Utah Arts Festival

Tardy Mardi Party

7th Annual Tardy Mardi Party

The Utah Arts Festival presents the 7th Annual Tardy Mardi Party and the 4th Annual Texas Hold'em Tournament on Saturday, February 20, 2010

Mark your calendars now for the Tardy Mardi Party!!

Held at the Salt Lake Hardware Building, we'll be rockin' the house for the 7th year as we host Mardi Gras (a little late), and raise some funds for the Utah Arts Festival.

This is no stuffy, black-tie fundraiser. Come let your hair down, don your beads, enjoy some libations, play some "games" and dance to some great tunes!

The proceeds from the event will help pay for that summertime Festival that's been going on for some 34 years now!

Utah Arts Festival Ranked 39th in Top 100 Festivals

According to rankings compiled for 2010 by Art Festival Source Book, the Utah Arts Festival is rated 39 in the Top 100.

"This is our highest rating yet," says Lisa Sewell, director. "We are not going to rest until we've cracked the Top 10!"

Mayor's Artists Awards

Now Accepting Nominations: Due Friday, March 5, 2010

Presented by the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office and the Utah Arts Festival

The Mayor's Office honors the contributions artists and organizations make to the cultural life of the Salt Lake City community. Four awards are presented to recipients in the following categories: Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Literary Arts and Service to the Arts. Awards are presented by the Mayor at the Utah Arts Festival in June.

Selection Process

Nominees for the MAYOR’S ARTISTS AWARDS will be juried by a panel including representatives from the Office of the Mayor, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, the Utah Arts Festival and past recipients of the Awards.

Call for Films for Fear No Film

Fear No Film is co-produced by the Utah Arts Festival and the SLC Film Center. Entry into Fear No Film will also make your film eligible for other SLC Film Center festivals and events, including Fear No Film on Sidewalk Cinema, an ongoing festival of short films playing on large screens throughout downtown Salt Lake City.

Entries are now being accepted on www.withoutabox.com.

Call for Volunteers

Thank you for your interest in being a volunteer at the Utah Arts Festival! It takes more than 1,000 volunteers to help us build, run and tear down the event and there’s no way the Festival would happen without volunteers! You are truly the life blood of the Utah Arts Festival!

Provide us with your contact information and you will be the first to know when we are filling shifts for the 2010 Utah Arts Festival! Complete the Volunteer Interest form now. Read below for Volunteer Opportunities.

Call for Artist Marketplace / Visual Artist Applications

Visual Artist Applications for the 2010 Utah Arts Festival Artist Marketplace are being accepted online at www.zapplication.org.

If you are already a member of zapplication, go directly to the Utah Arts Festival Zapplication page.

Application deadline is Monday, March 8, 2010. There is a $35 fee to apply to the show and artists who are juried in will pay a $500 booth fee ($600 for corner booths) for the 4-day festival.

Call for Culinary Arts Applications

If you are interested in participating as a food vendor, please complete this application. Utah Arts Festival 2010 culinary artists will be chosen based on the following criteria:

Food Quality
Presentation
Diversity
Booth Design
Pricing

Culinary artists may sell FOOD products only. The Utah Arts Festival will handle ALL beverage concessions.

Call for Composer Commissions Applications

The Utah Arts Festival is accepting applications for the 2011 Commission for Orchestra and 2011 Commission for Chamber Ensemble. The works to be commissioned will be 8 – 12 minute works for chamber orchestra and six-piece chamber ensemble, respectively.