Black Women's Arts Festival™ | 3721 Midvale Avenue | Philadelphia PA 19129-1743 USA
Tel: (215) 951-0330, ext. 2108 | Fax: (215) 951-0342 | Web: www.BWAFphilly.org,  Email: info@BWAFphilly.org 
 
 

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 BWAF 2005 feature: Misea Denea (left), Director of the Nzinga Arts Collective
 Get in on the
Early submissions now
Your submission helps grow
BWAF
and get the word out
about 2010!
BWAF Philly 2009 ended on 8/2/09 and is over. 
 We are now accepting artist submissions for BWAF 2010.
 
 For more information or email us at info@BWAFphilly.org.
 
If you don't have regular access to internet, please call us at (215) 951-0330, x.2108. Though we are primarily equipped to handle the volume of inquiries online, we will do our best to assist you.
We can also send you a paper application if you mail us a self-addressed, stamped envelope. (See the bottom of this page for our address.)
FOR BWAF 2010 ONLY:
 
 
PERFORMER
BWAF features: music, theatre, dance, comedy, and other types of performance art solely presented, or fronted by black women of all ages, backgrounds, etc.
From our feature/headline acts to our community enriching open mics, BWAF creates space for artists on various levels of accomplishment, so please be encouraged to share your work with the Philadelphia arts and culture-rich community that makes up the appreciative BWAF Philly audience.
Interested in learning more? View our new submission guidelines here.
 
VENDOR / ADVERTISER
Do you sell a product of interest to black women, girls, and our communities?
Are you a black female merchant or crafter? Are you a black female owned and operated business who would like to do outreach to the BWAF participants, volunteers, and supporters?
We have packages available from vending on the spot to advertising on our website.
**In the past vendor fees have been between $50-75 (6-8hrs), though we haven't yet set our 2010 prices. We try to keep our fees low so that our vendors can thrive!!
Check out our Vendor Submission Guidelines here or email us at:
BWAFphilly(at)yahoo.com.
 
EXHIBITOR/VISUAL ARTIST
BWAF Philly has shown visual multi-media creations by black female artists including painting, photography, sculpting and more.
If you'd like to show your work at BWAF, please check out our Artist Submission Guidelines here.
 
FILM/VIDEO
We LOVE film and video! Documentaries, feature-length, shorts, animation, 3D, music videos, and emerging genres, we are interested in presenting them all.
If you'd like to show your work at BWAF, please check out our Artist Submission Guidelines here.
 
WORKSHOP PRESENTER
BWAF is interested in enriching our own and surrounding communities through education about: health, finances, as well as arts-related matters from marketing your work to grantwriting.
If you teach yoga, want to do a workshop on hair braiding, loc twisting, beauty, arts and crafts, spirituality, or anything else that can be presented in a workshop, please view our Submission Guidelines for Workshop Presenters here.
 
WRITERS & POETS
BWAF is interested in the griots, writers, poets, prose makers, mc's, wordsmiths and more. If you spend hours crafting a good line, editing a phrase from 10 to 9 words; we are looking for you.
If you'd like to share your work at BWAF, please check out our Artist Submission Guidelines here.
 
VOLUNTEER / INTERN
BWAF is always interested in meeting future potential co-organizers and committee members. We also have small and simple tasks for the volunteer who is really busy and just wants to be a part of this very special event and growing Philadelphia institution.
If you'd like to know more about volunteer and intern opportunities, please click here.
 
GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL SPONSOR
Would you like to financially contribute to this year's BWAF in exchange for including your name and business in our promotional materials and website?
Please email us or call us at 215.951.0330, x2108. You can also find us at MySpace and/or at our Facebook Group.
 
 

The web address for all our BWAF 2010 Submission Applications is http://bwaf2010submissions.eventbrite.com/

 

 


Updated 9/28/09