Parks department opens summer art fair applications

The City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department is now accepting applications from local and regional artists to participate in the 2016 “A Fair of the Arts,” according to a press release from the parks department.

Applications for the summer arts and fine craft fair are due 5 p.m. Feb. 19 and must include a $15 application fee.

Selections will be based on criteria including price of work, quality of work and variety of artists, according to the release. Work will be selected in 10 categories, including glass, recycled arts and surface decoration.

The fair, which is presented in conjunction with the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market at Showers Common, will take place Saturdays once a month May through 
October.

Cost for approved artists will be $50 per Saturday. Commissions are not collected on sales, according to the brief.

Applications and more information are available at bloomington.in.gov/afair.

Jack Evans