Welcome to the By Hand Artisan Guild
By Hand Artisan Guild is a membership nonprofit whose mission is to to promote the appreciation, understanding, and awareness of handmade fine art and craft, and to support contemporary American working artists through educational and marketing opportunities, including festivals of exceptional quality.
By Hand Has some big news
You built it, now it's yours!
Over the last six years, By Hand,Lltd. has served the artist and art patron communities. It has built two annual festivals (the first of which now ranks among the top 40 art festivals nationally, according to the Art Fair SourceBook) and maintained them through good times and challenges. It pioneered the free admission indoor art festival, and invented a whole new take on digital jurying. It is, however, time to say goodbye to By Hand, Ltd., and hello to the By Hand Artisan Guild - a membership nonprofit. If you have exhibited with us for two out of the last three years, you are already a member, and artists who exhibit with us will automatically become voting members - just by exhibiting, there is no additional membership fee for participating artists! What we become is truly in your hands. So apply, exhibit, get involved, be active. Let's capitalize on the full power of the creative spirit!
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Our 2010 applications are available now!
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Our applications are now available via this website, and now for the first time, also at Zapplication.org. By working closely with Zapplication we found a way which will allow you to get your application to us with the convenience of the most widely used applcation system in the industry. This while still be jurying using our widely acclaimed in-house projection based digital jury system, which offers such features as artist and image decriptions projected onscreen. This cooperation presents the best of both worlds. For those of you who prefer paper appliations, they are still available for download from this site as well. Click above and choose the method that works best for you.
Our 2010 Festival Schedule
The Riverfront Art Festival
Genoa Park, Downtown Columbus
September 17, 18 & 19, 2010
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