Join us for the Lakefront Festival of Art (LFOA) in our magnificent setting at the Milwaukee Art Museum. The award-winning, nationally-recognized festival takes place inside the museum's spectacular Santiago Calatrava-designed building, and on the adjoining outdoor museum grounds featuring state of the art Clearspan tents. Patrons enjoy the festival rain or shine! LFOA features jury-selected work of 180 artists from across the country. The festival is a fundraiser for the 501(c) 3 non-profit Milwaukee Art Museum and is presented by Friends of Art, the museum’s primary support group.
LFOA has an aggressive public relations campaign including targeted online and print publications, TV, radio and social media. In 2014 LFOA’s media coverage included 107 television/radio placements, 87 print/online placements, 2,163 facebook friends and over 6,651,000 impressions. Last year’s festival attendance had over 22,000 gated qualified visitors.
To view a video clip of festival highlights, artist comments and patron remarks: click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3N8KlWPbm0&feature=share&list=UU35fgscYq...
A total of $10,500 in awards are presented each year!
The top TEN award-winning artists are each given $1000; commemorative pieces of artwork designed by a fellow LFOA exhibiting artist, and are invited back to LFOA for the next year. ONE participating Sculpture Garden artist will receive a single $500 Award. Jurors also select Honorable Mention award winners, all of whom are automatically invited back to LFOA for the next year without jurying.
Artist's Benefits . . .
Artist Breakfast
Booth Sitters
Electricity
Guest Housing
Museum Admission
Program Image
24 Hour Security
LFOA Special Features include . . .
Fiber Art Fashion Show - Located in the main food and beverage area, providing maximum exposure of the wearable’s to festival attendees. A Milwaukee Fashionista MC’s this well attended event. Fashions include spectacular unique fiber art and one-of-a-kind garments, coats, scarves, and other imaginative fiber wearables for day and evening created by LFOA artists.
Sculpture Garden
The Lakefront Festival of Art extends an invitation to artists who are interested in showcasing their work in a professionally designed and installed Sculpture Garden. The outside garden will showcase outdoor and large scale work allowing artists further representation. Previous years have included artists working in mediums of glass, ceramics, wood and mixed media.
Online Silent Auction
Featuring numerous works of art donated by talented LFOA exhibiting artists. Online bidding is open to the public, and is available prior to festival weekend as well as throughout all three days of the festival. The auction offers all art lovers a chance to bid, from home or onsite regardless of attending. The silent auction provides the public with a highlight overview of the festival artists.
Interested in applying to the 2015 Lakefront Festival of Art: direct application link
https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=3546
Non-refundable Entry Fee -- $35
Booth Fee -- $500
Corner Booth Fee -- additional $100, if available (assigned by lottery)
Important Dates
On Line Application Due
November 25, 2014 Midnight CDT
Notification to Artists (email & ZAPP)
January 16, 20145
Registration and Fee Due
February 13, 2015
Festival Information to Artists
May 8, 2015
Artist Load-In and Set-Up
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Lakefront Festival of Art
June 19, 20 and 21, 2015
Join us @milwaukeeart and Facebook.com/lakefrontfestivalofart.
Thank you for your interest in our festival, please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have. Best of luck to you in all your future artistic endeavors!