Annual LIC Arts Open Festival Returns This May

By: Apr. 04, 2018
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The LIC Arts Open is once again coming up fast! This will be the 8th LIC Arts Open Festival which this year runs from Wednesday 16th May through Sunday May 20th 2018.

Each year the Festival brings together the considerable artist community based in Long Island Ctiy in a celebration of the breadth and depth of the talent in the area. LIC is one of the most populous communities in terms of numbers of artist's studios all within close proximity of one another.

The festival gets started with the annual, exclusive Garden Party event which takes place 2 weeks before the actual festival week on May 2nd. At the event will be an Award presentation to a Guest of Honor. The event takes place at a landmark residence on 45th Ave. Catering this year is provided by the always popular LIC Market run by Chef Alex Schindler and fine wines are provided by Blue Streak Wines.

Among the annual events the Open Studios event which takes place on the weekend, May 19 & 20 12 noon - 6pm, gives art lovers, buyers and visitors and opportunity to go into hundreds of artists studios which are mostly within a short walk of each other.

There will also be a 10x10 Silent Auction event during the closing party on May 20th . Multiple artists working in different mediums all donate original artworks on 10x10 Birch faced plywood boards. Since this has been a tradition for over 6 years many people have been building collections over the years and besides the fun of participating in the auction one can usually pick up a piece which would be very reasonably priced compared to the cost of the artists normal work. Bids start at $100 and increase in increments of $10.

There will be multiple exhibitions throughout the LIC area. Most years have around 65 different venues offering exhibits, pop-up shows as well as the legendary Launch and Closing parties on the 16th and 20th.

Submissions are allowed for the Exhibitions from artists outside the area who may apply to be in a show at one of the many venues. Artists wishing to apply should submit to the various programs. Find the form links on www.licartsopen.org


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