October 11, 12 & 13, 2008 / Highbanks Recreation Area / Letchworth State Park, 10Am to 5PM daily

The Letchworth Arts & Crafts Show & Sale ®, sponsored by the Arts Council for Wyoming County, presents the finest of artists, artisans, and craftspeople from all over the country. The proceeds from the show provide for community arts services, gallery exhibits, & instructional workshops.. The Learn About Letchworth series, held every summer in the park, is also funded in part by the Letchworth

Welcome to the 33rd Annual Letchworth Arts & Crafts Show & Sale
October 11, 12 & 13, 2008
2008 Theme: Magic in the Air

I’m happy to introduce myself. My name is Patricia Hughes, and I serve as Executive Director of the Arts Council for Wyoming County, which originated and has produced the Letchworth Arts & Crafts Show & Sale for 33 years! The show attracts tens of thousands of people from all over the Western New York area as well as Ontario, Canada. Our small staff and a host of volunteers keep things running smoothly from year to year, and it’s always a wonderful experience.

This year’s theme is “Magic in the Air.” Perhaps you enjoy nostalgia, historical reproduction, or traditional crafts. Or- maybe you make traditional crafts with a “twist”, adapted with your own unique vision. Perhaps you enjoy creating altered art or books, or including found objects in your work. Or maybe your style is “retro”. Once again this year, exhibitors will be able to enter work to be judged for prizes in each category, including our special “themed” category. If you are juried into LACS, you’ll be asked to let this “Magic in the Air” theme inspire you, and enter the results into our judging. A cash award of $100 goes to each category winner, and $100 extra goes to the one who comes out on top as the “Best of Show” winner. The theme doesn’t influence our jury, however - so don’t worry about including themed items with your jury images in your application.

If you are new to LACS, we’re excited to meet you! Please read this application thoroughly, so you will understand what we’re about. If you are a returning vendor, remember that we began our three-year jury cycle in 2006, so everyone’s work will go before the jury again this year (after three consecutive years of initial acceptance, vendors have three years jury-free - a policy that went into effect in 2006). We will only be accepting digital images on CD this year. Please read the specs inside...

One final note: ACWC makes every effort to ensure vendors exhibiting in the LAC Show are of the highest quality. Since exhibitors are accepted based on photographic images, but we have found that often those images do not represent what is sold in booths, we are now asking for artists or crafters to include photographs of themselves at work in their studios with their applications. In this way we hope to eliminate vendors who “buy and sell” mass produced items, rather than make them themselves. We thank you, in advance, for your cooperation with this.

Please feel free to contact our office if you have any questions about our show. We are very proud to present it for its 33rd year, and we hope we’ll see you there!

Cheers,

Patricia A. Hughes LAC Show Director

CONTACT INFORMATION

The Letchworth Arts & Crafts Show & Sale is managed by the Arts Council for Wyoming County. For more information, call (585) 237-3517 (in days preceding show, or visit the organization’s web site, www.artswyco.org (email info@artswyco.org).

VENDOR INFORMATION

Applications and application fee are due each year on March 15 - NO EXCEPTIONS.

Application (html)
Rules and Regulations (html)
pdf file - Application, Rules & Regulations for Vendors, 2008

Applications for arts and craft vendors to the Letchworth Arts & Crafts Show & Sale, Columbus Day Weekend, 2008, will be available in mid-January, 2008. If you would like to have an application mailed to you, please send a #10 SASE to:

ACWC
PO Box 249
Perry, NY 14530

The application is also available online, and may be printed, completed, and mailed to above address with application fee. All arts and crafts vendors participating in the Letchworth Arts & Crafts Show & Sale are chosen by jury.

Artists or Crafters may apply in these categories (see detailed descriptions on "Rules & Regulations page):

Decorative Painting
Fiber Arts & Leather
Floral Design
Woodworking
Jewelry
Metal
Painting/Drawing/Graphics
Photography
Pottery/Ceramics
Glass
Toys/Dolls
Misc./Mixed Media/Other

Application 2008

Rules and Regulations, 2008