2007 Art Scholarship

The Art-A-Fair Foundation is making available two to three fine art scholarships available to Orange County, California students who are high school seniors (Class of 2007). Applicants must be planning a career in the fine arts and actively pursuing college-level art education.

The Art-A-Fair Foundation is a non-profit corporation committed to arts education and is affiliated with the annual Art-A-Fair Festival in Laguna Beach. Each year, the Art-A-Fair Foundation sponsors two or three qualified fourth year art students to share a display booth at the summer-long Art-A-Fair Festival.

The scholarships offer the following values:
· Exhibit booth space at the 2007 Art-A-Fair Festival (value up to $ 500)
· Full value of the students’ art work sold during the 2007 Festival.
· For two-dimensional artists, $500-800 in framing, gicleés and art-cards
· Gaining the commercial experience of selling their fine art.
· Practical commercial advice from experienced mature artists.

Please encourage the most capable and creative senior students to apply. If you have further questions, please contact me by email at ron@anzack.com or by telephone at (949) 770-4407.

Scholarship Application Process

The two-phase selection process will involve a preliminary jury review of JPGs submitted to the Art-A-Fair Foundation at the address above.

Applicants who pass the initial screening will be invited to a physical jury process in late April or early May 2007. All first stage applicants will receive acknowledgement and successful applicants will be given instructions for the next steps in the second stage.

Final scholarship awards will be announced no later than May 7, 2007.

Art-A-Fair Festival

This year the Art-A-Fair Festival runs from Wednesday, June 27 through Sunday, September 2, 2007. The Festival is open from 10:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. every weekday and until 10:00 P.M. on Fridays and Saturdays.

This 10-week-long festival exhibits the work of 120-130 fine artists to more than 50,000 visitors every summer. The combined artists’ sales total more than $750,000 every summer.

Requirements for Successful Applicants:

All applicants must:

· Be seniors in the high school class of 2007
· Be residents and students in Orange County, California
· Be actively planning further education and a career in the fine arts
· Be prepared to produce additional work during the Festival period
· Provide two letters of recommendation from recent teachers

The successful applicants must agree to meet the following requirements:

· Deliver ten works (dry, ready for scanning) to a site in Mission Viejo by May 15.
· Provide appropriate biographical information materials by May 15.
· Attend two or more coaching sessions prior to the opening of the Art-A-Fair Festival to learn how to promote and sell their own work.
· Assist Foundation staff in preparing their booth in mid-late June.
· Spend at least 20 hours per week in their booth at the Art-A-Fair Festival
· Assist Foundation staff to remove art and tear down the booth Sept. 3-4

If you cannot meet all of these requirements, please do not apply

Application