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Art to meet the sky in downtown Hendersonville

Forty banners will hang from posts downtown next spring.

By Bill Moss, Published: October 26, 2016

The ArtScape Hendersonville Committee, the Art League of Henderson County, the Arts Council of Henderson County and Downtown Hendersonville is seeking sponsors for the 2017 ArtScape banners, a new public art project downtown.

The sponsors are inviting local artists and artisans to participate in the juried art competition, Where Art Meets the Sky. Selected artwork will be reproduced on 40 banners that will then hang on posts on Hendersonville’s Main Street and Avenues for a year beginning in April of 2017. The project’s objective is to create an outdoor gallery experience helping to make Hendersonville an art destination.
After viewing a similar exhibit in Old Town Winchester, Va., Hendersonville artist Costanza Knight saw the display as an opportunity to showcase the arts here.
Sponsorship opportunities will help finance ArtScape. The cost of the banner sponsorship is $175 if paid by Dec. 31 and $200 after that. The banners will become the property of the sponsors and will be given to them at the end of the yearlong display in March of 2018. Sponsorship applications are available online at the Arts Council website www.acofhc.org. For more information about sponsorships, email artdog@miriamhughes.com. The ArtScape Hendersonville Facebook page and website is scheduled to launch next week.
In December the committee will call for artists ages 18 to submit work for this project. Submissions will be juried by a panel made up of art professionals. The artwork will be photographed and digitally transferred directly onto 36x24-inch vinyl banners. The artist’s work and name will appear on both sides of the banners along with that of the sponsor of the banner.
In April, in addition to the installation of the banners, the artwork used to create the banners will be displayed at two local galleries during an opening reception. The artwork will be for sale at that time.
For more information contact Costanza Knight at knightcolor@gmail.com.