Annual Wild Blueberry Festival
Arts & Crafts Fair
August 20, 21, & 22, 2010
The Wild Blueberry Festival Arts & Crafts Fair is
held on the grounds of the Whitefish Township Community
Center in Paradise, Michigan.
We have 90 spaces available. Spaces are 12'x12' outside
on the blacktop or grass. Please bring your own set up and
display materials for outside spaces. We also have three
inside spaces available that consist of one 3'x 8' table
which is provided, and are on a first applicant basis. There
is a limit of two outside or one inside space per artist.
Artists who were here last year will get first
choice of the spaces available if they apply by April 15,
2010. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide
electricity for our spaces. Quiet generators are allowed
with prior permission, and you will be placed on a
wood edge lot.
Artists are required to set up all three days of the
festival for the full time the Art Fair is open. Any
early breakdowns or no-shows, without prior notification,
will not be asked back to the Festival. The Art Fair
runs from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Friday and Saturday, and 9:00
am to 4:00 pm on Sunday.
All work must be handmade and shown by the artist
who rents the space. Agents representing the artist
or crafter are not allowed. Kits; commercially
manufactured goods, clothing,, candles; screen print
T-shirts; off-set prints from paintings, flea-market items.
or any resale items are not permitted. Anyone
displaying or selling prohibited items will be asked to
leave.We will be checking!
Daily parking for crafters will be by permit in the
County Barn lot next to the Community Center grounds. Please
be sure to complete and return the parking permit
application included with this mailing. The license plate
number of the vehicle you will be driving to the festival is
required on this form. You will receive a permit when you
check in upon arrival to thefestival.
In order to insure your lodging requirements, you
should make advance reservations at hotels and campgrounds.
Many of them fill up early, so be sure and plan ahead. For a
listing of hotels in the area, please visit our website
at
www.paradisemichigan.org.
Alcoholic beverages are not allowed on Festival,
school, or County Barn property.
To participate in the Arts & Crafts Fair this
year, please complete and return the following application
with a check for $50.00 per space, two pictures of your work
to keep in our file, and a self-addressed, stamped envelope
to:
Paradise Area Chamber of Commerce
c/o Vicki Hallaxs
P. O. Box 254
Paradise, MI 49768
If you have sent pictures in the past, you only need to
send pictures of new work that you will bring to the show.
Application and payment must be received by June 15,
2010. This fee covers all three days and is
non-refundable.
Please remember to be courteous to other crafters and
visitors while you are here.
If you are no longer in the craft show circuit, please
call 906-492-3803 or e-mail villagefab@jamadots.com
so we can remove you from our mailing list.
Please be sure to fill out and return the parking permit
application along with your Art Fair Application. It is
required to be accepted into the Festival.
If you have any questions, please call 906-492-3803.
2010 Wild Blueberry Festival Arts
& Crafts Fair
Application
Name:____________________________________________________________________________
Address__________________________________________________________________________
City__________________________________
State____________________ Zip________________
Telephone____________________________E-mail:
______________________________________
*
Car License Plate
#_____________________*
Trailer License Plate
#________________________
Description of Art or
Craft____________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
Number of spaces wanted: ________________Amount
enclosed:_____________________________
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