Make Your Mark on a Major Regional Event – Garden Walk Buffalo Calls for Poster Artwork

 By Doug Draper

If you have a flare for art and are looking for ways to chase away the winter blues, the organizers of the largest garden tour on the continent have an answer for you.
The folks that put together Garden Walk Buffalo are once again looking for submissions of original artwork for possible use on posters, t-shirts and maps for the two-day event, which will be celebrating its 16th year this July.
Garden Walk Buffalo draws tens of thousands of people each year to tour, free of charge, the lawns and gardens of more than 340 residences and businesses in historic old neighbourhoods of the city, rich with some of the finest architecture in North America.
The artwork for Garden Walk Buffalo – scheduled to take place this year on Saturday and Sunday, July 24 & 25 – must be garden-related and preferably related to the type of gardens, flowers and neighbourhoods found in the west side of the city in late July.
Some samples of the poster artwork used at previous Garden Walks accompanies this post and Niagara At Large includes information for submitting works of art to the event organizers below.

Submission tips:
Keep it Simple: Artwork needs to reproduce well on a variety of materials. Do not put any type over your design.
Be Different: Try not to use colors or flowers “too similar” to recent artwork used by the GW
For Everyone: Artwork should be considered “wearable and salable” for both men and women.

Entries are due Friday, April 12, 2010
It can come in the form of a painting (in any media), a photograph, a drawing, an illustration, or a mixed media work.  If you are working digitally, the original art/photo must be 300dpi at 8×10 or larger. Please submit up to five slides, or a CD containing high quality .jpgs to:

 Garden Walk Buffalo
 PO Box 161
 Buffalo, NY 14207

Please do not send original work—slides on CD only.  Include a resume and a brief letter explaining why the imagery would be particularly appropriate to Garden Walk.

If you need further information on submissions, email your questions to GardenWalkBuffalo@yahoo.com or leave a message at 716-879-0123.
 
For further information on Garden Walk Buffalo, visit www.GardenWalkBuffalo.com.