Will your design appear onthis year's T-shirts and posters?
Spokane Fall Folk Festival is Calling for Artwork
The Festival is seeking graphic designs for promotional material and items for sale, such as programs, posters, T-shirts, buttons, and other advertising, for the upcoming 2024 Fall Folk Festival, which will be held on November 9 and 10 at Spokane Community College.
The design should reflect the spirit of the Festival, “29 Years of Celebrating Spokane’s Cultural Diversity.” Elements of Spokane’s diversity, history, and landmarks may be included in the design but are not required. Artwork will be judged on design quality, color, originality, and ease of use in multiple graphic forms.
The contest aims to select a single graphic design for use online, in print, on T-shirts, and buttons. Flexibility is necessary; the design must be able to resize easily, look good in black and white and in color, and be suitable for high-quality printing.
Entrants must ensure that their entries are not similar to existing copyrighted images.
The Fall Folk Festival is sponsoring the contest, which is open to all. The winner will receive $250 for their contribution. The selected design will become the property of the Spokane Folklore Society, and we may use design elements independently for the applications indicated above.
The general parameters for your submission and design are as follows:
Parameters that are specific to the poster are as follows:
Parameters that are specific to the T-shirt are as follows:
Parameters that are specific to the button design are as follows:
On our website, you will find pictures and descriptions of past Festivals and Festival artwork.
You can email your submissions to [email protected] or mail them to Spokane Fall Folk Festival, PO Box 9768, Spokane, WA 99209.
Submissions must be submitted or postmarked by 11:59 pm on Monday, July 1, 2024.
The Spokane Folklore Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) volunteer organization that promotes folk art traditions in the Spokane area. The Fall Folk Festival is a two-day, free community event that showcases the diversity of local talent, including musicians, dancers, and craftspeople.
The Festival is seeking graphic designs for promotional material and items for sale, such as programs, posters, T-shirts, buttons, and other advertising, for the upcoming 2024 Fall Folk Festival, which will be held on November 9 and 10 at Spokane Community College.
The design should reflect the spirit of the Festival, “29 Years of Celebrating Spokane’s Cultural Diversity.” Elements of Spokane’s diversity, history, and landmarks may be included in the design but are not required. Artwork will be judged on design quality, color, originality, and ease of use in multiple graphic forms.
The contest aims to select a single graphic design for use online, in print, on T-shirts, and buttons. Flexibility is necessary; the design must be able to resize easily, look good in black and white and in color, and be suitable for high-quality printing.
Entrants must ensure that their entries are not similar to existing copyrighted images.
The Fall Folk Festival is sponsoring the contest, which is open to all. The winner will receive $250 for their contribution. The selected design will become the property of the Spokane Folklore Society, and we may use design elements independently for the applications indicated above.
The general parameters for your submission and design are as follows:
- Anyone may enter the graphic design contest.
- Individuals may only submit one design for consideration.
- You may submit your artwork using a vector (for example, .eps, .ai, or .cdr) or a raster (for example, .jpeg, .png, or .gif) graphics file format. Regardless of whichever format you use for your submission, please also provide the design in a .jpeg format for viewing by the design selection committee.
- Save the image at a resolution that will retain clarity when we enlarge the image during judging.
- We recommend that the designer submit examples of how their design or elements of the design may appear on a poster, T-shirt, and button.
- The designer must include the following words in the fundamental design: “Spokane,” “Fall Folk Festival”, and “2024”.
Parameters that are specific to the poster are as follows:
- The size of the poster is 11” wide x 17” tall.
- The designer must include the following additional words in the poster design: “Spokane Folklore Society Presents,” “Spokane Fall Folk Festival,” “29 Years of Celebrating Our Cultural Diversity”, “Saturday, November 9, 11:00 am to 10:00 pm and Sunday, November 10, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm”, “Spokane Community College, Lair Student Center, 1810 N Greene Street”, “FREE ADMISSION / FREE PARKING”, “LIVE KPBX (91.1 FM) Radio Broadcast - 11:00 am to 1:00 pm”.
- We will provide sponsors’ information as we approach the Festival. The sponsors’ names and logos must appear in a footer at the bottom of the poster.
Parameters that are specific to the T-shirt are as follows:
- The T-shirt design will appear centered on the front of the T-shirt.
- The designer may use a maximum of four (4) colors in the design.
- Remember, this is our 29th Anniversary of the Festival.
- Your suggestions for T-shirt colors are welcome.
Parameters that are specific to the button design are as follows:
- We may use small portions of the design or individual design elements as an image on the buttons to be sold as a fundraiser at the Festival. Additionally, we may use the same or similar design elements for the performer buttons given away as souvenirs to the performing artists and vendors.
On our website, you will find pictures and descriptions of past Festivals and Festival artwork.
- You can view previous T-shirts on our Festival T-Shirt Archive page.
- You may view earlier posters on our Poster Archive page.
- You may view previous button designs on our Festival Button Archive page.
You can email your submissions to [email protected] or mail them to Spokane Fall Folk Festival, PO Box 9768, Spokane, WA 99209.
Submissions must be submitted or postmarked by 11:59 pm on Monday, July 1, 2024.
The Spokane Folklore Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) volunteer organization that promotes folk art traditions in the Spokane area. The Fall Folk Festival is a two-day, free community event that showcases the diversity of local talent, including musicians, dancers, and craftspeople.
