John October 20th, 2008
Despite the current economic downturn, the 2008 Sidney Fine Art Show held October 17th – 19th at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney, was a record-breaking success. Following a record 1,242 entries from over 500 artists being entered for adjudication in September, this year’s Show broke attendance and sales records with attendance up around 15% and sales up almost 25%. Many comments praised the scale, diversity and the quality of the show with a number of first time visitors vowing to return again next year. The town of Sidney was packed with visitors, with many businesses experiencing one of their busiest weekends of the year.
Once again, the Show Committee, and almost 300 volunteers did an outstanding job of organizing and running what is quickly becoming recognized as one of Western Canada’s most distinguished adjudicated art shows.
Now, planning starts for the 2009 Show (it actually started some time ago!) - mark your calendars now - key dates are:
Call to Artists May 1st
Entry deadline August 1st
Adjudication:
Work dropped off Sept 13th
Adjudication Sept 14th - 15th
Work picked up Sept 16th
Show:
Work dropped off Oct 13th
Opening night Oct 15th
Show Oct 16th - 18th (work picked up 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm)
If you haven’t already done so, sign up to our newsletter (using the “Join Our Mailing List” box to the right of this post) to ensure that you receive up to date information on the Show.
John September 30th, 2008
Mark your calendars!
The 2008 Sidney Fine Art Show will be open at the following times:
Friday October 17th 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Saturday October 18th 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday October 19th 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
We look forward to seeing you all there!
John September 30th, 2008
On Oct 17th, come attend the Artful Dinner - a special evening of fine art , fine wine and fine food with one of our Jurors, a Master, Award Winning Artists and the Show Designer from The Sidney Fine Art Show. The evening starts with appetizers at Miraloma, followed by a tour of the Sidney Fine Art Show and then a very special dinner at the Latch, all paired with Starling Lane and Chalet Estate Wines. Transportation to and from the show is provided and guests will receive a 3 day pass to the show. Seating is limited to 43 for an all inclusive price of $150.00 per person. Tickets are selling fast so reserve your seats for what promises to be a truly outstanding evening now with The Latch Inn & Restaurant.
John September 30th, 2008
If you are planning to attend the Fine Art Show, or Arts Week, why not make a vacation of it by taking advantage of the special rates being offered to art lovers for the week of October 17th - October 24th, 2008 - click on the links below to contact the hotels.
Arts Week visitors receive a 15% discount.
Offering preferred rates for Arts Week.
John September 29th, 2008
Our three jurors - Mark Heine, Grant Leier, and Catherine Moffat - supported by many of our 280 volunteers worked diligently over the two days of September 8th and 9th to adjudicate the more than 1,240 pieces of artwork that were submitted for the show. Each juror, working independently, scored the work on the first day and they then worked together on the second day to finalize the selection and choose the prize winners. In all, some 386 pieces were selected for the show representing the work of 246 artists. The jurors had a really tough job making their selection as the quality of the work submitted was outstanding - congratulations to you all on the quality of work submitted.
All artists should now have received notification of the results. If you have not done so, please contact our office either by using the “Contact” tab at the top of this page or by calling our office at 250.656.7412. PLEASE DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS OPTION FOLLOWING THIS POST AS IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR THIS PURPOSE AND WILL CAUSE UNNECESSARY DELAY!
John August 24th, 2008
Our third newsletter was sent out last week - if you haven’t received it, you can sign up using the “Join our Mailing List” link on the top right hand side of this page.
John June 19th, 2008
Ted Harrison, our 2006 opening night speaker, was recently featured with extensive coverage in the Times Columnist - to read the article go to The art he left behind
John June 19th, 2008
Pat Martin-Bates, our 2007 opening night speaker was recently featured in the Times Colonist - to read the article go to The art of Pat Martin Bates
John June 19th, 2008
This year’s returning juror, Mark Heine, was recently featured in the in the June edition of Focus Magazine, as well as the Times Colonist - to read the TC article, go to Change of life
John June 19th, 2008
For the second year, the show will be the anchor event of Arts Week on the Peninsula, October 17th - 24th.
More details will be forthcoming on this site shortly.
If you, or your group are interested in staging an event during this week, please contact us using the contact page on this website, calling our office at 250.656.7412, or dropping into our office at 103- 2423 Beacon Avenue in Sidney.
