Category: Lincoln Arts Festival
May 1st 2013 | Posted in: Lincoln Arts Festival | Posted by: Lincoln Arts Council
Last year was one of the best Lincoln Arts Festivals ever, with perfect weather, great attendance, new and delicious food vendors, and great festival energy. This year, the dates are September 28th and 29th, at SouthPointe Pavilions' west parking lot. 2013's festival promises to be bigger and better than ever, with great artists, new food and music.
Local artists who enjoy a festival setting and would like to be a part of the festival should remember that our juried show has an application deadline of May 15th. Applications may be completed online at Zapplication.org. If you've never gone to Zapplication.org before, setting up an artist profile is easy and costs nothing. You will then have access to loads of information on our festival and many others. Remember, our application deadline is May 15th. Join us for a good time.
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January 27th 2013 | Posted in: Lincoln Arts Festival | Posted by: Lincoln Arts Council
On Monday, February 4th, the Lincoln Arts Council will be accepting applications for participation in the 2013 Lincoln Arts Festival. This premier art event in Lincoln brings over one hundred artists from all over the country to SouthPointe Pavilions for a fun weekend of art sales and demonstrations. Great weather brought just under fifteen thousand art lovers last year. We expect to grow this year with more great artists, memorable food and fabulous live music wrapped in a festival atmosphere that everyone enjoys.
If selling your art in an outdoor, festival setting seems like a good idea, go to www.zapplication.org to find out about our festival, and many other festivals all over the country. You will submit your application online on Zapplication. Photos and a $25 jury fee are required, with easy instructions right on Zapplication. Join us for a great weekend at a festival that many of our artists say is their favorite.
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December 3rd 2012 | Posted in: Lincoln Arts Festival | Posted by: Lincoln Arts Council
The Lincoln Arts Council (LAC) is announcing that we will be accepting funding requests for Project Grants beginning on January 1, 2013. LAC Project Grants are available to 501(c)3 arts organizations who are members of the Lincoln Arts Council. Arts organizations will receive a mailing outlining LAC membership details in early January. Qualifying arts organizations can request $500 in support for projects occurring between March 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013.
The process for submitting requests has been simplified, with a proposal due date of February 1, 2013.
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October 5th 2012 | Posted in: Lincoln Arts Festival | Posted by: Lincoln Arts Council
The Lincoln Arts Festival provided a fun filled weekend made possible by generous corporate and individual support; we couldn't do it without a team of sponsors. We would like to show gratitude to Husker Auto our Event Sponsor. A special thanks goes out to Ameritas, who has sponsored the festival for three years, this year as the Patron Program Sponsor. Shopko Stores is also a returning sponsor with five years of support for the Lincoln Arts Festival. These corporate leaders truly understand the value of providing arts programming that is accessible to all, helping to create vibrancy in our community. We are so appreciative!
Approximately 600 kids enjoyed our Arts for Kids tent where they created buttons, robots, and paintings, and danced and sung alongside superstar Jim King. The Kinder Porter Scott Family Foundation has supported these activities for four years, bringing smiles to children and their families. New to sponsorship this year is the Sowers Club who also sponsored the Arts for Kids tent.
Live, local musicians entertained festival-goers thanks to the generosity of Sandhills Publishing, Madonna, Amtrak, Wells Fargo, Blue Cross Blues Shield of Nebraska, Grand Manse and U.S. Property, and the Berman Music Foundation. Thanks also to Catholic Health Initiatives for supporting the Patron Program. Target, Russ's Market, and Sam's Club of Lincoln provided in-kind support of artist hospitality.
On behalf of the Lincoln Arts Council board and staff, and the 13.000 people who attended the festival - THANK YOU!
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October 5th 2012 | Posted in: Lincoln Arts Festival | Posted by: Lincoln Arts Council
A HUGE Thank You to all of the volunteers for your help in making the 2012 Lincoln Arts Festival a huge success! Over 50 volunteers helped to make this year's festival run smooth like butter! It was a fun and busy weekend and from all of the feedback we have received it was mostly with respect to the volunteers that made the weekend so enjoyable, not only for the public but for the artists. From the SetUp/TearDown crew, who used their strong muscles to set up and tear down tents and move totes to and fro, to the Boothsitters, who were willing and ready to give the artists a break from their booths at any point in time, to those of you who were being bombarded by kids ready to get creative in the kids tent....You all did a wonderful job!!! We love our volunteers and are grateful that you were willing to donate your time, with smiles on your faces, to help out with the Lincoln Arts Festival.
Thanks again you for your time.
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