2023-2024 Artwalk Season Finale: June 20 from 4 - 8 p.m.

Moscow Artwalk is one of many events that foster the region's cultural ecosystem. Now celebrating its 20th year, Moscow Artwalk shares the community’s wealth of artistic practice with the entire Palouse region. The 2023-2024 season includes visual, literary, performing, and culinary arts offerings at business and non-profit locations throughout the community on the 3rd Thursday of each month from October - May. The Artwalk Season Finale on June 20, 2024 features artist and host location offerings along with music, food, and art on Main Street.
 

This form is for those who would like to participate as a Host Location inside their own brick-and-mortar business or non-profit organization. 

Monthly Host registration is available to all businesses and non-profits each month throughout the season. Hosts are invited to feature up to 5 visual, performing, culinary, or literary listings by selecting the Monthly Host registration type.
Monthly Host Registration Fees
- Business Host Location - $103

- Non-Profit Host Location - $51.50

- Arts Listing - $25.50 each

Businesses and non-profits were invited to sign up prior to September 15, 2023 for the entire 2023-2024 Artwalk Season. Pre-registered Season Hosts may enter Arts listings on a monthly basis by selecting the Season Host registration type.

Participation Guidelines
 Following registration, all participants will receive an email containing event-branded graphics to support participant promotion of the Artwalk Season Finale. Share these graphics and/or City of Moscow social media posts to connect with an even broader audience. Additionally, Arts Staff will deliver event posters, artwork title cards, and flyers to each host location prior to the event. 

Please find answers to Frequently Asked Questions HERE.
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2023-2024 Artwalk Season Finale: June 20 from 4 - 8 p.m.

Moscow Artwalk is one of many events that foster the region's cultural ecosystem. Now celebrating its 20th year, Moscow Artwalk shares the community’s wealth of artistic practice with the entire Palouse region. The 2023-2024 season includes visual, literary, performing, and culinary arts offerings at business and non-profit locations throughout the community on the 3rd Thursday of each month from October - May. The Artwalk Season Finale on June 20, 2024 features artist and host location offerings along with music, food, and art on Main Street.

This form is for those who would like to participate as a Food/Non-alcoholic Beverage Booth in the Artwalk street fair. These booth spaces on Main Street are available to a wide variety of registrants. Examples include, but certainly are not limited to the following:
- Food vendors 

- Non-alcoholic beverage vendors

- Business or non-profit organizational outreach (e.g. popcorn, sno cones, candy)

- Brick-and-mortar location outside the Main St. corridor

Registration Fees
- Food/Non-alcoholic Beverage Booth (on Main Street) - $82

- Youth Vendor (under the age of 18) - $0

Vendor Duplication
To avoid duplication, Food/Non-alcoholic Beverage Booth registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis (i.e. space in the event footprint will be reserved for only one sushi vendor, donut-maker, kettle corn seller, etc.) This area of the registration form will be updated regularly as registrations come in. The following Food/Non-alcoholic Beverage Booth registration types have already been received:
- Sushi

- Ice Cream

- Turmeric Ginger Shots

Participation Guidelines
All registered participants will receive an email containing event-branded graphics to support participant promotion of the Artwalk Season Finale. Share these graphics and/or City of Moscow social media posts to connect with an even broader audience.

All vendors are expected to be present and open for customer interaction throughout the duration of the event. In the weeks leading up the event, each registrant will be informed about vendor space assignments, load-in, and load-out times. Please note that each registrant will be responsible for supplying canopies, tables, and other equipment required for their activity during the event.

 Please find answers to Frequently Asked Questions HERE.
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2023-2024 Artwalk Season Finale: June 20 from 4 - 8 p.m.

Moscow Artwalk is one of many events that foster the region's cultural ecosystem. Now celebrating its 20th year, Moscow Artwalk shares the community’s wealth of artistic practice with the entire Palouse region. The 2023-2024 season includes visual, literary, performing, and culinary arts offerings at business and non-profit locations throughout the community on the 3rd Thursday of each month from October - May. The Artwalk Season Finale on June 20, 2024 features artist and host location offerings along with music, food, and art on Main Street.

This form is for Beer and/or Wine Vendors who wish to pour beer and/or wine in the official Artwalk drinkware at their brick-and-mortar location or on-street booth within the event footprint. The Artwalk street footprint stretches from 3rd to 6th on Main Street, including the half-block of 5th Street between Main and the alley. Up to 5 vendors of this type will be accepted.

Registration Fees
- Beer and/or Wine Vendor (brick-and-mortar) - $82

- Beer and/or Wine Vendor (on-street booth) - $82

ALL Beer & Wine Vendors
 All vendors who register to pour beer & wine will be provided with official Artwalk event drinkware. These cups are to be provided free-of-charge to members of the public 21 years-of-age or older who have purchased beer or wine after showing valid identification. All beer and wine consumed within the on-street event footprint must be contained in Artwalk drinkware. Beer and/or wine vendors found to be pouring beer and/or wine in non-approved drinkware will not be allowed to continue serving during the event. 

Participation Guidelines
 All registered participants will receive an email containing event-branded graphics to support participant promotion of the Artwalk Season Finale. Share these graphics and/or City of Moscow social media posts to connect with an even broader audience.

 All vendors are expected to be present and open for customer interaction throughout the duration of the event. In the weeks leading up the event, each registrant will be informed about vendor space assignments, load-in, and load-out times. Please note that each registrant will be responsible for supplying canopies, tables, and other equipment required for their activity during the event.

 Please find answers to Frequently Asked Questions HERE.

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2023-2024 Artwalk Season Finale: June 20 from 4 - 8 p.m.

Moscow Artwalk is one of many events that foster the region's cultural ecosystem. Now celebrating its 20th year, Moscow Artwalk shares the community’s wealth of artistic practice with the entire Palouse region. The 2023-2024 season includes visual, literary, performing, and culinary arts offerings at business and non-profit locations throughout the community on the 3rd Thursday of each month from October - May. The Artwalk Season Finale on June 20, 2024 features artist and host location offerings along with music, food, and art on Main Street.

This form is for those who would like to participate as an Art Vendor/Demonstrator in the Artwalk street fair on Main Street. Registrants have an option to request placement in the Kidwalk section of the Artwalk street fair. This part of the street fair is ideal for registrants whose vendor/demonstrator booths are designed to engage kids and families in art viewing and hands-on interaction.

Art Vendor/Demonstrator booth spaces are available to a wide variety of registrants. Examples include, but certainly are not limited to the following:
- Individual artist vendors or art displays

- Art clubs or collectives

- University or K-12 program outreach

- Business or non-profit organizational outreach with art activity

- Entities with a brick-and-mortar location outside the Main St. corridor

Registration Fees
- Individual, Adult Vendor or Business/Non-profit Organization - $51.50

- Youth Vendor (under the age of 18) - $0

- City Department or Commission - $0

- Artwalk Season Host - $0

Vendor/Demonstrator Duplication
To avoid duplication of certain art demonstrations, registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis (i.e. space in the event footprint will be reserved for only one face painter, henna artist, etc.) This area of the registration form will be updated regularly as registrations come in.
We are no longer accepting the following registration types:
     - None yet! 

Participation Guidelines
All registered participants will receive an email containing event-branded graphics to support participant promotion of the Artwalk Season Finale. Share these graphics and/or City of Moscow social media posts to connect with an even broader audience.

All vendors are expected to be present and open for customer interaction throughout the duration of the event. In the weeks leading up the event, each registrant will be informed about vendor space assignments, load-in, and load-out times. Please note that each registrant will be responsible for supplying canopies, tables, and other equipment required for their activity during the event.

Please find answers to Frequently Asked Questions HERE.
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Project Description
The City of Moscow invites artists to submit three-dimensional artworks for the Intermodal Transit Center Sculpture Garden. The Intermodal Transit Center (ITC) was built by the City of Moscow in 2012. A one-stop concept for transportation in the community, the ITC provides access for taxis, vanpools and carpools, and expands pedestrian and bicyclist access to Paradise Path.

The ITC Sculpture Garden was created by the City of Moscow Arts Department in 2015, and it provides art viewing opportunities for the public as well as exhibition space for regional artists. Each year, a selection panel chooses four sculptures to be displayed at the Sculpture Garden for approximately twelve months. These works are viewed by travelers utilizing the many modes of transportation supported by the ITC.

Eligibility
This call is open to artists 18 years of age or older who live in Latah County, Nez Perce County, Asotin County, Whitman County, Nez Perce or Coeur d’Alene tribal members. Artists are eligible regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, marital or familial status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, and gender expression or identity. Artist teams are eligible to apply, including teams of artists from multiple disciplines. Selection panelists and their immediate family members are not eligible for participation. No artist sitting on a Selection Panel may submit a proposal for the project for which the Selection Panel was formed. 

The location of this project does not allow for kinetic art, water features, or anything requiring electricity. Artists are encouraged to conduct a site visit prior to submitting artwork for consideration. 

See site details HERE.  

Project Timeline (subject to change)
April 19, 2024   |   Deadline for submissions
April 29, 2024   |   Artist notification
May 6, 2024   |   Delivery of selected work to ITC Sculpture Garden (exact delivery time TBD)
May 2025   |   Artwork Pick-up (exact date and time TBD)

Honorarium, Sales Information, and Loan Agreement

• Each selected artist will receive an honorarium of $800 for the loan of the artwork, which will remain on display until May 2025.
• Works may be offered for sale, and any sales will be handled by the City of Moscow Arts Staff. Artwork sales will be subject to Idaho’s 6% sales tax and a 20% sales commission. 
• Selected artists will complete a loan agreement releasing artwork for display at the Intermodal Transit Center Sculpture Garden. Works are to remain for the entire length of the display, and will be insured by the City of Moscow during the exhibition.
• The City of Moscow will incur all costs related to installation. All works will be securely welded to steel plates that are mounted on basalt plinths.

Online Submission Requirements

1. Artists may submit images of one sculpture with inventory information.

2. Detail photos or videos required:

     a. Document the base of each sculpture to confirm that the work can be securely welded to the steel plate.

     b. Provide a close-up detail of the surface finish and/or texture.

3. Biographical statement describing the artist’s connections with the community, area of work or study, and area of focus as an art maker.

4. Short artist statement about the piece (2 – 5 sentences).

Selection Process

The Selection Panel will select up to four (4) sculptures based on the works’ alignment with the selection criteria below. The MAC will create the Selection Panel by a majority vote during a regular Commission meeting. The Selection Panel will be comprised of the following: 

Voting members:

      a. Intermodal Transit Center Staff Member (1)

      b. UI Art + Architecture Faculty or Graduate Student (1)

      c. UI Facilities Staff Member (1)

      d. Moscow Arts Commission Member (1)

      e. Member of Artist Community (1)

 Non-voting members:

      a. Arts Manager (Selection Panel facilitator)

      b. City staff members acting in a technical advisory capacity

Each Selection Panel member serves through the review and selection of one (1) round of annual submissions for the project at hand.

Selection Criteria

1. Conceptual Quality and Originality

     a. The artist presents a compelling concept.

     b. The proposed design is original to the presenting artist.

2. Form 

     a. The proposed design reveals mastery of formal craftsmanship. 

     b. The colors used provide visual variety in contrast with the muted hues of the Sculpture Garden landscaping and are chosen with an awareness of local educational institutions as well as their athletic rivals. 

     c. The proposal aligns with the design parameters in the project description and does not present a hazard to public safety. 

     d. The proposed artwork is made with materials suitable for the location (i.e. designed with materials impervious to environmental degradation). All surfaces should be coated to prevent unwanted rust or other changes to the surface of the artwork over the course of the one-year loan. 

     e. The proposed artwork is designed for resistance to theft or vandalism.

3. Content and Context 

     a. The artwork’s subject matter and content is appropriate for public exhibition and does not contain     advertising, religious references, sexual content, negative imagery, or convey political partisanship. 

     b. The content of the proposed design is relevant to the City of Moscow’s values, culture, and people. 

     c. The proposed design serves to visually activate or enhance the intended location. 

The City of Moscow reserves the right to change the dates of the project timeline, to modify this solicitation to request additional information or proposals from any or all participating artists, to reopen the competition and/or to accept or reject, at any time prior to the commissioning of a work, any or all design proposals.
 

re: present

EXHIBITION: July 18 – August 22, 2024
RECEPTION:  August 22 from 5 - 7 p.m.
The act of making a representational artwork calls for the artist to be present, to be fully immersed in the subject matter. The surface of a representational artwork may depict what something looks like, but it functions more deeply as an artifact of communion between the artist and the subject. 

This connection is the focus of re: present at the Third Street Gallery, featuring paintings made with high regard for presence in the moment, presence with the observed, and presence with the artist as observer. 

Artworks in this exhibition may explore the entire spectrum of representational approaches to painting. Entries for this exhibition will be juried by artist and University of Idaho arts educator, Val Carter.

About the Juror
Val Carter is a Senior Instructor and Shop Technician at the University of Idaho, teaching in a variety of media including sculpture, drawing, and printmaking. Val earned his Masters of Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in Painting at the University of Arizona in 1997. He also holds a BFA with emphases in Painting and Printmaking from the University of Idaho in 1994. His areas of specialization include Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Drawing Foundations.

Important Dates (all dates in 2024)
Apr 5 - May 31   |   Submission Period Open
June 10 – 14   |   Artist Notifications
July 9 - 10   |   Artwork Drop-off & Shipping Arrival (Artworks that arrive after July 10 will not be exhibited) July 18 – Aug 22   |   Exhibition Open: Gallery Hours 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Aug 22   |   Artist Reception 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Aug 23   |   Artwork Pick Up

Eligibility
This call is open to artists residing in the United States. The exhibition focus is on representational painting, with eligible media including gouache, watercolor, acrylic, oil, pastel, and collage. There are installation parameters unique to the gallery space inside the historic building, which are explained in the presentation requirements linked here.

Submission Requirements
Artist contact information, biography, artist statement, website/social links

Up to 3 artworks (no larger than 4’ x 4’)

Inventory information: Title, Medium, Dimensions, Date, Sales price/NFS & Insurance value

SHIPPING ARTWORKS TO THE GALLERY
Artists who live outside of the Palouse region may choose to ship works to the gallery for exhibition. The Third Street Gallery is unable to accommodate the costs of return shipping, so artists who ship artworks must include a pre-paid return shipping label inside the box containing their artwork. Artworks should be shipped to the gallery at the following address:
 City of Moscow Arts Department
 ATTN: Megan Cherry
 206 E Third Street
 Moscow ID 83843

LOAN AGREEMENT
(This text is a sample for reference - a loan agreement specific to the exhibition will be provided to artists by the date stated on the first page of this prospectus)
The Lender must provide an exhibition list declaring the content and value of each object loaned. A distinction will be made, prior to exhibition installation, between the declared value and sales price on all artwork to be offered for sale.
During the exhibition period, the City will take reasonable precautions to avoid damage or theft to the objects loaned. In the event of loss or damage, the City will be responsible to the Lender for the loss based upon the declared value of the objects on the exhibition list. The Lender may be required to provide substantiation of the value of the loaned object(s).
Unless the City is notified in writing to the contrary, it is understood that objects on loan may be photographed and reproduced in publications, for publicity purposes connected with the exhibition, and/or for educational purposes.
Artists may offer objects for sale or list them as NFS (not for sale), but the City cannot accommodate POR (price on request) listings. All sales will be handled through the Moscow Arts Department office. The Gallery receives a twenty percent (20%) commission on all artwork sold and Idaho sales tax of six percent (6%) shall be required on all artwork sold, so objects for sale should be priced accordingly.
The Third Street gallery is in a public, family-oriented space, so the Moscow Arts Commission and Arts Department staff reserve the right to review all submissions to determine the suitability of the artwork shown.

About the Third Street Gallery
The Third Street Gallery is a space for art in the heart of downtown Moscow. City of Moscow Arts Staff and members of the Moscow Arts Commission have worked together to create artistic direction for the Third Street Gallery since the gallery’s opening in September 1997. The gallery features artworks in a wide range of media, subject matter, and content while presenting a curatorial vision open to all cultures and art forms. The Third Street Gallery exhibits the work of established and emerging makers from the Palouse and the broader Inland Northwest, celebrating the creative excellence of the region in a well-loved public space.
The Third Street Gallery features artwork on the second and third floors inside Moscow City Hall. The building was designed by architect James Knox Taylor in 1911, and was formerly the Moscow Federal Building. Entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 as a Second Renaissance Revival brick building, the structure now houses City offices and meeting spaces such as the City Council Chambers. The Third Street Gallery is an essential part of this building, as it brings art into the center of civic life in the City of Moscow.
Third Street Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays.
The Gallery is ADA accessible on the East entrance of Moscow City Hall, and the elevator on the North side of the building provides access to the second and third floors.

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THIRD STREET GALLERY
Megan Cherry
Arts Manager
mcherry@ci.moscow.id.us
208.883.7036

The Moscow Arts Commission (MAC) and the City of Moscow seek nominations for the 2024 Mayor’s Arts Awards, which recognizes individuals and organizations who have shown substantial support of and excellence in the arts. The event is biennial, with a nomination and selection process facilitated by City of Moscow Arts staff and members of the MAC. Award recipients will be honored in online promotions and an awards ceremony, where they will receive a custom-designed artwork made by a local artist. 

All nominations must be submitted online via Submittable. The Selection Panel and MAC will review nominations before recommending award recipients to the City of Moscow Mayor for final determination. The nominations will be evaluated based solely on submission materials, so nominators are encouraged to submit the full range of documents required in the form.

Eligibility
· Individuals, students, businesses, and organizations that are makers of or advocates for the arts are eligible. 

· Awards may be given based on excellence in all media for art-making, including the culinary, literary, performing, and visual arts. 

· Nominees should be those individuals or organizations that have made a significant contribution to the arts and cultural climate of the City of Moscow through distinguished support and service or creative accomplishments. 

· Nominees must be current or former residents of the Moscow region. Nominations of individuals who no longer reside in the region must focus on the nominee’s contribution to the Moscow community. 

· Previous Mayor’s Arts Awards recipients are eligible for another award in a different category than the one previously received. Such candidates are eligible no fewer than 6 years after receipt of the previous award, and the nomination must be based on a different body of work than the one recognized by the previous award. View a list of previous award recipients here: https://www.ci.moscow.id.us/215/7131/Moscow-Mayors-Arts-Awards

· Employees of the City of Moscow, current MAC members, and current City of Moscow elected officials are not eligible for nomination. 

· Current City of Moscow elected officials and Arts Department staff members are not eligible to make nominations. 

· MAC members may nominate individuals or organizations for awards, but any MAC member who makes a nomination may not serve on the Mayor’s Arts Awards Selection Panel. Any MAC member who makes a nomination must abstain from voting on the MAC’s recommendation for that award.
 

Important Dates

March 13 – May 31, 2024 Nomination Period

July 2024 Selection Panel formed by MAC action during a regular meeting  

August 2024  Selection Panel deliberation and recommendation to MAC

August 2024 MAC deliberation and recommendation to the Mayor

September 2024 Mayor finalizes awardee roster

November 7, 2024 Awards Ceremony

Awardee Selection Process

1. The MAC will identify a Selection Panel comprised of less than a quorum of MAC members. These Selection Panel assignments will be created in an action during a regular MAC meeting. Those who submit a nomination during the current award cycle are ineligible to participate on the selection panel. Similarly, individuals with business or family conflicts of interest will not be invited to participate in forming the awardee recommendation to the MAC and the Mayor. 

2. The Selection Panel will review, score, and comment on all nominations using a review form in Submittable. This will be recorded as part of the permanent event history.

3. The full MAC will not view all nominations prior to the Selection Panel deliberation. Arts staff will forward only those nominations that the Selection Panel recommends for awards. 

4. Deliberations on nominations identified by the Selection Panel will take place in a regular MAC meeting. 

5. Arts staff will forward MAC recommendations for award recipients to the Mayor. 

Selection Panel Members

 The Selection Panel will be comprised of the following:

 Voting members:

 3 – Moscow Arts Commission Members

 1 – Arts & Culture Community Representative

 1 – Past Mayor’s Arts Awards Recipient 

Non-voting members:

Arts Department Staff (Selection Panel facilitation) 

Nominations will be accepted in the following categories:
Individual Excellence in the Arts
This award recognizes artists who have made a significant contribution to the arts in Moscow, and who have demonstrated a high degree of artistic excellence in any discipline including performing, visual, or literary arts. Considerations for selection include quality and originality of work, scope of audience, and previous awards or distinctions.
Arts Advocacy
Arts Advocacy awards celebrate individuals or families who champion the arts by supporting through their time, talent, and treasure. Selection will be based on the type and scope of service to the community as well as the nominee’s commitment to support of arts and culture in Moscow.
Outstanding Achievement in Arts Education
This award honors individuals or organizations that have made an outstanding contribution that impacted the value of the arts educational curriculum or helped to provide access to the arts for students of all ages.
Youth Excellence in the Arts
This award recognizes young people who show excellence in art-making, advocacy, or other service to the creative community. Those in grades K-12 or the equivalent at time of nomination are eligible. Selection processes will not only study the scope and efficacy of the current nominee’s efforts, but also the potential of the candidate to grow in their role as an artist or advocate for the cultural growth of the Moscow community.
Outstanding College or University Students in the Arts
This award recognizes area student artists who have dedicated a significant portion of their education working to develop and manifest their individual creativity within any discipline of art including performance, visual, or literary arts. Selection processes will not only study the scope and efficacy of the nominee’s current efforts, but also the candidate’s potential for creative and professional growth in the future.
Outstanding Contributions as a Business, Club, or Non-profit Organization
Businesses or organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the advancement, excellence, and support of the arts in Moscow are eligible for this award. The selection panel will consider the type of support offered to the arts as well as the efficacy of the organization’s connections and service to the community.
Lifetime Achievement in the Arts
Lifetime achievement awards are reserved for those individuals whose contributions to the arts, over a lifetime, have made a lasting and profound impact on the artistic and cultural life of the Moscow area. Nomination materials should demonstrate a track record of community participation, industry and peer recognition, and high-quality, original approaches to art-making and advocacy. Nomination materials should demonstrate how the nominee’s lifetime of dedication to the development and support of the arts will sustain the Moscow arts community into the future.

The Mayor reserves the right to modify the number of awards or the assignment of awards to nominees based on the content of nominations. Nominees will be evaluated on the basis of the breadth, depth, and potential of their work and its impact on the Moscow area. The Selection Panel, Moscow Arts Commission, and Mayor will review nomination materials based on their demonstration of the values described in each award category.



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