Interested in Participating?

Attention: All events are 100% juried.  All artists in the North Beaches Art Walk that have not been juried prior must have their art submitted for jurying before participating again. Artists (not yet juried) should submit their items for review as soon as possible to be juried in time to qualify for the following month.  The best day to be fully juried is the day after the Art Walk event, otherwise, there is very little time after the jurying process to secure a display location (since the spots tend to disappear very fast). There is no guarantee that you will be able to participate in the next event at all; it depends on availability.

Short Version

In order that the North Beaches Art Walk Association, Inc. can have the monthly Art Walk event, the cities of Atlantic Beach and Neptune Beach require us to register all participants.

To participate in the North Beaches Art Walk:

• You should read and understand the rules and guidelines.
• You must register at the North Beaches Art Walk headquarters inside Archway Gallery & Framing (363 Atlantic Blvd, Atlantic Beach)
• Any artwork you wish to sell at the Art Walk event must be juried first.
  • There is a $20 non-refundable fee for the jurying process, which takes 7-10 business days.

After approval, the artist may solicit a participating venue to be an artist at their venue on the day of the Art Walk event. The venue will send the artist name list to us. We process the information and place the name list on the Participants page of the North Beaches Art Walk website. When your name is displayed, you may stop by to pay the $10, sign the release and receive your badge.

Full Detailed Version

The North Beaches Art Walk is for artists and their artwork. The most important part of the name North Beaches Art Walk is the word "Art." The main idea is that the artwork must be art. We do not accept crafts or manufactured items (products) as artwork, anything that goes into or on the body, including clothing as art. We want artists, not retailers, distributors, re-sellers, or assemblers of manufactured items to create products. The artwork must be created by the participant (artist). If the artwork consists of other materials, the artist must be able to demonstrate that they create 80% of the item themselves, and must not be craft oriented. If the submission is rejected, new/different types of items can be submitted after six months.

To be considered, your artwork must be art and be in one of the following categories.

Jurying

Any artwork you wish to sell at the Art Walk event must be juried first. Keep in mind that it is the artwork being juried, not the artist. Artists sometimes assume that following the jury process they can sell other types of artwork at the event. The key difference between the artist being juried and the artwork being juried is that, only the types of artwork you have approved by the jury process can be sold. If you wish to add other items later on to sell, you must first have them juried.

You will need to leave examples of your art for review. If you produce different types of artwork, you need to bring at least four examples of each type you plan to sell. For example, if you paint on canvas, but also make prints of the art, and even make notecards with your art, you would want to bring four samples of each type (4 canvases, 4 prints, and 4 sets of cards).

Bring the actual items (not photos of the items) in a suitable enclosing container, such as a zip-lock bag, or other suitable container, to Archway Gallery and Framing at 363 Atlantic Boulevard, Suite 2, Atlantic Beach, FL, between noon and 5 P.M., Monday through Friday (except on the day of the Art Walk event; too busy).  There is no guarantee that you will be accepted. Visual Art oriented items is the goal.

The artwork itself must be the main reason for the item. For example, your artwork on note cards would be accepted but your art used to illustrate a book would not be considered as artwork.

To ensure a well-rounded variety of art types, we have a limited number of positions for each type of artwork in our event. Due to some artists not participating every month, our group cap limit is higher than the limit per Art Walk event. We occasionally have more artists want to participate in the same month than our "per event" cap allows. In those instances, after we reach our cutoff number, the remainder will have to wait for a future month. In actually, it rarely happens for most art types but does much more often for jewelry artists and photography. Currently, we have a cap on both Jewelry and Photography. We cannot add to these categories until existing participants drop off the list.

We understand that artist schedules change, they move away, or they have other priorities that affect their ability to participate in the North Beaches Art Walk event. If an artist does not participate for quite a while, they are automatically removed from our list of participants with the presumption that they are no longer going to participate. To participate again, the artist would need to reapply.

After Approval

All participating artists are responsible for coordinating directly with participating venues in order to secure a spot. It is a good idea to show the venue the artwork you sell. The venue does not jury/approve/disapprove your artwork, but it can be helpful for them to see your artwork if they are considering multiple artists. For example, a venue can have at most, one jewelry artist.

The venue is responsible for submitting the artist name to the North Beaches Art Walk Association. When the information is processed, the artist name will be added to the Participant page on our website. The information is also added to the Map Card if received in time. The information from the venue must be received by the first Thursday of the month in order to get on the Map Card.

Once the location of an artist has been submitted to the North Beaches Art Walk Association staff, artists cannot change to a different location.  Artists need to be where they are advertised to be. Venues cannot accept an artist that is advertised to be at a different location.

Badge Requirement

The badge is a requirement set by the cities of Neptune Beach and Atlantic Beach to allow us to have the Art Walk event. Therefore, we track badges issued by collecting the fee and having the artist sign a release. The badge must be worn during the event by the artist. During the event, the "badge police" check to ensure artists have their badge on during the event. The checking is mostly very thorough and sometimes random. The checking process may be by a city official, or a designated member of the North Beaches Art Walk Association, Inc. It is important to wear the badge so that visitors and the "badge police" can easily identify who the artist is. If an artist is caught not having their badge, the badge police will ask them to pay right then or pack up and leave. Expelled artists will not be able to participate in the Art Walk event again.

You pay for being advertised as being a participant of the Art Walk event; therefore if you are listed as a participant, you are expected to pay for the badge. Think of it this way, if you are reserving a spot, you are preventing another artist from having that spot regardless of whether you stop by to pick up your badge or not. Therefore, you are expected to pay for reserving the location.

Getting Your Badge

After you have made an agreement with a venue, they will send your name to us. When it is processed, we put the name on our Participants page. Make sure you monitor the Participants page to see when you can come get your badge. Badges can be picked up at Archway Gallery & Framing after we have processed the information from the venue, as viewed on the Participant page of the website. You must stop by our headquarters to sign the release and pay for your badge in person (no representative).  No badges are issued before the first of the month of the Art Walk. Each month you participate, you must acquire a new badge.  You become a participant for that month when a venue sends your name in. If you pick up your badge before the event, the price is $10 up to the day before the event; after that you must pay $20.

Day of the Event

Visitors depend on being able to locate an artist at the location we are advertising. If we advertise the artists and where they are participating, we want them to be there, from the start to the finish, and be identifiable by wearing their badge during that time. The artist should wear their Art Walk badge during the event in order to designate to the visitors who the artist is. This can be especially important if there are several people crowded around the artist. The badge helps identify to whom they can ask questions.

Artists provide their own table and chairs during the Art Walk. Tables should not be more than 8 feet long. Tables should be draped with a pleasing cover. Artists need to arrange for any lighting needed in darker months.

If you set up on the sidewalk in front of a venue, you need to make sure you do not block sidewalk traffic or handicap access.  The amount of space needed varies with the location. The cities of Atlantic Beach and Neptune Beach have different rules. Make sure you allow plenty of room for foot traffic so they are happy (a few complaints to the city can adversely affect the success of the Art Walk event).

Even though it is up to the artist to secure a display location by making contact with the venues, we want to also ensure Art Walk works. If you are having trouble finding a spot/venue you can contact an NBAW representative at 904-249-2222, and they will assist you.

Already an Art Walk Artist?

To be included in the Artists section of the nbaw.org website, please read the following:

The Artist pages are for currently participating artists. You need to be a registered participant, and have participated in the North Beaches Art Walk event for two consecutive months in a row. If you do not continue to participate in the Art Walk event, the bio page we created for you will be removed after about six months.

We need you to provide us with the following information:

Name

Business Title or Sub-Title or By-line you use (check examples online to get a good representation of this)

Contact Information that you want to provide to the public (for the nbaw.org website):

Contact Information you want to provide to North Beaches Art Walk only (not for web)

Bio about yourself.

Please make sure the text you submit to us is unique and not a copy of the same text that appears somewhere else on the Internet. The reason is page rankings. Search engines lower rankings when they detect the same text as from another website. It is considered plagiarism; they do not know that we have any association. We are not willing to give up our rankings just so we can advertise you. Likewise, you should consider this when doing the same with others.

Please ensure the spelling is correct, or ensure that we know it needs editing. Our interest is to make you look good, and we are willing to help out.  Common punctuation errors, and typos might be missed, but if noticed, they will be corrected; just don't count on it to happen automatically. All you have to do is ask for some review.

For your bio, make sure that the text will read as accurate a year from now as it does today. Avoid dated oriented items such as "currently artist of the month at AAAA Gallery" or "since moving here a year ago" or "our children graduating this spring." We do not want the website text to be incorrect a month from now or even a year from now if possible; you get the idea.

Suitable Image for the web:

Finally, we need to know which category to put your bio and art into. In many cases, that may seem obvious, but in some cases, the art starts to blend into other categories. For example, some photography looks like painting, or vice-versa. Please let us know which of the following categories to place your information into: