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
2010 Artisphere Artist Entries Soar
Jury Review will be held on November 14
[Greenville, SC] Artisphere, Greenville’s Arts Weekend, received a record high 682 visual artist applications to the 2010 festival scheduled for May 7-9 in downtown Greenville. Up from 585 applicants for the 2009 Festival, visual artist applications have increased nearly 250% since the inaugural event in 2005.
Artisphere Visual Arts Chairman, Stephanie Norris attributes the increase in applications to the new online application process and a Top 50 ranking for the Festival by Greg Lawler’s Art Fair Sourcebook. This publication ranks 600 top-selling Fine Arts festivals and shows nationwide. “Eighty-four of the 100 artists who exhibited in the 2009 Festival reapplied for 2010,” said Norris. “Those artists want to come back to Greenville because they had great sales, they loved the Festival’s atmosphere, and they really appreciated our artist hospitality.”
Artist applicants for the 2010 festival come from many different places – three continents and forty-three different states in the U.S. are represented. Seventy-nine South Carolina artists applied, of which thirty-four were from Greenville. The pool of visual artist applicants will be juried in seventeen different medium categories such as Ceramics, Drawing, Furniture, Glass, Jewelry, 2D and 3D Mixed Media, Oil and Acrylic Painting, Watercolor Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Woodwork.
The panel of distinguished jurors for Artisphere 2010 are Martha Connell, Owner and Director of Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Bill Griffith, Assistant Director and Residency Program Director, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, Brent Skidmore, Director, UNC Asheville Craft Campus, Asheville, NC and Marcia Wood, Owner and Executive Director of Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA. The Jury Review is scheduled for Saturday, November 14. A final list of participating artists will be released in January.
Artisphere is presented by Carolina First.
Artisphere’s mission is to showcase the arts, reflect the area’s international flair, encourage economic development and bring awareness to existing local arts programs. The festival provides a diverse menu of experiences that center around the arts, both visual and performing, and Greenville’s multicultural offerings to appeal to visitors from around the world, as well as residents throughout the region.
Visit www.artisphere.us for more information.