The Forest Area Arts Council (FAAC) is proud to announce its 6th annual Festival in the Forest Art Show and Competition. 

The Festival in the Forest 2008 will once again be held at the Forest County 4-H Center, Route 36, 5 miles south of Tionesta, PA.  The Festival will showcase the artwork of youth/child, amateur, and professional artists, artisans, and photographers.

The FAAC is inviting artists, artisans, and photographers to enter their work in the art competition.  Up to three items can be entered for the $15 registration fee.  The registration fee for the Youth/Child division is waived in an effort to encourage more Youth/Child entries.  Limit 3 entries per entrant. If Divisions/Classification is under represented, they will be incorporated into a similar Division/Classification, i.e., fiber art to three-dimensional, etc.

Items entered in the art competition will be display under cover and will be hung on walls, suspended on peg-board, or placed on level surfaces.  Vendor spaces will be outside. 

The competition will consist of the following three divisions:

–	Professional – Entrant is professional level if he/she has at least one (1) year of formal training in his/her particular art form and/or sells his/her art for profit.
–	Amateur – Entrant is amateur level if he/she actively works to improve and learn his/her art form, and, has not competed at a professional level in this or other shows.
–	Youth – Entrants 12 to 18 years are youth level.  Artwork submitted in youth level competition must be completed by entrant without direct help from adults.
–	Child – Entrants under 12 are child level.  Artwork submitted in child level competition must be completed by entrant without direct help from adults.

The entrants may enter items in the following four classifications:

	Two-dimensional – framed or matted pictures to include oil, pastel, acrylic, pencil, watercolor, etc.
	Three-dimensional – ceramic, pottery, porcelain, carving, collages, etc.
	Fiber Art – textiles, quilts, wall-hangings, rugs, weaving, baskets, etc.
	Photography –  no theme or size limitation: can be framed or matted.

All artwork must be original (no kits); items in competition must be new to the Festival in the Forest (not entered in previous Festival in the Forest).
 

Festival in the Forest 2008 is a rain or shine event.  No refunds will be issued within 14 days prior to the event or due to inclement weather conditions.  Festival in the Forest 2008 officially runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Competitors and Vendors will not be permitted to dismantle exhibits or vendor booths before 5 p.m.

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