Artists of Color Experience

Call for Artists for Artists of Color Experience

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Artists of Color Experience Call For Artists

Looking for Artists of Color to be part of the Arts Consortium’s Artists of Color Experience Art Show. Art will be shown in our gallery in Victoria and option to sell your art as well.

Artists of Color Experience honors all artists of color – we invite you share stories through visual art, music and literary art. We look forward to seeing many interesting and beautiful works of art.

LOCATION
ACCC Arts Center Gallery
7924 Victoria Drive, Studio Level
Victoria MN 55386

EXHIBIT DATES
July 18 to August 30, 2020

ARTS CENTER HOURS
EXHIBIT is open during Arts Center Hours
Saturdays 9-5pm
(subject to Volunteer availability)

Appointment Shopping can be scheduled by emailing giftshop@artsofcarvercounty.org

DEADLINES
Entry Deadline: by midnight Friday, July 17, 2020 (complete form below to enter)

DETAILS
Notification of Acceptance will be sent:  on or before July 17, 2020
Exhibit Dates: July 18 to August 30, 2020

Art Drop-Off:  Contact Sue Thompson at visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.org to make arrangements.
Art Pick-Up: Contact Sue Thompson at visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.org to make arrangements.
Any work left at the Arts Center 30 days after an exhibit ends becomes the property of the ACCC.

PROCESS
Information about eligible works can be found on our Gallery Standard Categories & Guidelines page. Please read before you submit your Entry Fee below. Please feel free to contact us via phone or email if you have any questions. Thank you.

  • Any ACCC Member with artwork in our Gift Shop or in an Exhibit who works 6+ hours in the Arts Center in a given month will earn an extra 10% commission on the sale of their work for that month. So, the commission paid to the ACCC goes from 40% to 30%.  To Volunteer at the Arts Center, visit our Volunteer page.

We can accept up to 3 works per artist until the gallery is full.

After you complete the Entry Form below, email your 3 images of your work to visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.org to complete your entry.

Membership is not required to be in the show. To join the ACCC, go to our Membership page. We will notify all artists via email regarding acceptance to the exhibit by the Notification of Acceptance date listed above. If space provides, we may contact you to submit additional work for the exhibit.

FEE
There is no charge for Members or Nonmembers for this exhibit.

CONTACT
Sue Thompson, Exhibit Coordinator
visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.org
952-240-3180

AFTER your work is accepted, go to the How To Submit Art page and officially submit your accepted works. Labeled artwork can be brought to the Arts Center on the Art Drop-Off date listed above. Please make sure your item label matches artwork submitted for the exhibit. MAKE A NOTE ON YOUR ART INTAKE FORM IF YOUR ARTWORK IS NOT FOR SALE, FOR DISPLAY ONLY.

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ArtStock Art, Wine & Music Festival

Call for Artists – ArtStock Art, Wine & Music Festival 2020

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It breaks our hearts to say that we have cancelled the ArtStock Art, Wine & Music Festival for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are brainstorming and working creatively to come up with additional ways to fulfill our mission of bringing the arts to Carver County. If you’d like to help us reinvent how we spread the love for art, please consider becoming a Volunteer! Fill out the form on our Volunteer page. Thank you and be safe!

Call for Artists

2020 ARTSTOCK ART, WINE & MUSIC FESTIVAL – 10TH ANNUAL!ArtStock Art, Wine & Music Festival

ArtStock Art, Wine & Music Festival is a 2-day art & music festival. In addition to the artist booths and the picturesque, vineyard/orchard setting, live music fills the air both days enhancing this wonderful, summertime experience.
LOCATION
Parley Lake Winery, 8280 Parley Lake Rd, Waconia, MN 55387
DATE/TIME
Saturday, July 11 from 10am to 5pm
Sunday, July 12 from 11am to 5pm

The musical performers line up…

Saturday, July 11th
10-12 Tara B
12-2 Holly and Matt
2-5 Traveled Ground

Sunday, July 12th
11-1 Carol Z
1-3 Lehto & Wright
3-5 Blue Skies Band

ATTENTION ARTISTS

Thank you for considering our 2020 ArtStock Art, Wine & Music Festival as part of your 2020 show schedule. It is our goal to make this an easy, fun, and rewarding show for all involved! We are eager to have you join us and will do everything to make ArtStock a huge success!

Parley Lake Winery is our festival location and offers a great, natural, outdoor setting and features a vineyard and orchard on the grounds. Parley Lake Winery is located between Victoria and Waconia Minnesota off of Highway 5. Directions

This event is sponsored and hosted by the Arts Consortium of Carver County. We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining the vibrant arts scene in Carver County… creating community through the arts and supporting the arts through community!

APPLICATION
Artist Application Form is on zapplication.org.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
On or before midnight on July 2, 2020

FEES
Booth Fee $150*, +$25 Application Fee (goes to application processor)

*MEMBERS SAVE $25!

If you are an ACCC Member: Please submit your request to be in the show on Zapplication. We will confirm your Membership is current, approve your application, then send you a coupon for $25. Apply the coupon when you checkout on the Zapplication page. This process will ensure that all Members receive the coupon before they checkout.

If you are not a Member, we’d love to have you join us before you apply so you can save too! Membership Information.

SET UP/TAKE DOWN
Early setup is available Friday, July 10 from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Saturday setup is 7:30 am – 9:30 am
Take down is Sunday, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Artists must provide current ST19 to be handed in at the start of the show.

CONTACT
Barbara J Hone
bjhone@gmail.com
952-443-2066

VOLUNTEERS WANTED

If you, or someone you know, would like to Volunteer at ArtStock, Art, Wine & Music Festival, please complete the Volunteer Form at the bottom of the ArtStock page. We are looking for Volunteers to assist with set up and take down as well as in the ACCC Booth. Thank you for considering!

Arts Consortium of Carver County

 

 

Reflections and Abstractions Exhibit

Call for Artists for Reflections and Abstractions Exhibit

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Reflections and Abstractions Call For Artists

We invite all artists to enter our upcoming exhibition Reflections and Abstractions. Our search for Reflections is precisely those aspects one focuses on and what is visual at certain points in time which features aspects of light. Like the return of light from a surface, the production of an image by or as if by a mirror or the action of bending or folding back, reflective patterns.  Abstractions borrow certain coordinations from already constructed structures or images and reorganize them in a function of new givens. This can originate from certain color, figure, nature and consistence having been observed to go together, or perceived, and compounding them.

We look forward to seeing many interesting and beautiful works of art.

LOCATION
ACCC Arts Center Gallery
7924 Victoria Drive, Studio Level
Victoria MN 55386

EXHIBIT DATES
April 8 to May 29, 2019

ARTS CENTER HOURS
EXHIBIT is open during regular/ARTS CENTER HOURS * Extended Hours on special occasion.
Wednesday-Saturday 9-5pm
(subject to Volunteer availability)

DEADLINES
Entry Fee Deadline: by midnight Wednesday March 25, 2020 (complete form below to enter)

DETAILS
Notification of Acceptance will be sent:  on or before March 26, 2020
Exhibit Dates: April 8 to May 29, 2019
Artists’ Reception: April 16, 2020 from 6:30-8:30pm

Art Drop-Off:  Monday, April 6, 4-7pm or Tuesday, April 7 12:30-4pm
If the drop-off time doesn’t work for you, please contact Mary Strother to make arrangements.
Art Pick-Up: Friday, May 29, 5-7pm or Saturday, May 30, 10-3pm (Note: this is Memorial Weekend)
Any work left at the Arts Center 30 days after an exhibit ends becomes the property of the ACCC.

PROCESS
Information about eligible works can be found on our Gallery Standard Categories & Guidelines page. Please read before you submit your Entry Fee below. Please feel free to contact us via phone or email if you have any questions. Thank you.

  • NEW (as of 3/12/20) Any ACCC Member with artwork in our Gift Shop or in an Exhibit who works 6+ hours in the Arts Center in a given month will earn an extra 10% commission on the sale of their work for that month. So, the commission paid to the ACCC goes from 40% to 30%. This is effective immediately and will apply to the March hours volunteered at the Arts Center. To Volunteer at the Arts Center, visit our Volunteer page.

We can accept up to 3 works per artist until the gallery is full.

After you complete the Entry Form below, email your 3 images of your work to visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.org to complete your entry.

Membership is not required to be in the show, but Members are eligible for a reduced Entry Fee. To join the ACCC, go to our Membership page. We will notify all artists via email regarding acceptance to the exhibit by the Notification of Acceptance date listed above. If space provides, we may contact you to submit additional work for the exhibit.

Members, please SIGN IN so you can pay the Member rate. If you haven’t signed into your ACCC Membership Account yet, please go to our Account page for instructions.

FEE
ACCC Members $15 for first entry, $5 for each additional entry, up to 3 total.

Nonmembers $25 for first entry, $10 for each additional entry, up to 3 total.

CONTACT
Mary Strother, Gallery Coordinator, Visual Art Liaison
visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.org
952-448-4432

AFTER your work is accepted, go to the How To Submit Art page and officially submit your accepted works. Labeled artwork can be brought to the Arts Center on the Art Drop-Off date listed above. Please make sure your item label matches artwork submitted for the exhibit.

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Reflections and Abstractions Exhibit

ACCC Poetry Contest

Poetry Contest 2020 Deadline March 1

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The Arts Consortium of Carver County is accepting entries for the 2020 Poetry Contest until midnight March 1, 2020.  Please send us your best poem on the theme(s) “Quiet Ones/ Wild Ones.”  The theme may be interpreted broadly to include poems about something quiet or something wild or something both quiet and wild. Let your imagination roam. Your poem will be judged anonymously according to grade level for students or resident categories for adults by a group of local poets. Winners will be chosen by Joyce Sutphen, Poet Laureate, Minnesota, and Carver County resident.

To submit poems, please follow all the guidelines to be found below.

All poets who submit work, the winners, and the judges are invited to read their work on April 28 at Ruby’s Roost and the Arts Center in Victoria.  We look forward to both adult and student submissions!

NEW! LOCATION
Ruby’s Roost and the ACCC Arts Center
7924 Victoria Drive
Victoria MN 55386

DATE
April 28, 2020

TIME
6:30 Social, 7-8:30pm Program

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
by midnight on March 1, 2020

DETAILS
Entries:  Submit one poem only by March 1 to poems@artsofcarvercounty.org

  • Students must attend school in Carver County, public, private or home school.  The student’s name, phone, grade level, school name, and poem title should be submitted in the body of the email only. Attach the poem to the email as a Word document or PDF and indicate only the category of submission in the upper right-hand corner of the poem:  k-2, 3-5, 6-8, or 9-12.  Do not include the poet’s name on the poem.
  • Adults may enter as Carver County Residents or Non-Residents.  The adult’s name, address, phone, and residency category must be submitted in the body of the email only. Attach the poem as a Word document or PDF and indicate Resident or Non-resident only in the upper right-hand corner of the poem, no name or contact information.

Celebration of Winners and Poets—April 28, 2020 during Poetry Month

FEE
free

CONTACT
Susan Coultrap-McQuin, Literary Liaison and ACCC Board Member
poems@artsofcarvercounty.org
952-443-3200

We look forward to reading your submissions for the Poetry Contest 2020!

ACCC Poetry Contest

flash fiction contest

ACCC Flash Fiction Contest Submit by Jan 31

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

ACCC Flash Fiction Contest 2020

This is a writing contest for very short yet complete stories having a distinct beginning, middle and end. The ACCC Flash Fiction Contest 2020 will be blind-judged (that is, without judges knowing author names, just the title of each piece).

Date
Contest begins December 1, 2019

Deadline for Submissions
By midnight on January 31, 2020

Details
Get your creative juices flowing. The Flash Fiction Contest theme is IN THE BEGINNING, and entries must be 600 words or less. That three-word theme does not have to appear in the body of the story.

For the first time our contest will have two categories:
Young Adult , ages 13-18
Adult, 19 and older

Participants do not need to be residents of Carver County or members of the ACCC.

Submit your work in the body of an email sent to:  flashfiction@artsofcarvercounty.org. Include your name, phone, age category and story title. Attached files and handwritten entries will not be accepted.

Judges will determine the top three winners in each category. All submitting authors are invited to an event scheduled for Mar. 5, 2020 at the Art Center in Victoria. Come at 6:30pm for social time, program starts at 7pm. The ACCC Flash Fiction Contest winners will be announced and there will be an opportunity to read submissions.

Remember, flash fiction should tell a complete story, with a clear beginning, middle and end. Entries should focus on one event or situation and involve only one conclusion, which should come as a shock, surprise or feeling of satisfaction. Try to limit the number of characters and set your story within a well-defined space. The theme for this contest should lend itself well to first-person narrative, though this is not a requirement. The essential quality of this genre is its limited scope which leads forcefully (yet logically) to an impact.

Program Fee
free to enter

Contact:
Jim Kane
flashfiction@artsofcarvercounty.org
952-448-4526

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Portraits and Family Exhibit

Call for Artists for Portraits & Family Exhibit Apply by Jan 27

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Portraits & Family Exhibition Call For Artists

We look into your face and we can see your soul… Do you ever have that happen? When you take a picture or sculpt a persona of someone or when you paint the likeness of those familiar to you or someone you capture on the path through life yet never meet.  We are looking for your Interpretations of Portraits and Family at the ACCC Gallery.

LOCATION
ACCC Arts Center Gallery
7924 Victoria Drive, Studio Level
Victoria MN 55386

EXHIBIT DATES
February 5 to March 13th, 2019

ARTS CENTER HOURS
EXHIBIT is open during regular/ARTS CENTER HOURS * Extended Hours on special occasion.
Wednesday-Friday 12-5pm
Saturday 9am-5pm

DEADLINES
Apply by email deadline: by midnight Monday, January 27, 2020 (instructions below)

Entry Fee deadline: by midnight Monday, January 27, 2020 (form below)

DETAILS
Notification of Acceptance will be sent:  up to January 28, 2020
Exhibit Dates: February 5, to March 13, 2020
Artists’ Reception: February 6, 2020 from 6:30-8:30pm
Art Drop-Off:  REVISED Monday, February 3rd, 4-7pm or Tuesday, February 4th 12:30-4pm
If the drop-off time doesn’t work for you, please contact Mary Strother to make arrangements.
Art Pick-Up: Friday, March 13th 5-7pm or Saturday, March 14th 10-3pm
Any work left at the Arts Center 30 days after an exhibit ends becomes the property of the ACCC.

PROCESS
Information about eligible works can be found on our Gallery Standard Categories & Guidelines page. Please read before you submit your Entry Fee below. Please feel free to contact us via phone or email if you have any questions. Thank you.

To be considered for the Portraits and Family Exhibit, apply by email to visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.org by the deadline above. We can accept up to 3 works per artist until the gallery is full.  Be sure to include your name, phone, images of your work, image list specifying the medium, size and retail price of each work submitted. Submit your Entry Fee at the same time you submit your work for consideration.

Membership is not required to be in the show, but Members are eligible for a reduced Entry Fee. To join the ACCC, go to our Membership page. We will notify all artists via email regarding acceptance to the exhibit by the Notification of Acceptance date listed above. If space provides, we may contact you to submit additional work for the exhibit.

Members, please SIGN IN so you can pay the Member rate. If you haven’t signed into your ACCC Membership Account yet, please go to our Account page for instructions.

FEE
ACCC Members $15 for first entry, $5 for each additional entry, up to 3 total.

Nonmembers $25 for first entry, $10 for each additional entry, up to 3 total.

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CONTACT
Mary Strother, Gallery Coordinator, Visual Art Liaison
visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.org
952-448-4432

AFTER your work is accepted, go to the How To Submit Art page and submit your accepted works. Labeled artwork can be brought to the Arts Center on the Art Drop-Off date listed above. Please make sure your item label matches artwork submitted for the exhibit.

Portraits and Family Exhibit

Call For Photographers – ACCC Photo Contest 2019

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ACCC Photo Contest 2019

It is the ACCC’s 5th annual photo contest. This year’s theme is “Agriculture”. There are so many aspects of Agriculture.  Fields include the clouds and sky, lakes and streams. There are vistas and small details of Agriculture along with lush and stark imagery. Agriculture also includes the process of planting, taking in the crop and storage. There are all the people, women and men who work in agriculture. Find what interests you, then work on composing the image. Colors, textures,  repetition and eye focus. We look forward to seeing your work.

Our judge is “to be announced”.

Ribbons will be awarded in the following categories:

K-4th grade
5-8th grade
9-12th grade
Adult (18+ years of age) resident of Carver County
Adult (18+ years of age) non-resident of Carver County

ACCC Photo Contest 2019 Submission Deadline
Deadline to submit photo(s) – Midnight, Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Details
1. Submit up to 3 photos – theme is “agriculture”
2. Submit electronically – jpegs only, file size 1MB or less
3. Include name, email address, phone number and which category you are entering
4. If a student, include the name of your school & your grade
5. No watermarks or logos on the photos please

Submit to photos@artsofcarvercounty.org

All entries will be acknowledged as received. Only winners will be contacted following the judging.

Photography Workshop/Ribbon Awarding
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Arts Center
7924 Victoria Drive, Studio Level
Victoria MN

Time/Hours 
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Program or Event Fee
Free!

Contact Person
Mary Strother
photos@artsofcarvercounty.org
952-448-4432

Additional Info
Winners of the ACCC Photo Contest will be asked to submit a photo of themselves to be submitted to local newspapers and to be posted on ACCC website & Facebook. Top three winners in each category will be awarded a blue, red or yellow ribbon with our appreciation.

Curious to see last year’s winners – visit 2018 Photo Contest page

Holiday Show 2019

ACCC Holiday Gift Show CALL for ARTISTS

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We are excited to INVITE ALL ARTISTS to enter the 2nd Annual ACCC Holiday Gift Show at the Arts Center.  We look forward to showcasing YOU, our extremely talented local artists and your works. We look for a wide selection of one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted gifts for purchase for the holidays. This is a free show and open to everyone to attend. All contributing artists are encouraged to attend the Artists’ Reception.

LOCATION
ACCC Arts Center Gallery
7924 Victoria Drive, Studio Level
Victoria, MN

DATES
ACCC Holiday Gift Show November 6 – December 21
Artists’ Reception: Thursday, Nov. 7 from 6:30-8:30pm (Shop and Meet the Artists)

Drop off: Monday, Nov. 4th from 12-5pm and Tuesday, Nov. 5th from 5-7pm
Pick up: Friday 1/3/20 3-6pm or Saturday 1/4/20 10am-1pm
Arts Center is Open:
Wed-Fri 12-5pm, Sat 9-5pm

DEADLINE
Art submission deadline October 22, 2019. Acceptance emails sent Oct 25th.

DETAILS
To be considered for the show, please email 3 images representing work you are intending to sell, with medium and pricing details, with the subject HOLIDAY GIFT SHOW to giftshop@artsofcarvercounty.org. Artists will be confirmed, and next steps will be provided with instructions on how to submit your art for the ACCC Holiday Gift Show. We heard you and have made it EASY to SUBMIT your art with our new submission form!  ACCC Membership is required to be in the show.

Information about eligible works can be found on our Gallery Standard Categories & Requirements page. Please read before you submit your entry. Keep in mind, best price point is $100 and less, items $100-$200 sell, but not as quickly.

All work needs to be original and made by the artist.
No mass-produced items, or items made from kits.
Media considered includes paintings, drawings, photography, jewelry, glass, fiber, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, wood and multi-media.
Two dimensional work should be framed, ready to hang or wrapped for display.
Limited wall space for large paintings.
Accepted Artists may need to bring a 4-6ft table to set up their own display. ACCC will provide tablecloths for a uniform visual. Bring display units for your items for visual interest, ACCC will add holiday greens etc. for festive appeal.
A glass cabinet is provided for some fine jewelry.
If your work is accepted, please have extra work ready, so we can restock if necessary.
The show will be extensively promoted through postcards, flyers, social media, ACCC newsletter, and local papers. Exhibiting artists will pick up Holiday Show postcards to hand out. Copy the image of the postcard below and post it on your website and social media.

Volunteer at Arts Center
We would like each artist to contribute their time by volunteering for two shifts at the Arts Center during the Holiday Show to experience first-hand the excitement the Holiday Show brings our guests. You will be volunteering alongside an experienced volunteer, performing tasks like greeting guests, helping package up purchases, monitoring the space.  Last year, October-December, we experienced a significant increase in guests and it’s nice to have another set of eyes working with you. And if you like it, you can become a regular volunteer at the Center! Center hours are listed above. The Arts Center Volunteer Coordinator is Barb Kelzer, and she will reach out to you after artists have been accepted for the Holiday Show. Or, if you are interested in volunteering now,  you can reach her at 612-986-8415 to learn more.  Please have your calendars ready when you drop off your artwork so you can sign up for a open shift at the Gallery for holiday show to talk about your artwork to our guests.

FEE
30% Commission to the ACCC for sold works (for this show only).

CONTACT
Cynthia Anderson
giftshop@artsofcarvercounty.org
612-386-6156

ACCC Holiday Gift Show Postcard PDF for download
ACCC Holiday Gift Show Facebook Cover Image JPG for download

 

Holiday Gift Show

Arts Consortium of Carver County

Literary Challenge Now Thru Oct 17

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Literary Challenge!

Visit the Arts Center & Write

Read your response on October 17

The Literary Committee of the Arts Consortium announces a Literary Challenge for local writers.  During the months of September and early October, you are invited to visit the ACCC Arts Center in Victoria to view the visual and literary art in the new ACCC Members’ Show and to write something in response.  ACCC will host an open reading of these responses on October 17.

Guidelines:  Your work can be a piece of fiction, nonfiction, memoir, or poetry, but should be limited to no more than 2 pages double-spaced for the prose and no more than 2 pages for a poem.  Bring this work to read at “Writers Read Art” on October 17 at 7pm in the Arts Center.

Writers Read Art:  Each writer will read the one piece he/she wrote as part of the Literary Challenge.  There will be a time for socializing with the artists and other writers.  The public is invited to attend also.

We hope you will join us in this Literary Challenge and at the event “Writers Read Art”!  If you have questions, please contact us at literary@artsofcarvercounty.org.

ACCC Arts Center
Open:  12-5 on W, Th, F or 9-5 on Sat
(Sat 9/18 open until 8pm during Victoria’s Classic Car Night)
Address: 7924 Victoria Drive, Studio Level
Victoria, MN 55386
Phone:  952-443-3200

Writers Read Art

Members' Show

Members' Show

Members’ Show for Writers too!

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Great Opportunity to Display your Literary Work at the Members’ Show

Writing HangingDo you have a short piece of prose or a poem that is framed or on a canvas and prepared for hanging on a gallery wall?

The ACCC and its Literary Committee announce a new initiative to display short literary works along with art in the Members’ Show, scheduled for August 28-November 1.  Any writer who wishes to display a poem, flash fiction, or another short literary work, prepared for hanging on a wall, can submit it under the new “Writings” category in the Members’ Show guidelines.  Your writing must use at least 16 font size.  Note that items in the show must be for sale.

The Member entry fee is $15 for the first entry and $5 for each additional entry. Show Registration Link.

Follow the guidelines for artist submissions in terms of timing and other requirements.  Contact the Literary Liaison at literary@artsofcarvercounty.org for further details.  Deadline is midnight, August 19 for submissions and your directory listing complete.

LOCATION
ACCC Arts Center
7924 Victoria Drive, Studio Level
Victoria MN 55386

SHOW DATES
Aug 28- Nov 1

TIME/HOURS
Gallery Hours are Wednesday – Friday 12-5pm, Saturday 9-5pm

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
August 19, 2019
Go here to submit your work.

CONTACT
Susan Coultrap-McQuin
literary@artsofcarvercounty.org
952-443-3200 (Arts Center)

Members' Show