Christmas Boutique

Are you an artist or artisan looking for a place to display and sell your work at Christmas? Now is the time to start working on your wares! Place des Arts, a multi-disciplinary arts centre in Maillardville Coquitlam, is seeking new artists for its Christmas Boutique, 2010. This annual event has been very successful in the past, and each year, more and more customers are choosing to forego the shopping malls and buy locally crafted artwork from Place des Arts.

Deadline for registration is Sunday, October 17, 2010.
For the 2010 Christmas Boutique, open from November 12 to December 17, Place des Arts is seeking artisans who create fine-art quality felted items (ie, tea cozies), wooden boxes, glass ornaments, silver work, unique pottery, leather products, hand-made soap and other quality handcrafted items—no hand-made cards, photos, prints or assembled (as in beaded) jewelry please. Keep in mind that these items do not necessarily need to be Christmas themed, but can be gifts that hold year-round appeal for the recipient. All works are for sale. Artists set prices for their works, and Place des Arts will retain 30% of the retail price.

To be considered for the Christmas Boutique, artists must submit 5 work samples to be juried. A $5 jury fee applies. The deadline for registration is Sunday, October 17, 2010. The drop off dates for jurying of new artist works are Saturday, October 23 and Sunday, October 24. Artists will be notified of entry status by Friday, October 29. For registration forms and artists identification cards, interested artists may visit www.placedesarts.ca and follow the “Our Programs” dropdown menu to “Christmas Boutique.” For more information, contact gift shop
coordinator, Lidia Kosznik, at 604.664.1636 or email her at lkosznik@placedesarts.ca