Art Show - How the Art Show Works
DemiCon 19: May 2-4,2008
The DemiCon art show is open to all interested artists, both professional
and amateur. The art show allows artists to share their work with our
attendees. We promote Fantasy
& Sci-Fi art by helping artists to display and sell their work.
In the Art Show Main Display area we show original works of art,
3-dimensional art, and single copies of prints of original art.
Unless an art piece is marked "NFS - Not For Sale",
our convention attendees may bid on, or buy via quick sale,
any pieces in this area.
Attendees will also be able to vote for the show's best amateur artist,
professional artist, amateur art piece, and professional piece of art.
The Print Shop area will contain pieces for immediate sale.
Pieces in Print Shop are usually prints or reproductions
of published artwork (book covers or magazine illustrations).
The Artist Workspace is open to attending artists who wish to work
at the convention, perform demonstrations, create works of art
to auction for charity, share ideas with other artists and
anything else that they wish to do. This will be located in
Art Show itself where there is plenty
of natural light for the artists to work with.
There will also be a "Night Gallery" Art Show discussion
from 9:30 to 10:30 PM Friday,
where con-attendees can get a sneak peak of the wonderful artwork and
hear about some of the art from the artists themselves.
Attendees will be able to and make quick sale purchases and to
bid on pieces in the Display area
and purchase print shop pieces during the normal art show hours.
The art show hours are: 2-5 PM Friday, 10 AM-5 PM Saturday,
and 10 AM-2 PM on Sunday.
The art auction will be held on Saturday at 9:00 PM.
Please note the time change.
Convention attendees will pay for and pick up any art they purchase
from the Display Area or from the Auction on Sunday from 10AM to 12PM.
Artists check out on Sunday from 12PM to 2PM.
Like many sci-fi & fantasy convention art shows,
DemiCon's show is run entirely by volunteer workers.
All Con-goers who visit the art show are asked (politely, of course!)
to check their bags and drinks with
the volunteer stationed at the art show's "main table" in order to
protect the artists work. Volunteers also help hang and organize the
displayed artwork.
GENERAL SALES INFORMATION
- Print Shop sales are handled on a cash-and-carry basis.
- All Main Display area pieces with two or more bids,
as well as prize-winning
art (excluding Not For Sale items), will go to voice
auction on Saturday evening. Pieces are then sold to the
highest bidder.
- If a quick sale price is available for a display area work
of art, a buyer may purchase that piece immediately for that
price, but only if the piece has received no bids.
Artwork that has received even one bid is not
sold via quick sale. Unsold art can also be purchased
at the quick sale price on Sunday.
- Although an art piece receiving no bids may be purchased for the
quick sale price at any time, no art will be removed
from the Main Display area before the auction Saturday night.
Buyers may pick up their quick
sale purchases on Sunday. If the buyer will not be
attending the Convention on Sunday, they can pick up purchases
after the auction Saturday night, if such arrangements have
been made in advance with the art show department head.
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