Local Heritage Booths (in the Children's Park)

Thank you for your interest in participating in the Chain of Parks Art Festival!
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The Children's Park is an area within the Festival that provides opportunities for community connections to an estimated 35-40,000+ enthusiastic visitors! The purpose of this area is to provide a fun place to get children excited about art and promote organizations that celebrate the arts and local heritage in our community. This area is comprised of Pop-Up Art Studios, Interactive Art Vendors, Heritage Booths, and the historical Jacques Le Moyne Encampment with live reenactments! The Children's Park is a shady area for families to rest, get creative, enjoy snack foods, sing along to live entertainment, experiment with chalk art, and more! Over the last few years, visitors have been able to interact with the festival's namesake, Jacques Le Moyne, the first known European artist to sketch native Florida, in a 1560s living history encampment featuring actor interpretations and activities by Theater With A Mission. We would like to expand this educational offering to include other local heritage groups to tell their story! What is a Local Heritage Booth? 

• Located next to the Pop-up Studios (where organizations provide a children’s art activity and visually engaging booth), we will add several 10x10 white tents that are dedicated to sharing historical information about our region from different cultures. 
• In celebration of Tallahassee's Bicentennial, we are primarily interested in featuring local and regional heritage. We want visitors to learn about the history of our beautiful city, so we are primarily looking for applications that relate back to different cultures within our community. 
• Each tent should be decorated to represent your culture, offer educational materials, and an interactive activity of some kind. 
• You do not pay to participate so that you can provide staffing, decorations, and supplies.
• The festival provides a 10x10 white tent in the park, 2 tables, 4 chairs. You will be responsible for creating a welcoming and visually appealing space. 
• You are allowed to promote your organization through interactions with the kids and their families, free handouts, and branded decor. 
• History is complicated, so please be mindful that your booth and talking points are informative and inclusive. We don't want anyone to walk away feeling attacked or discriminated against. 

Your participation in the Festival provides the following benefits:

• Outreach opportunities to an estimated 35-40,000+ visitors interested in art
• Listing in the Festival Program distributed to hotels, sponsors, and at the festival
• Access to our “Behind the Scenes” refreshment area and 1 reserved Parking Pass
• Digital festival recognition for pre-show promotion

Important Dates:

• Application deadline: Feb. 1, 11:59pm (late applications will be considered if we have room.)
• Event Set-Up: Friday, April 19
• Event Dates: April 20 & 21
• Event Times: Saturday from 10am – 5pm, Sunday, from 10am – 4pm

 Requirements to participate:1.) As a participant, we agree to provide a no-charge art-themed/educational activity on both days of the two-day event and understand acceptance will be heavily based on the merit of our activity. 2.) To promote the Festival, we agree to ‘Like’ LeMoyne Chain of Parks Art Festival on Facebook. We agree to create at least 4 posts on Facebook/ Instagram about participation in the festival and tag us using @ChainofParks and #ChainofParks. 3.) Our organization agrees to not sell any products or charge for any services during our participation. 4.) We agree to make our booth look welcoming and visually engaging.  5.) Each Pop-up Studio must be operational during the entire festival for the Children’s Park to function. Participation during both days (Saturday and Sunday) at the festival is mandatory. If your organization cannot be there both days, you may be able to participate if you or the festival find another organization willing to occupy the tent on the other day. No-shows and unapproved abandonment are harmful to the festival. Please plan your day at the festival carefully. Upon acceptance to participate, the Festival Manager will communicate additional set-up information via Eventeny. Detailed setup information will be provided in late March/Early April 2024. WHO TO CONTACT:

• For Eventeny application errors/ questions: support@eventeny.com­­ 
• For festival questions: powell@lemoyne.org

Please make sure to save your Eventeny login information and add it to your contacts or check your junk mail for future messages via Eventeny. If you don't see anything by March 1, something has gone wrong! If you can't find any related Eventeny messages, email chainofparks@lemoyne.org 

The 24th Annual Chain of Parks Art Festival will be on April 20 & 21, 2024 FREE EVENT – No tickets are required Saturday, April 20: 10 am – 5 pm Sunday, April 21: 10 am – 4 pm Expect to have a first-class, fun-filled outdoor cultural experience at the Chain of Parks Art Festival, in downtown Tallahassee! View amazing, original, and one-of-a-kind works of art in a delightful Southern outdoor setting. Nationally ranked in the Top 100 Fine Art Festivals by Sunshine Artist Magazine for 11 years running, this annual two-day festival draws tens of thousands of people from the Big Bend Southeast region to see 150 artists who have traveled from all over the country to display their original fine art works. Known as the premier fine art event, visitors can view and purchase unique works of art while enjoying a weekend filled with a wide variety of live entertainment, mouth-watering culinary creations, libations served enthusiastically at the festival bar, local heritage re-enactments, family fun, interactive children’s art activities, professional chalk artists, and more! “The Chain of Parks Art Festival brings some of the nation’s top fine artists to the Capital City as a way to not only expand on the opportunity for regional art collectors but also introduce fine arts to those who may not have experienced it,” said Festival Chair Kelly Dozier. “The Festival committee and volunteers work hard to make this a fun and successful event for all, including the artists, and to be recognized among the top festivals in this way means the world to us.”

2024 GENERAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS & HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENTLEMOYNE ART FOUNDATION, INC. does NOT provide liability insurance for the protection of persons, vendors, entertainers, merchants, organizations, spectators or others who participate in any LEMOYNE ART FOUNDATION, INC. event.
 
In consideration of participating in the Chain of Parks Art Festival, I do hereby release and forever discharge LEMOYNE ART FOUNDATION, INC., its members, officers, employees, agents, servants, volunteers and sponsors from any and all actions, negligence, causes of actions, claims and demands, for any damage, loss or injury, which hereafter may be sustained by me or my organization in connection with or relating to any LEMOYNE ART FOUNDATION, INC. event.
 
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It is further understood and agreed that my/my organization’s participation in any LEMOYNE ART FOUNDATION, INC. event is not to be construed as an admission of liability or the assumption of any responsibility by LEMOYNE ART FOUNDATION, INC., its members, officers, employees, agents, servants, volunteers and/or sponsors for any act or omission by me or any member(s) of my organization.
 
I hereby agree on behalf of my organization, its heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns to indemnify LEMOYNE ART FOUNDATION, INC. and its members, officers, employees, agents, servants, volunteers and sponsors, jointly and severally, and to hold them harmless from and against any and all actions, negligence, claims, demands and liabilities, loss damages and expense of whatever kind or nature, including attorney fees, which may from any organizations participation in the LEMOYNE ART FOUNDATION, INC. event.
 
Furthermore, I agree that the venue for any claim or matter relating to this agreement shall be Leon County, Florida.
 
LEMOYNE ART FOUNDATION, INC., The City of Tallahassee and The Tallahassee Police Department reserve the right to remove any misrepresented or inappropriate material or persons from any LEMOYNE ART FOUNDATION, INC. event, including but not limited to, The Village. Non-compliance with Chain of Parks Art Festival’s directive, rules and/or regulations will result in the forfeiture of my/my organization’s booth and immediate closure by the Tallahassee Police Department and LEMOYNE ART FOUNDATION, INC.