The MiDFur Art Show will be presenting the best of furry artwork, both on display for your viewing pleasure and for sale. Artists are invited and encouraged to submit art, both 2D and 3D, to our third art show. It costs nothing but a bit of your time to register, so why not start right away?
Applying for the Art Show involves both an online registration and a bit of paperwork.
The reason for having an online registration separate from the paper forms is so that you can register yourself as an artist for the Art Show right away and create the art you will display later. We will have copies of the paper forms available at the convention, but filling in the forms beforehand will save you time and give you more time to go off and enjoy the convention.
Please make sure you read all of the following information.
The art show begins at 11am on Wednesday, January 4th and ends at 1pm on Saturday, January 7th.
On the first day (Wednesday, January 4th) please check in your art in first thing when the convention opens at 9:00am so we can have the art show open and running by 11am. The art show will be located downstairs in the Victory Room.
Aside from Wednesday, the art show opens at 10:00am each day. Art may be checked in the hour before the art show opens. Please allow time to deal with the paperwork.
Please bring the following:
Just come to the art show control desk and a staff member will check the paperwork and then you can hang your art. Only registered MiDFur attendees may display art in the show, so your badge will be required to confirm this, plus a picture ID.
All unsold art must be picked up at the close of show from 12:00pm on Saturday until 1:30pm. This is also the time period in which winning bidders and buyers will pick up their art. Any unclaimed art will be removed and taken to the convention operations room located upstairs in the Leaders Room. Retrieving your art from there may be delayed due to factors beyond the Art Show Coordinator’s control.
You may only remove your art from the display panels after the close of show, unless specially arranged otherwise with the Art Show Coordinator. Take all your artworks, the Bid Sheets, and your Control Form to the art show control desk and they will be checked out if unsold, or recorded and set aside for buyers to collect if sold.
While we will attempt to pay artists with cash at the time of check-out, we can only do so if buyers pay up beforehand, so we cannot guarantee this. If you are not paid in cash on the day, we will send you a cheque in the mail. It is therefore important that the address which you provided on the application form is accurate and up to date. Please remember that you will be charged 15% commission on all sales.
Each piece of art that you put into the show must have a bid sheet attached to it – even if you’re just displaying art, because then the bid sheet will tell people that it’s display only.
The bid sheet asks for an artist code, which is your MiDFur artshow registration number followed by the item number. For example, if your registration number is 015, you would put MF13-015-1 on the first piece listed on your Control Form, the next item will then be MF13-015-2, and so forth.
Select one of the following alternatives:
The Art Show allows for both general art and adult art. The adult art will be sectioned off. Please use common sense in categorising whether your art is suitable for a general or an adult audience. The Art Show manager, Nikita, has the final say on whether an art piece is to be considered general or adult and will move your art to the appropriate section if necessary. If you’re unsure what category your art falls under, feel free to run it by Nikita at artshow@midfur.com.au
All art should be suitably mounted, preferably in a mat or frame, but at the very least some sort of supporting board. Not only does proper framing/matting make your art look nicer, but it protects the art from accidental damage. The MiDFur staff takes no responsibility for accidental damage caused by inadequate mounting. The display panels are pegboard, and hooks and clips will be provided for hanging the artworks.
For all enquiries in regards to the Art Show, please contact Nikita - artshow@midfur.com.au