The 2024 edition of the Broome Art Guide is coming soon!
FAQs:
What is the Broome Art Guide 2024 Edition?
- An annual pictorial narrative featuring artists and arts organizations unique to Broome County
- A 6 x 6, 80-page, full color, high quality, printed collectible booklet
- Expanded from the 2020 Binghamton Art Guide to encompass the entire county
- An extension of the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Edition
- To be released in fall 2024
- Free and available to the public
Who can be in the Broome Art Guide?
- Visual artists, musicians, studios, galleries, arts educational centers, exhibiting arts groups, performance spaces, museums, performing arts centers, and cultural centers
- Must be living, working or exhibiting in Broome County
- Artists must have previously exhibited a body of work with 5 or more pieces, released an album, or have been published in an arts publication
- Retail artists must be established online or at a physical site
- If applicable, please provide a link to a website, exhibition page or ecommerce store
- Nominal fee required for features
- Limited ad space available for local business sponsors
- Front and back cover feature consideration available to artists purchasing a full page or greater at no additional cost thanks to local business sponsors
- Selections for the Broome Art Guide are limited. Featured participants are at the discretion of BCAC.
Where will the Broome Art Guide 2024 Edition be distributed?
Post-release in fall 2024, the Broome Art Guide will be distributed to:
- All artist and arts organization participants
- BCAC’s office and gallery spaces during monthly exhibitions
- Monthly First Friday locations
- Regional Council of the Arts partners
- Regional galleries, art studios, and artisanal shops
- Binghamton University public spaces, such as the Art Museum, University Union, Dean of Students office, Commuter Lounge, Art Co-op, and the Downtown Center
- SUNY Broome Community College art department
- Relocation welcome packages provided through the Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce and Binghamton University
- Regional colleges and university art departments
- Mayors’ offices of Broome County municipalities and members of the Broome County Legislature
- Local businesses and organizations, such as MediaBrush Marketing, Cornell Cooperative Extension, public libraries, Vestal Museum, YWCA, NoMa, Broome County Council of Churches, M&T Bank, and downtown Binghamton hotels
The Broome Art Guide is modeled after the annual catalogue of artists and galleries showcased each year in Provincetown, MA – a town renowned for its tourism around arts culture. The Ptown Gallery Stroll, similar to Binghamton’s First Friday Art Walk, produces the Provincetown Art Guide each year – an historical, cultural, collectible catalogue.
Funding for the Broome Art Guide is provided by The Stewart W. and Willma C. Hoyt Foundation
