Sweet Pea Festival 2012 announces its annual poster and T-shirts contests. Details of guidelines and application process can be found online at  www.sweetpeafestival.org.

The poster contest will award a $1,000.00 prize for this year’s Festival poster winner. All ages and levels of expertise are encouraged to enter. Deadline for entries is April 27, 2012.

The T-Shirt art contest has two categories for entrants: Category 1 (ages 5 – 13) with a $100 grand prize and Category 2 (ages 14 and above) with a $500 grand prize. Winning designs will be used on this year’s Sweet Pea Festival T-shirts. Deadline for entries is March 30, 2012.

The Sweet Pea Festival, in its 35th year, is Bozeman’s summer celebration of the arts. This year’s festival dates are August 3, 4 and 5. The Festival in Lindley Park includes music, children’s activities, dance, arts and crafts, food concessions and more. Preliminary events begin July 28 and include a ball, juried and open art shows, the Bite of Bozeman, a parade, and children’s run.

ABOUT SWEET PEA FESTIVAL:
The Sweet Pea Festival is a three-day festival of the arts held in Bozeman, Montana, since 1978. The event includes everything from dynamic music to children’s activities to dance lessons. Sweet Pea is committed to its mission statement of “promoting and cultivating the arts.”

Over 1,500 volunteers run and organize this annual event, a testament to the community’s desire for its ongoing success. All the money raised above what is needed to operate the Festival is given back to the community in the form of grants for the arts, art education, and special projects in the Bozeman area.