Holiday Art Sale 2024
FREE ADMISSION - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Please join us at the 37th Annual Holiday Art Sale where you will find a wide selection of holiday gifts in all price ranges. All items are handmade by local artists.
The primary purpose of this sale is to assist the Art + Design Department in raising funds for student scholarships.
December 5-8, 2024 Holiday Art Sale
- Thursday, December 5: 4 pm - 8 pm
- Friday, December 6: 1pm - 8 pm
- Saturday, December 7: 1 pm - 8 pm
- Sunday, December 8: 1 pm - 6 pm
Doudna Fine Arts Center, Main Concourse
Holiday Art Sale 2023
($1,722 awarded for scholarships in Spring 2023!):
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Vendor Forms and Information:
EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ART+DESIGN
37th ANNUAL HOLIDAY ART SALE
PROCEDURES AND INFORMATION
I. ELIGIBILITY
• All Art Majors
• All faculty members in the Art+Design Department
• All area artists
II. LOCATION: Doudna Fine Arts Center – Main concourse
III. DATES AND TIMES:
• November 15 – Deadline for submitting application to Art+Design Department
• December 3 or December 4 – Dates for delivering artwork to Doudna Fine Arts Center
• NOTE: Any special arrangements must be made in advance by calling LeAnn at
581-6060 or 581-3410.
- December 5 - 4:00pm - 8:00pm
- December 6 and 7 - 1:00am - 8:00pm
- December 8 - 1:00pm - 6:00pm
- • December 6 – Date to pick up unsold work from Doudna Fine Arts Center, Rm. 1710/1910
- 9am-4pm. NOTE: Any special arrangements must be made in advance by calling LeAnn at
- 581-6060.
- IV. CONDITIONS OF THE SALE:
- The primary purpose of this sale is to assist the Art+Design Department in raising funds for Art+Design
- scholarships: a commission of 40% (20% for EIU students) will be retained from the sale price of each work
- sold. This commission will be contributed to the Art+Design Department. The sale will be supervised by the
- Art+Design Department with the assistance of volunteers. Artists participating in the sale are not required
- to be present during the sale. On the date for picking up unsold work, each artist will receive a summary
- sheet indicating the results of their sales. A check for all works sold will be sent to the artist within
- approximately four weeks of the sale.
- V. NUMBER OF WORKS:
- Each artist may submit up to 100 works. All artists will be equally represented in the sale.
- Each work of art will be labeled by the Art+Design Department with the artist’s ID# and sale price.
- VI. ART FORMS:
- The sale will include drawings, prints, watercolors, photographs, ceramics, jewelry, small sculpture, and
- contemporary craft items. All artwork must be original and handmade by the artist participating in the sale.
- All matted items must be covered with acetate. The EIU Art Department reserves the right to refuse any
- entries which do not conform to these specifications, or which are deemed unsuitable or inappropriate for this
- sale.
- VII. APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
- Artists interested in participating in the sale must complete the application form above and return it to the
- following address by November 15, 2024: You may also choose to email it to (lrdaubs@eiu.edu).
- Holiday Art Sale
- Department of Art+Design
- Eastern Illinois University 600 Lincoln Avenue
- Charleston, IL 61920
- Questions about the sale? Contact LeAnn Daubs: lrdaubs@eiu.edu