The Carmel International Arts Festival (CIAF) has given an outlet for artists for more than 20 years.
The two-day event has taken place in the Carmel Arts & Design District every year since 2006, regularly bringing in about 30,000 attendees to listen to live music, grab a bite to eat and purchase artwork from around the globe.
But due to COVID-19, the 2020 edition of the popular festival won’t be taking place in person.
While the in-person event will return Sept. 25-26, 2021, CIAF organizers have put together an online festival for 2020 to showcase artists. The online event continues through the month of September.
“I am so incredibly proud of the efforts being made by our team to promote all of the 2020 artists that should be lining Main Street the last weekend of this month,” CIAF Executive Director Rachel Ferry said. “We have taken extra efforts to highlight all of the artists on our social media platforms as well as providing links to buy directly from them on our own website. In just this last week, we see the amazing online engagement and we know this festival will be missed. We can’t wait to be back next September!”
Normally, the in-person festival would feature 150 artists from all over the world in nine different mediums: 2D, 3D, Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Jewelry, Painting, Photography, and Wood. Each artist has submitted his or her work and a jury has selected the artists who will present their works at the festival.
Ferry said she knows that the cancellation of the festival is a financial disappointment for artists who sell their creations in Carmel year after year. Because CIAF is a nonprofit committed to supporting the arts, Ferry said the board knew they wanted to find a way to showcase these artists and help them sell their artwork during these difficult times.
No mass-produced work is allowed in any category, and in some cases each piece must be signed by the artists.
More than 100 artists are participating in the following mediums:
- Original Two-Dimensional Design: Drawing, Collage, Etching, Mixed Media, Pastels, Wax Crayon.
- Original Three-Dimensional Design: Garden Art, Metal Work, Sculpture, Stone.
- Ceramics: Original, one-of-a-kind functional work made of clay, porcelain, or raku.
- Fiber: All work must be hand-made and original. Fiber sculptures, rugs, and tapestries are included and must be fabricated by the artist.
- Glass: Original three-dimensional work in glass (non-jewelry) created by the artist’s hand using blowing, casting, cold working processes, kiln forming, and molding.
- Jewelry: Hand-made, original jewelry only, using precious metals and/or gem quality stones. Beads must be fabricated by the artist and photos of the process must be available upon request.
- Painting: Original, one-of-a-kind compositions using watercolor, oil or acrylic paints applied to canvas, paper, panel, or other two-dimensional surfaces.
- Photography: Includes all photographic prints made from the artist’s original negative or digital image processing, which have been processed by the artist under his or her direct supervision. Photographers are required to disclose both their creative and printing processes. Work in this media category must be limited editions (less than 250), signed and numbered on archival quality materials.
- Wood: Original, hand-crafted wood items that are functional, sculptural, and/or decorative of original design by the artist, created and hand crafted by the artist through carved, hand- tooled, machine-worked traditional and contemporary woodworking techniques.
Here’s a list of the artists featured:
2D
- Margaret Luttrell
- Ila Catherine Hofacker
- Amy Ferguson
- Gabriel Lehman
- Marie Rust
- Sally Austin
- Anne Wooster
- Kate Tillman
- Geoffrey Harris
- Mark Mohrenweiser
- Tyler Voorhees
- Taylor Mazer
- Jerry Mannell
- Alex Grimmer
- Armik Malekian
- Jurate Phillips
- David Frohbieter
3D
- Skeeter Aschinger
- John Thies
- Troy Anderson
- Denny Wainscott
- Jim Babala
- Robert McPherson
- Chas Gerding
- Don Lawler
- Bill Thelen
- Anthony Slichenmyer
- Ryan Slattery
- J Collin Brown
Ceramics
- Jill Tortorella
- Tanya Leslie
- Larry Spears
- Judy DeGan
- Scott and Jenny Martin
- Melisa Zimmerman
- Brian Moore
- Audry Deal-McEver
- Glenn Woods
- Kaname Takada
- Michael Kifer
- Jason Parsley
- Stephanie Pierson- Hutson
- Victor and Megan Huston-Field
- Jeremy Keller
- Tim Peters
- Jennifer Meeker
Fiber
- Guiteau Lanoue
- Pat Kroth
- Ann McCann
- Amos Amit
- Kent Epler
- Ruby Ballard-Harris
- Diane Perry
- Carol Caron
- Lisa Berry
- Irena Saparnis
Glass
- Collette Fortin
- Lisa Mote
- Alan Sievers
- Chris Corrie
- Michael Thompson
- Charlene Heilman
- Mark Wagar
- Douglas Becker
- George Machart
- Chris McCarthy
Jewelry
- Michael Vagner
- Deborah Bames
- Mark Grosser
- Megan Horan
- Julie Matos
- Nicole Zeman
- Sher Berman
- Zenia Lis
- Martha Banting
- A. Denise Rollings-Martin
- Claudia Carreon
- Dawn Middleton
- Claudia Winter
- Roger & Renae Poer
- Linnea Lahlum
- Judy Goskey
Wood
- Mark Waninger
- Ryan Miller
- R.C. Sanford
- Andrew Burian
- Woody Smith
- Ed Bladen
- Neil Kemarly
- Robert Hoshaw
- Thomas Dumke
- Steven Munn
- Nicholas Vidakovic
Painting
- Michael Steddum
- George Ceffalio
- Kwang Cha Brown
- Brooke Albrecht
- Karen Watson-Newlin
- Randall Harden
- Mark Gates
- Elaine Lanoue
- Chris Hartsfield
- Soo Chang
- Derek Collins
- Emma Overman
- Shannon Godby
- Wendy Franklin
- Dick Close
- Robert Bridges
- Amy Huisinga
- Barbara Rush
- Stephanie McDairmant
- Su Abbott
- Rahmon Olugunna
- Galina Herndon
- Chris Klassen
Photography
- Kyle Spears
- Matthew Platz
- John Weller
- Tom Lazar
- Scott Johnson
- Darren Olson
- Xavier Nuez
- Craig Roderick