Sweet Pea Festival is seeking artist submissions for their first-ever Winter Art Show. The Art Show is open to all Montana-based artists both amateur and professional. Submissions are due January 13, 2022.

The Sweet Pea Festival Winter Art Show will take place February 1-28, 2022, at the ERA Landmark Downtown Visitor’s Center located at 8 East Main Street.

All artwork media submitted must be original 2D or 3D and created 2018 through present. Though there are no size limitations, works smaller than 40” X 40” will be given priority.

To enter, please forward one to two digital images of each entry to artshow@sweetpeafestival.org. Please include your name, title, and size of artwork for each submission.

The entry fee for submissions is $15 for one entry, $25 for two entries, and $30 for three entries. Payment can be made online via the Sweet Pea Festival website store or by cash or check mailed or hand-delivered to the Sweet Pea Festival office located at 424 East Main Street, Suite 203B, Bozeman, MT 59715.

Awards and cash prizes for this inaugural art show are: First Place-$500, Second Place-$250, and Third Place-$125. An appointed juror will select the winners.

The Sweet Pea Festival Winter Art Show will also include a People’s Choice Award. The winner of this award is determined by the community. The winning People’s Choice Award artist will receive a gift bag of Sweet Pea Festival merchandise.

Artists may elect to sell their work. Sales will be directed through the artist exclusively.

For more information and further entry specifications please visit the Festival’s website at https://sweetpeafestival.org. Or contact the Sweet Pea Festival office at 406-586-4003.

 

ABOUT SWEET PEA FESTIVAL:

The Sweet Pea Festival is a three-day festival of the arts held in Bozeman, Montana, since 1978. Festival dates for 2022 are August 5, 6, 7, 2022, with other events such as Chalk on the Walk starting off the festivities of Sweet Pea Week August 2nd. The festival includes everything from music, theatre and dance, to children’s activities and adult painting workshops. The Sweet Pea Festival is committed to its mission statement of “promoting and cultivating the arts.”

Hundreds of volunteers run and organize this annual event, a testament to the community’s desire for its ongoing success. All monies 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. Where art and community meet.