Artisphere Press Releases
- 2010 Releases
- Artisphere Reports Another Successful Year
- Artisphere Announces 2010 Festivites
- Artisphere To Present Two Indoor Exhibits
- Artisphere Announces 2010 Performing Artists Line-up
- Artisphere Announces 2010 Visual Artist
- Artisphere Adds Another Top 20 Ranking
- 2010 Artisphere Artist Entries Soar
- Artisphere Ranked A Top Ten Festival in the Country
- 2009 Releases
- Plans for Artisphere '09 Revealed
- Artisphere Ranked High in Arts, Crafts Show Guide
- Artisphere Announces 2009 Visual Artist Roster
- Artisphere Call for Artists of the Upstate
- Artisphere 2009 Jury Review Media Alert
- 2008 Releases
- Next year's Artisphere will fall later in spring
- Greenville Celebrates the Arts
- Artisphere Changes Date
- Digital Image Seminar for Artists
- Artisphere Announces Artists of the Upstate Exhibition
- Artisphere Announces 2008 Festivities
- Artisphere Names New Directors
Artisphere in the News
- 2007 Articles
- Greenville Arts Fest receives winner ranking
- Maya Angelou joining arts festival
- 2006 Articles
- Carolina Arts April Issue
- Carolina Arts August Issue
- Artisphere plans weekend of cultural experiences
- 2005 Articles
- Upstate Parent Article, April 2005
- The Greenville Journal Article: November 28-December 4, 2003
Artisphere to Hold Jury Review for 2009 Festival
Artist Applications peak for 5th Annual Event.
[Greenville, SC] Artisphere, Greenville’s annual Arts Festival, received a record high 585 artist applications for the 2009 festival scheduled to take place in Downtown Greenville May 8-10. Festival organizers attribute the increase in applications (up 37% from the 2008 festival) to a new online application process, Zapplication; and high scores in the “ArtFair Source Book” for Artist Hospitality.
Program Director, Liz Rundorff reported that “71 of the 100 artists that made up our 2008 Artist Row applied again this year.” Rundorff went on to say that “Artisphere is growing in popularity not only in the Greenville community, but among the arts community nationwide; artists that are applying to our festival are also applying to some of the top ranking festivals in the country.”
Artist applicants for the 2009 festival hail from Downtown Greenville to the United Kingdom and everywhere in between with mediums just as diverse including: Ceramics, Drawing, Furniture, Glass, Jewelry, 2D and 3D Mixed Media, Oil and Acrylic Painting, Watercolor Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Woodwork. The 2009 jury panel includes: Allie Farlowe, Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, NC; Jerry Jackson, Curator & Visual Artist, Penland; NC, Janice Meek, Founder of “The Critical Review”, Asheville, NC; and David Willard, Arromont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN. The closed Jury Review is scheduled for Saturday, November 15, 2008. At that time, the jurors will be charged with the task of scoring the 585 artist applicants in a blind jury process. A finalized list of the 100 selected artists will be released in January.
Artisphere Board Chairman, Brad Campbell stated that the “2008 Artisphere award winning artists and commemorative poster artist, Lynn Greer will automatically be accepted to the 2009 festival; the bar is set high from the start.”