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The ShowThe 32nd annual Utah Arts Festival will be held Thursday, June 26, through Sunday, June 29, 2008, at Library Square in downtown Salt Lake City. The 2008 Utah Arts Festival will feature an artist’s marketplace, performance on five stages, an art exhibition, a children's art yard, food and drink from around the world, and much more. Attendance at the Utah Arts Festival averages 80,000. The Utah Arts Festival is presented by the Utah Arts Festival Foundation, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to promoting the arts in Utah. The 2008 Utah Arts Festival will expend more than 0,000 in marketing and advertising and will receive approximately 0,000 in editorial and media coverage. Selection ProcessArtists will be selected by a peer jury comprised of musicians, music critics, and other professionals in the performing arts. Artists serving as jury members, and the groups with whom they perform, are invited prior to the jury to perform at the 2008 Utah Arts Festival. Jury selections will be based upon materials submitted with the application and on past performances both in Utah and at the Utah Arts Festival. The jury will look for professionalism, originality, creativity, and suitability of materials for the Utah Arts Festival. ApplicationThis application is for local and regional musical performers only. If you are an agent or a national touring artist, please submit press materials directly to the Festival for consideration. Please complete the application in full. If you do not have a website with audio samples, please send a audio cassette, compact disc, DVD to the Festival. Your tape, CD, DVD, or website must reflect the actual type of performance you plan on presenting at the Utah Arts Festival. All cassettes, CD’s and DVD’s must be clearly labeled. If you are not selected for the show, and want your tapes, CD’s or DVD’s returned, include a self-addressed stamped padded envelope with your application. The Festival is not responsible for loss or damage. Tapes, CD’s and/or DVD’s received may also be picked up at the Utah Arts Festival offices between July 10 and July 31, 2008 - after which they will be discarded or donated. Deadline
Completed
applications and supporting materials must be received by the Utah Arts
Festival no later than 5:00 P.M. on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2008. The Utah
Arts Festival offices are located at 230 South 500 West, #120, Salt
Lake City, Utah 84101. Notification of Jury decisions will be mailed by
Friday, March 28, 2008.
Accepted
performing artists are required to sign a contract with the Utah Arts
Festival Foundation, Inc., specifying, among other things, payments,
requirements and liability. Contracts will be mailed by Friday, March
28, and must be returned no later than Friday, April 11. Tapes, CD’s
and DVD’s of accepted performers become the property of the Festival
and may be used for archival, publicity, and web site purposes before,
during and after the Festival. Payment to musicians is based on American Federation of Musicians Local 104 two hour casual scale. The Festival does not pay transportation or housing for local or regional artists. No onsite payments will be made. All checks will be mailed by July 31, 2008.
Information
packets detailing all production and setup information will be sent to
accepted artists with their contract. Questions regarding the Utah Arts
Festival may be directed to Festival offices, (801) 322-2428, by mail
to 230 South 500 West, #120, Salt Lake City UT 84101, or emailed to
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– subject: Performing Arts. The Utah Arts Festival will be in downtown Salt Lake City at the Library Square and Washington Square (the City & County Buildings). The Festival is a fenced, ticketed event with 24-hour security. 2008 Calendar
* Friday, February 8 - Application and materials due than 5:00 P.M. |