 At ArtSplash, art mingles with lively entertainment, imaginative activities for children and adults, culinary delights and unparalleled shopping...all of this in a gorgeous setting. The annual juried arts festival is held each Labor Day weekend on the manicured grounds of the Mildred E. Anderson Dance Pavilion on the Sioux City riverfront.
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Download the Official 2008 Artsplash Artist Prospectus [pdf]
March 31, 2008 | Applications must be postmarked. |
May 15, 2008 | Notification of juror’s decisions mailed |
May 31, 2008 | Last day to request exhibitor fee refund |
Friday, August 29 , 4 to 8 pm |
Saturday, August 30, 10 am to 7 pm |
Artist appreciation dinner 7:30 to 9 pm (awards announced at 8 pm) |
Sunday, August 31, 10 am to 5 pm |
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Paul Chelstad is a Sioux City artist. His work is on exhibit at the Sioux City Art Center in Stencils by Paul Chelstad from March 29 to July 6, 2008.
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Elaine Olafson Henry earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Art from the University of Wyoming in 1992, and a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Art from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale in 1995. From 2000 through 2007, she served as the Chair of the Department of Art at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas, where she has taught since 1996. She is a Fellow and former President of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. Publications featuring her work include an eight-volume series of books entitled World Famous Ceramic Artists’ Studios, and Ceramics Artists from around the World. Henry has recently returned from a month in China, making work that will be featured in the inaugural collection of the new American Ceramics Museum in FuPing, near Xi’an. Her work is in public and private collections in Denmark, Japan, China, Taiwan, Italy, Germany, and throughout the United States. She is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics, an organization of fewer than 500 international ceramists. She is currently the Associate Editor of Ceramics: Art and Perception and Ceramics TECHNICAL, two premier internationally known publications.
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Sydney Lynch grew up in rural Connecticut, moving west permanently after falling in love with the wide open spaces while working on the Navajo Reservation midway through college. After earning a BFA at University of Colorado, she made jewelry in Boulder for ten years, then settled unexpectedly in Nebraska. She maintains a studio in Lincoln, where she creates both a production line and one of a kind pieces in combinations of sterling, 18k and 22k gold. Always influenced by landscape and natural forms, her house is filled with collections of rocks, shells, pottery shards and other found objects whose shapes and textures have caught her eye during years of walks and travels. Sydney’s newest work is inspired by the subtle, repetitive forms found in the flora and wild grasses of the prairie. “In miniaturizing a vast open landscape by creating these pieces of jewelry, I am able to focus on the details of my surroundings which might otherwise be easily overlooked.”
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In some cases, potential buyers are deterred by the need to carry their purchases through the festival grounds. To help in that situation, the Art Collectors provide free valet service for art purchased during the festival. When a piece of work is sold, the artist can encourage the purchaser to call the telephone number provided to have the artwork picked up from the artist’s booth and stored safely and securely in a Thompson Electric Company trailer. When the purchaser leaves the festival, he or she can call the same number to arrange for pickup at the Electric Innovations trailer located on the west edge of the festival grounds, just next to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.
Prior to each year’s festival, potential buyers deposit approximately $20,000 in the ArtSplash Purchase Patron Program. In making their advance deposits, program members commit to spending the amount of their deposit on artwork deposited at the festival. Information about how to take advantage of this opportunity for encouraging sales will be included in the exhibiting artist packet.
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