The inaugural ZAPP Conference for artists and art fair professionals will take place in Denver at the Curtis Hotel from Wednesday, August 19 through Friday, August 21, 2009. The conference agenda includes sessions and lectures on understanding image technology, tools for managing art businesses, strategies for dealing with a sluggish economy, the ZAPP jury process, organizing the art fair community, ZAPP system training and technical assistance, and more. The conference agenda, hotel information, and online registration are available by visiting www.zapplication.org and clicking the ZAPP conference information link. The ZAPP Conference will bring together artists, art fair directors and staff, consultants, and the ZAPP Team to learn more about best show practices and resources, receive hands-on training in everything from image formatting to ZAPP system procedures, and enjoy some time in the Mile High City and nearby Rocky Mountains. For additional information about the conference, please contact Lara Turner at lara.turner@westaf.org or Ryan Blum at ryan.blum@westaf.org.
ZAPP™ is brought to you by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), in partnership with eight art shows: Artigras, Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Bayou City Art Festivals, Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Lakefront Festival of Arts, MAIN ST. Forth Worth Arts Festival, Metris Uptown Art Fair, and St. James Court Art Show. The cultural organization, Celebrate Fairfax, Inc. is the ninth partner. ZAPP™ enables individual artists to apply online to multiple art shows through one central Web site, http://www.ZAPPlication.org. The online application process also allows artists to directly upload digital images of their artwork for jury review. The result is that all artwork in the system is in a consistent, high-quality, digital format. The digital images are presented to the jurors of each show and the system allows them to score online.
