The Art Show is co-sponsored by the Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Committee and the Greenbelt Association for the Visual Arts (GAVA).
The Labor Day Art Shows take place in the Greenbelt Community Center as part of the Greenbelt Labor Day Festival. There are two shows – one for adults and one for children/teens. This popular event gives Greenbelt artists of all ages and abilities the opportunity to acquaint the community with their work!
The following rules and information pertain to the 2011 Art Show. Please check back closer to the event for rules and information for the 2012 Art Show.
- Children and teen participants must live or go to school in Greenbelt, or have parents or grandparents who live, go to school, or work in Greenbelt.
- Adult participants (19 years +) must live, work, or go to school in Greenbelt, Beltsville, Berwyn Heights, College Park, Glenn Dale, Lanham, New Carrollton, Riverdale, or Seabrook.
- Artwork must be submitted on Thursday, September 1, 2011 from 5 to 7pm, or on Friday, September 2, 2011 from 10am to noon or 5 to 7pm at the Community Center. Registration forms are filled out at the time of submission.
- All artwork must:
- be completely original in design and conception.
- never have been shown in previous Labor Day Festival Art Shows.
- be ready for display (adult two-dimensional works should be framed with wires attached for hook, children and teen two-dimensional works should be mounted or matted, but need not be framed)
- All adult participants become members of this year’s Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Art Shows Committee and are required to help with either hanging the shows Friday, September 2, 2011 after 7pm, or by sitting one hour during the shows. Be ready to sign up when work is submitted.
- The shows are open to the public Saturday, September 3, 2011 from 1 to 6pm; Sunday, September 4, 2011 from 1 to 6pm; and Monday, September 5, 2011 from 1 to 4pm.
- The Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Committee, GAVA, the City of Greenbelt, and any of their volunteers/staff, are not responsible for the shows. Every effort will be made to protect the shows during open hours, using volunteers to sit as explained in instruction #5.
- Entries will be judged by a professional artist, and awards are given in each category for adults, children, and teens, depending on the discretion of the judge. The Cipriano Awards are given in both shows for works on the theme “Americans at Work”. Awards are presented on stage on Monday, September 5, 2011 at noon after the parade.
- Entries and awards must be retrieved from 4 to 6pm on Monday, September 5, 2011. The Committee is not responsible for unclaimed artwork. Please do not pick up your work before 4pm. Awards not picked up will be forfeited.
- If you are interested in selling your work, please indicate this on your registration form so that we can give out your contact information.
- Artwork may be rejected for shows by Art Show organizers if not in keeping with the spirit of the shows.
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