Be a part of our community!

The Art Party Event began in 2016. This year will be our 7th year. We’d love for you to take part in this community-building, art-loving event with us.

There are 2 ways you can participate:

1) Art Party Venue Your business location can get foot traffic by displaying artwork from our Juried Exhibition & Competition.

2) Stroll Card Exchange Site As an incentive for Art Party guests to make purchases, you can provide a reward for their completed “Art Party Stroll Card”.

PHOTOS FROM ART PARTY

Please fill out the AGREEMENT FORM to participate in Art Party 2022

Art Party Event Dates:

ART PARTY 2022 | JURIED EXHIBITION
October 31—November 19, 2022

ART PARTY 2022 | AN ART EXPERIENCE

November 16, 17, 18 & 19, 2022 (WED through SAT)

Studio & Gallery Stroll Times:
FRI, Nov 18, 11AM – 6PM
SAT, Nov 19, 11AM – 6PM

Besides your normal business hours, Art Party Venues and Stroll Card Exchange Sites will be expected to be open during the “Studio & Gallery Stroll” times.

ART PARTY VENUE

As a Art Party Venue, you will display Art Party artwork in your business.

This artwork will be part of Art Party’s Juried Exhibition—to be displayed from Monday, October 31 through Saturday, November 19. We will curate Juried artwork to place in your business.

As an official Art Party Venue, your business:

  • will be one of the Stroll Card sites in our Art Party Guide

  • will be highlighted as a Art Party Venue on our Art Party website

  • will be clearly marked as an official Art Party site with window signage and sandwich board signs.

ART PARTY VENUE GUIDELINES 

BEFORE EVENT You will need to: 

  • Fill out and sign a Venue Agreement form (Google Form) (includes “terms & conditions”) 
  • Sign an “Artist & Venue Hosting Agreement” that we will send to you and the artist(s) chosen to show in your space. 
  • Accept delivery of artwork & store it as early as Thursday, October 20. Artist(s) will co-ordinate directly with you to arrange delivery. Working with you, we will appropriately install the art on your premises. 

DURING EVENT You will need to: 

  • Attach (provided) Art Party stickers to guest’s Stroll cards. 
  • Handle Sales. Visitors wishing to purchase the art would do so through each of the Venues who can take 30% (minus sales tax) of the sale, giving 70% to the artist (minus sales tax). (Payment for artwork sold due by Wednesday, November 30.) 

STROLL CARD EXCHANGE SITE

Another way to participate in Art Party is to be one of our Stroll Card Exchange Sites. The Stroll Cards are designed to invite Art Party guests to drop by as many studios and venues as possible.

Art Party Guests will be invited to fill out a stroll card with stickers from participating sites during Art Party’s 2-day Studio & Gallery Stroll. (Stroll cards are in the back of the Art Party Guide.) Once they collect a minimum number of stickers, they can tear off the card and exchange it for a reward at a Stroll Card Exchange Site—designated with a red dot in the window.

Reward options can range from a coupon, discount on purchase, BOGO or a free item—we leave that up to you.

As a an official Stroll Card Exchange Site, your business:

  • will be included in the stroll card section of the Art Party Guide

  • will be clearly marked as an official Art Party site with window signage.

STROLL CARD EXCHANGE SITE GUIDELINES

BEFORE EVENT You will need to:

  • Fill out and sign a Venue Agreement form (Google Form) (includes “terms & conditions”)

DURING EVENT You will need to:

  • Distribute Art Party Guides to your customers. Art Party Guides will be available during Art Party on Friday (Nov 18) & Saturday (Nov 19) at participating Studios, Galleries, Businesses & our Art Party info desk (located at the Gettys Arts Center, 201 E MAIN ST.)
  • Exchange Art Party guest’s Stroll Cards for a reward before the end of Art Party, Saturday, Nov 19, 2022.

GROWTH CHART—Art Party continues to grow 

As we build on what works and learn from what doesn't, this little Art Party continues to grow—from when we started out in 2016 til now, these numbers show the development of a good thing.

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COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

FROM 4 LOCATIONS
TO 14 LOCATIONS 

%

BUSINESS PARTICIPATION

FROM 1 BUSINESS
TO 10 BUSINESSES 

%

EVENTS

FROM 3 EVENTS
TO 6 EVENTS

%

GUESTS

FROM 150 GUESTS
TO 426 GUESTS

KEY: FROM=2016; T0=2021