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 2012
Visual Artists Registration Guide

Artists come from all over the DC metropolitan area—and beyond—to participate in Artomatic’s vibrant month-long celebration of the arts.

Artomatic transforms a vacant building into a center for the arts. Artists and community members connect in neighborhoods throughout the DC metro area through this unique arts showcase.

Visual artists exhibit a wide variety of art: painting, photography, collage, assemblage, found art, ceramics, glass, fiber, mixed media, video, furniture, jewelry, sculpture, installation, and more!

Artomatic is not juried. That is, participation is based on a first-come basis and no one needs to see your art in advance. It’s open to all artists 18 and older.

 

**Orientation and Site Selection are now CLOSED**

 

You must attend orientation and site selection before you will be able to select a space in the building to exhibit your art.

This session will take between 60-90 minutes. There will be not any other sessions held. Before you complete your registration please make sure you can attend - there are no refunds for the $110 registration fee.

You will need to bring proof of payment, shifts registered, and your registration number with you to the site at the scheduled time. Please make sure your registration is complete before you arrive to Orientation.

Email registration@artomatic.org  with any questions.

 

Getting Started

Before registering for Artomatic, take a moment to thoroughly read these guidelines. It’s important to understand how the registration process works and to make sure you complete all of the necessary steps. For visual artists, this process is broken into three parts: online registration, shift selection and on-site site selection. You must complete all parts of this process to participate in Artomatic.

Artomatic 2012 event dates
May 18 – June 23, 2012
1851 S Bell St
Arlington, VA

VISUAL ARTIST COMMITMENT

As a visual artist participating in Artomatic, you are required to:

  1. Pay a $110 registration fee online. No refunds.
  2. Attend an Artomatic participant orientation session in conjunction with site selection.
  3. Serve three participation shifts to help stage Artomatic.

 

Part I: Online registration

Registration for Artomatic will open Monday, April 9. Registration is online only. Deadline: Open until filled

All Artomatic participants must:

  • Read and accept the Terms and Conditions.
  • Choose at least three participation shifts.
  • Submit payment online. DO NOT MAIL PAYMENT.
  • Create an Artist Catalogue, including your real name and working phone numbers and email address.
  • Supply a valid e-mail address to receive an E-mail Confirmation Receipt with the subject line, YOU ARE REGISTERED FOR ARTOMATIC – CRITICAL INFORMATION ON WHAT’S NEXT, which will include your registration number and information on locating the date and time that you need to attend Orientation & Site Selection. You will also be able to locate this E-mail on My Dashboard using the My Messages link on the right menu block.
  • Print the E-mail Confirmation Receipt and bring it to Orientation & Site Selection as verification.
  • Submit artist statement. (optional)
  • Submit selected image or MP3. (optional)

By registering for Artomatic, all artists agree that their work may be photographed or filmed and used for marketing or publicity purposes. All of the work at Artomatic is shown at the artist’s risk. For more information, see Artomatic Intellectual Property.

Groups and Artomatic

Artomatic does not set space aside for groups or allow group registration, with a few pre-approved exceptions. The Artomatic mission is to represent individuals and each separate artist must register for the event and come to site selection. If individual artists register at the same time and are assigned to the same site selection time, they can try to choose spaces near one another.

Artists who want to identify with one another may:

  • Come up with an identifying label that can be at each artist’s individual space.
  • Make maps of where all the members are located and sponsor tours and/or artists' talks.
  • Display a Web address or a map showing your members’ locations.
Problems with registration

If you need assistance completing your online registration, visit our FAQs. If you can't solve the problem, email registration@artomatic.org.

 

Part II: Shift Selection

Each visual artist at Artomatic must serve three participation shifts.

Once you have created an account, make sure you are logged in to My Dashboard and select your participation shifts under “Select 3 Participation Shifts. Manage Shifts". Participation shifts will be available during installation, the event and deinstallation.

You must select your participation shifts before paying to complete your registration. You will not be registered until you first select your shifts and then make a payment. Once you do this you will receive an E-mail with the subject line, YOU ARE REGISTERED FOR ARTOMATIC – CRITICAL INFORMATION ON WHAT’S NEXT, which will include your registration number and information on locating the date and time that you need to attend Orientation & Site Selection. You will also be able to locate this E-mail on My Dashboard using the My Messages link on the right menu block.

 

**Orientation and Site Selection are now CLOSED**

Part III: On-Site Site selection

Site selection dates

  • Saturday, April 21, and Sunday, April 22, 2012 (date and time assigned at registration)
  • Overflow or late site selection: Monday, April 23, and Tuesday, April 24, 5 p.m.-7 p.m.

When to attend

You will receive an E-mail with the subject line YOU ARE REGISTERED FOR ARTOMATIC – CRITICAL INFORMATION ON WHAT’S NEXT, which will include your registration number and information on locating the date and time that you need to attend Orientation & Site Selection. You will also be able to locate this E-mail on My Dashboard using the My Messages link on the right menu block. You must attend the correct orientation and site selection time and date scheduled for your registration number in order to select a space to exhibit your art. You will find the orientation schedule on this page.  Latecomers will be accommodated at the discretion of the Staffing and Volunteer Management Team. Bring your email confirmation receipt and status report with you to site selection.

How to select your site
Each artist should check in at the first floor registration table. The volunteers behind the table will confirm your payment and that you have signed up for all your participation shifts. Artists will receive an introduction on Artomatic participation, attend a short orientation and select their exhibit space. Please set aside about two hours time for this process. You must attend the orientation to participate in Artomatic.

If you are unable to attend site selection at your assigned date and time, you must make arrangements to attend a session later in the weekend, or an overflow site selection evening on Monday, April 24, and Tuesday, April 25 from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Please be prompt.

All installation artists will need to leave a $150 deposit check at the intake desk at the time of check-in during site selection. Artomatic defines installation art an art form that uses material to transform a space and create an experience. The deposit is required for any art determined to be an installation by Artomatic. Checks and money orders will be held until the end of the event and returned if all artwork is de-installed and area is satisfactorily cleaned.  You must remove everything you bring in.



 
Installation and Deinstallation
Wednesday, April 25, through Sunday, May 13, 2012
  • Hours: Wednesdays-Sundays, noon-10 p.m. (no installation allowed on Mondays or Tuesdays)
Participants agree to install work during open hours between April 25 and May 13, 2012 and comply with Artomatic guidelines and requests regarding installation of art. 
If you have not started installing your exhibit by 10 PM on Sunday, May 7, your space may be allocated to someone else.
Any artist found installing work after installation ends at 10 PM on Sunday, May 13 will be removed from the show.
To maintain security and integrity of the event, no art is allowed to leave Artomatic at any time during the event with the exception of the Artist Marketplace events.  Please don’t plan on exhibiting any art that you’ll need to remove between May 18 - June 23.
Please read all the details about Installation and the rules of the building on the Rules of Participation page.
 
Deinstallation dates
Sunday, June 24, through Sunday, July 1, 2012 noon-10 p.m.
All art work must be removed by 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 1, 2012