Munson announces 2024 Summer Arts Festival, the area’s longest-running art and community celebration
Accepting Sidewalk Art Show submissions June 21-22
Utica, N.Y. — Munson’s Summer Arts Festival, the area’s longest-running summertime celebration of arts and community, kicks off Saturday, July 13, with the the Munson Car Show and Fountain Elms Invitational and runs through Sunday, July 21, with engaging demonstrations, crafts for kids, concerts, and the centerpiece of the Festival, the Sidewalk Art Show, available throughout the week.
This summer, the Sidewalk Art Show will take place in the Museum of Art Root Court while the Genesee Street Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) landscape project is underway. All other events will be held in the Sculpture Grove or the parking lot behind the Museum, including concerts and the Big Ol’ Steamrollin’ Print Invitational.
Local artists may submit works for the juried Sidewalk Art Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, June 21, and Saturday, June 22, at the Museum of Art. This year’s Summer Arts Festival will take place Saturday, July 13, through Sunday, July 21.
Adult artists who reside within a 40-mile radius of Utica may submit artwork. Students in grades 9 through 12 in the current school year who reside in a 40-mile radius of Utica can submit artwork to be judged with work by other high school students. Each artist may submit one work; not every work submitted will be placed on view.
Paintings, photographs, prints, drawings, computer-generated art, and small sculptures will be accepted. No crafts, films, or videos. Works must be securely framed. Watercolors, drawings, prints, and photographs must be framed under plexiglass. Maximum outer dimensions, including frame, are 44 inches by 48 inches wide by 2 inches deep. Maximum sculpture dimensions are 24 by 24 by 24 inches.
A nonrefundable $15 registration fee is payable by cash, check, or credit card. Registration is free to Munson Members, high school students, and SNAP/EBT card holders.
The registration fee and form may be collected and completed at the time of submission or artists can prepay and download the registration form to complete ahead of time by visiting munson.art/call-for-entries.
For more information about the Festival, including the daily schedule of events, visit munson.art/festival. For media inquiries or more information, please contact Katie Voce, communications manager, at 315-797-0000 ext. 2147 or via email at kvoce@munson.art.
Munson is at 310 Genesee St. in Utica. For more information, visit munson.art.
About Munson
Munson is an internationally recognized fine arts organization in Utica, serving diverse audiences through the renowned Munson Museum of Art, live performances and events, community arts classes, and Pratt Munson College of Art and Design, the upstate extension campus of the prestigious Pratt Institute
