in this category.
• Fiber: All work crafted from fibers, including basketry, embroidery, weaving, tapestry, and papermaking. No machine tooling, machine-screened patterns, or other forms of mass production are permitted. No factory-produced wearable items, regardless of additional modification or enhancement by the artist, may be exhibited.
• Glass: No forms of mass production are permitted.
• Printmaking: Printed works for which the artist's hand manipulated the plates, stones, or screens and which have been properly signed and numbered as a limited edition may be entered in this category. All giclee, photocopy, and/or offset reproductions will be rejected. Printmakers are encouraged to do their own printing, which has been processed by the artist or under his/her direct supervision. Printmakers are required to disclose both their creative and printmaking processes.
• Jewelry: All jewelry, whether the work is produced from metal, glass, clay, fiber, paper, plastic, or other materials, must be entered in this category. No commercial casts, molds, or production studio work is allowed.
• Leather: Includes all works from leather. No production studio work is allowed.
• Metalworks: Includes all non-sculptural, non-jewelry works crafted from metals. No production studio work is allowed.
• Mixed Media: This category includes works, both 2 and 3-dimensional, that incorporate more than one type of physical material to produce. Includes non-sculptural work as determined by the artist.
• Painting: Works created in oils, acrylics, watercolor, etc., are in this category.
• Photography: Photographic prints made from the artist's original image, which have been processed by that artist, or under his or her direct supervision, are included in this category. Photographers are required to disclose both their creative and printing processes on prints, which have been properly signed and numbered as a limited edition.
• Sculpture: Three-dimensional original work done in any medium, including built-up works in wood, is included in this category.
• Wood: Original works in wood that are hand-tooled, machine-worked, turned, or carved are accepted in the wood category.

About GCAC, INC - In 1986, the Garland City Council created the nine-member Garland Cultural Arts Commission (GCAC) to serve as a liaison between the City and all community-based arts and historic organizations. The Commission's primary goal is to increased visibility of the arts in Garland. In 1987, the Commission created the private, non-profit organization known as the GCAC, Inc., to pursue various sources of revenue in order to fund meritorious arts and historic groups through a sub-grant program.