The Applications Deadline is quickly approaching for the 2017 Piccolo Spoleto Craft Shows. The shows are to be held May 26-28 and June 2-4, 2017. This will be the 38th year the shows have been part of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC.
Craft artists in a wide variety of media are invited to apply to exhibit at one or both of the 3-day shows. Applications are being accepted online via ZAPPlication.org (https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=5212).
The application deadline is Feb. 3, 2017.
A list of acceptable media, rules and general information about the shows is available with the application materials. Please read the materials carefully before submitting your application. The application fee is $30. Booths are $275 per weekend.
Artists will be selected for participation in these shows based jury scores and media quotas for each show. Approximately 80 booths are available each weekend. Emerging Artist Grants, equal to booth fees, will be awarded a first-time applicants each weekend based on scores and artist statements.
For more detailed information about the shows, visit the official web site at (finecraftshowscharleston.com), e-mail to (piccolo@finecraftshowscharleston.com), or leave a message for Kasey at 843/364-0421.
The Piccolo Spoleto Festival, produced by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs and the College of Charleston School of the Arts, is the official outreach festival of Spoleto Festival U.S.A. The craft events are two of the several hundred visual and performing arts events available to more than 250,000 people during the seventeen day festival. The festival begins on May 27th and concludes June 11th.
Fine Craft Shows Charleston, LLC is a partnership formed by three women, all working craft artists, for the management of the Piccolo Spoleto Craft Shows.
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