Welcome to Portland's favorite arts festival
Art In The Pearl®, the annual arts festival, occurs every year on Labor Day weekend. Our 15th annual festival took place last September 3th to September 5th, 2011 and was definitely one of our best ever. Our next festival will occur on Sept. 1-3, 2012 in the Pearl District's North Park Blocks. Our festival has been named one of the top 10 Arts and Crafts Festivals in the country (source: Art Fair Source Book). Our festival fills the Northwest Portland Park blocks with art, theater, music, and hands-on activities for people of all ages.

Art In The Pearl® is a wonderful community event. Over one hundred artists show and sell work ranging from fine wooden furniture to beautiful paintings to photography, glass, clay, metal, jewelry, and much more!

To see a listing of our 2011 Artists please click here.

Artists:
If you are interested in applying for our 2012 show, our application deadline of February 15th, 2012 has now passed. Applications for our 2013 show will be accepted as of Dec. 1st., 2012. The newest information about applying will be posted on our artists pages at that time. You may also wish to sign up for our artists email list on the artists pages as well. click here.

Announcing our Jurors for the 2012 show:
John Benn / Ceramic
Carla Fox / Metalsmith, Jeweler
Donna Guardino / Gallery Owner - Guardino Gallery
Lisa Telling Kattenbraker / Fiber, Batik
Mary Lou Zeek / Gallery Owner - Mary Lou Zeek Gallery

Visit our Artist's Page for more information.

2011 Best of Show Winners
Announcing the winners of our Best of Show awards for 2011: This award is given by the Board of Art In The Pearl to signify distinguished excellence in craftsmanship, inventiveness and originality. This year our awards go to Grayson Malone, 3D Mixed Media; Alison O'Donoghue, Painting; and Stan Miller, Watercolor and Egg Tempera. Congratulations to all the artists for a great show this year!

Grayson Malone	Alison O'Donoghue	Stan Miller

Art, Music & Food too!
The new World Music Stage has a variety of music, and the education pavillion has hands-on art activities for children and adults. There is also delicious food for sale.

Location and Date
Art In The Pearl, is located in the Northwest Park blocks, between W Burnside and NW Glisan at NW 8th Ave in Portland, Oregon. [Map] The dates are always on Labor Day weekend in early September (Septembe r1st to September 3rd, 2012). Hours are 10am to 6pm Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 5pm on Monday.

Our Mission
Our mission is to produce a festival that presents art, education,
and entertainment in an interactive and comfortable environment.
We enrich our community by giving back, giving now, and giving forward.

Emerging Artists Program

The Emerging Artist Program is designed to assist Oregon and Washington artists who have minimal to no experience exhibiting and selling their artwork. Artists who are in the early stage of their art career, have made a recent career change to art, and/or recently decided to prioritize art above all else are encouraged to apply. Emerging artists may not have previously participated in more than four juried art shows. If you are interested in applying to our 2012 show, please check our site on or after December 1, 2011 for more information. (deadline is Feb. 15th, 2012).

	Visual Artists The application deadline for our 2012 show was February 15th, 2012. If you are interested in applying for our 2013 show please check our site after December 1st, 2012 for application information. Performance Artists The exciting new World Music Stage features local musicians with influences from all over the world. See the Entertainment page.		Volunteers Volunteers are always needed during the show. See the Volunteers page for details. Food Vendors We offer a wonderful selection of delicious food and beverages at Art In The Pearl. Menus and vendor information are on the Food page.		Sponsors We are always interested in partnering with local businesses to help our show continue to be one of the premier art shows in the west. If you are interested in helping to sponsor our show, see the Sponsor page for details.

 

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