2024 Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition

As part of the annual Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition’s jury process, artists from across the United States and several foreign countries will submit digital images of their work to be juried by January 20. The link to Zapplication to apply to the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition will go live here on or around Thanksgiving.

In February, a panel reviews the images using the Zapplication remote jury process and the artists receiving the highest scores are accepted into the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition.

To encourage and support the visual arts on a regional basis, the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition offers an in-person jurying for artists whose primary residence is in the following Central Pennsylvania counties: Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin and Union. Through the Central Pennsylvania Division of the Sidewalk Sale, many artists have been introduced to exhibiting at juried outdoor shows. All exhibitors in the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition are subject to the same rules, pay the same fees, and are eligible for the same awards.

The 2024 Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition hours are: Thursday, July 11 through Saturday, July 13, 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Sunday, July 14, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Our jurors visit each exhibitor during the Festival as part of the jury process and subsequently award $20,000 in prize money. These award winners are announced at the awards ceremony at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday during the Festival, at the Allen Street Stage.  

The 2024 Jurors are:

Korean-born glass artist Eunsuh Choi is a portrait artist, whose flameworked pieces are personal narratives, portraits of her own moments of growth. Choi arrived in the U.S. having already completed a Master’s degree in glass from Kookmin University (S. Korea), but determined to pursue further glass education. Eunsuh Choi uses flameworking techniques to create objects and installations composed of intricately fused glass threads.

Ellen Owens is the Director of the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, providing strategy and vision while leading fundraising and collaboration efforts. She is passionate about making museums welcoming learning spaces for diverse public audiences. Owens currently teaches Museum Studies at Niagara University and sits on the Executive Committee for The Print Center board and the Frank Lloyd Wright Darwin Martin House board. Owens graduated with honors from Penn State University, earning a BA in Art Education and a BFA in Painting and Drawing. She received her MA in Museum Education from the University of the Arts and Executive Leadership certificates from the Getty Leadership Institute, University of Pennsylvania, and Bryn Mawr College.

Wayne Werner is a visionary goldsmith and performing artist from Maryland. He has participated in over 350 shows and taught over 100 workshops internationally. Werner has been around the globe studying metalsmithing. His work is inspired by ancient fertility Gods and traditional techniques. Career highlights include awards from the world gold council, demonstrating in museums, and a 17-year tenure at the Maryland Institute college of Art. Werner is a veteran of CPFA, and has won “Best of show” on more than one occasion. When not at the jeweler’s bench, he can be found playing vintage lap steel guitars and blistering harmonica with some of the areas finest musicians. 

Sophie Brenneman is a visual artist, poet, and educator. She earned her BFA in Drawing & Painting from The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS, and her MFA from The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA. She is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Visual Art at Penn State Altoona, and the Coordinator for the Visual Art Studies Program. 

Artist Jerry Bennett works in porcelain paper clay. He attended Southwest Missouri State University, where earning a Bachelor of Fine Art, and earned a Master of Fine Art in Studio Ceramics from Indiana University. His work explores form, texture, and pattern as they interact with light in translucent porcelain. Using very thin high-fired porcelain, Bennett forms each piece individually by hand-building and painting the surface with engobes or colored clay, hand-painted and fired under a clear glaze. No attempt is made to make the floral pattern look realistic or life-like. The pattern, color, and line are the vital part of the decoration.  

See the artists in the 2024 Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition

We have over 300 artists in almost 20 categories, something for every taste and budget!

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