STATE COLLEGE — The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts has issued the call for entries for its annual banner competition, one of the signature events of the festival.
Both individuals and groups may submit entries, which typically hang between 15 and 20 feet over the street. The design must be visible from both sides of the banner (identical or different). All components of the banner design and construction must be securely attached, or the banner will not be displayed. Banners with religious, partisan or commercial messages will not be accepted. The Arts Festival encourages local nonprofit organizations to create banners celebrating their organization.
The members of the banner jury will be announced at a later date. The jurors will award prizes in three categories: professional, general and youth.
Banners entered in the competition must be delivered to the office of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts by 5 p.m. on June 23.
More information may be found online at arts-festival.com.
The 57th Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts will take place in downtown State Collage and the adjacent University Park campus of Penn State from July 12 through July 16.
The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The mission of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts is to celebrate the arts with presentations of diverse, high-quality visual and performing arts through the cooperative volunteer support of the community and The Pennsylvania State University. The essence of this organization is the enrichment and education of the audience, grounded in personal interaction between artist and audience.
