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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!): 

Holiday Art Sale 2021      Snowman     .     

Santa      Grinch                            

Want to sell your wares at the Holiday Art Sale? Register Here      

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
 

 

 

 

 

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Contact Information

Art Department

Doudna Fine Arts Center
600 Lincoln Ave.
Charleston, IL 61920
217-581-3410
artdept@eiu.edu


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