2008 Awards & Amenities

 

2008 Fair Awards:
Best of Show Award (1) - Brass Plaque, and automatic confirmation into A Fair in the Park 2008 with one standard booth fee paid. Art work featured on the 2008 A Fair in the Park publicity materials.
Craftsmen's Guild of Pittsburgh Merit Awards (4) - Brass Plaque, automatic confirmation into the 2008 A Fair in the Park with half price booth fee paid. Art work featured on the 2008 A Fair in the Park publicity materials.

2008 Artist Amenties:
* Standard booth size exceeds traditional 10' x 10' - all booths are 11' x 12'
* Free 2008 Fair in the Park T-Shirt
* Artist party on Saturday night; Music, Friends, Food & Drinks!
* Listing of Participating Artists on our Website with a preview of their work, their booth location and a link to their personal Website
* Leisurely set-up and tear-down. Artists can begin set-up as early as 10 AM Thursday. Tear-down is Sunday evening after the Fair closes and all day Monday. Vehicles are permitted on the paved walkway around the park grounds, enabling artists close access to their booth location.
* Off-duty Pittsburgh Police provide security beginning Thursday evening and continues each night until all art is removed on Monday.
* Coffee is provided each morning from 8 AM - 10 AM and a boxed lunch provided to each Participating Artist on Sunday by WholeFoods.
* Artists are permitted to camp on the Mellon Park grounds during the Fair. Shower and restroom facilities are provided by The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.
* The Phipps Garden Center provides Participating Artists with indoor restroom facilities during the Fair.
* Volunteer booth sitters and staff to assist Participating Artists during the Fair.