We are excited to welcome Heather Bruton as our Artist Guest of Honor.
Schedule
FRIDAY, October 23
Noon-5pm: Artist Check-In
3pm-6pm: Art Show open for bidding
Immediately after opening ceremonies, until 10pm: Artists’ Reception
SATURDAY, October 24
9am: Art Show opens for dealers
10am: Art Show opens
5pm: Art Show closes
5:30pm: Art Auction
9:00pm: Art Buyer Pickup – By appointment only
SUNDAY, October 25
9am-Noon: Art Show open
Noon-3pm: Artist Checkout
2pm: Art Show closes, Takedown Begins
ARTIST WORKSPACE!
We plan to have an artist workspace available during the convention. Email artshowdept@iowa-icon.com or check in at the art show registration table for sign-up and more details.
***NEW*** MINDBRIDGE ART SHOW COPYRIGHT POLICY(as of April, 2009)
In the interests of protecting intellectual property rights, Mindbridge will make a good faith effort to ensure that copyrighted material will not be sold without the permission of the copyright holders. Mindbridge will request and require all individuals participating in sales through Mindbridge to sign a waiver acknowledging that they are responsible for ensuring that their items comply with copyright and trademark laws. Additionally, such agents will be required to sign a statement accepting full responsibility for ensuring that they have the legal right to sell those items and to waive and hold harmless Mindbridge Foundation, its subsidiaries and projects from any recourse that selling those items may provoke. Icon is a project of the Mindbridge Foundation, and will be enforcing this policy.
If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us. This waiver will be available closer to ICON 35.
Galen Silversmith, Head
Lindsay Elliott, Assistant
Michele Maakestad, Consulting
artshowdept@iowa-icon.com
MAIN ART SHOW RULES
Each piece must have a minimum bid, a quicksale price, and an after auction price (after auction price may be NFS). (If not for sale, the work must be designated as NFS.) A quick sale price is one at which the piece may be purchased immediately if there are no current bids. Quick sold artwork will not go to auction.
This year, Icon will not be charging either a hanging fee nor a commission. Each artist will be guaranteed at least 4 panels, for hanging art, or or 4 half-tables, for three dimensional art (or any division thereof), with additional space on a first-come, first-served basis. (Panels are approx 30” x 60”, half tables are approx. 36” x 36”).
Artwork for sale will have hanging priority over notforsale artwork. All artwork must be ready to display upon arrival. Bid sheets must be attached to each piece, and a control sheet listing each piece must be included. Please attach the bid sheets so they may be seen when the piece is hanging. Binder clips on pegboard hooks will be used to hang most artwork. There is a limited rack space for stained glass, which is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Awards will be voted on at the convention and announced at the auction, and prizes will go to the artist or the artist’s agent. Prize winning pieces will go to auction unless they have a quick-sale bid or are listed as not-for-sale.
PRINT SHOP RULES
We
are happy to announce that we will have a space available for print shop pieces.
Each piece must have a price tag which includes:
- Artist
- Title
- Print number/edition
- Print medium
- Price
The fee for entering art into the print show is a flat $2.50 fee. This amount can be combined with the check for return postage. There is no commission on art sold in the print shop.
MAIL-IN ART SHIPMENT
Artwork
must arrive before Friday, October 23, 2009. Please contact us at artshowdept@iowa-icon.com
if you believe your art may arrive after this date. Facilities are available to
store art for no charge if you wish to send your art early. Artwork must be
sent in sturdy, reusable containers.
Please
ship to the following address:
Mindbridge
Foundation
c/o
ICON Art Show
308 E. Burlington St.,
PMB #300
Iowa City, IA 52240
Please specify if you want the empty container returned if all your work is sold. Please include a check in U.S. funds for return postage, assuming no sales.
ICON payment checks will include a refund for the difference between this and actual shipping costs. Please include a pre-made return shipping label for returned artwork and a SASE for payment.
PAYMENT AND ARTWORK RETURN
Sales
payment may be shipped separately from unsold artwork. Unsold mail-in art will
be shipped back via UPS unless otherwise noted. Unsold art, payment for sales,
and a detained receipt will be sent no later than Friday, November 13, 2009.
We hope to be able to pay attending artists Sunday afternoon between noon and 3:00 pm. This will depend on the volume of artwork sold and how promptly payments are made to ICON. Attending artists may also pick up unsold artwork at this time. Unsold art may not be picked up prior to noon on Sunday without previous arrangements.
WALK-IN ARTWORK
If
there is space, walk-in artwork will be accepted on Friday from Noon-5pm and
from 9am – 10am Saturday Morning.
AUCTION
Any
piece with more than one bid, all prize winning (not quick sold) items, and
items with no bids which are selected by the art show staff as having special
merit, will go to auction.
Necessary Paperwork:ICON 35 paperwork will be posted closer to the con.
Please read these guidelines carefully, and then return a completed control sheet and artist waiver to indicate your understanding of the rules.
Patrons - The price of your art purchases will be subject to a 7% Iowa sales tax in addition to what is bid.
Artists - If you, as an artist, would like to attend ICON and participate in panels or demos, then please send us email and we’ll make sure you are included in the schedule. Also let us know if you want to appear on our Other authors and artists page with a link to your e-mail or website.