Article Index
Artist Alley Tables and Rates
Sharing and At-Con Badge Policy
Submission Approval and Registering
Cancellation Policy
Copyright Policies
Adult Materials
Confirmed Artists

Artist Alley is open to artists, modelers, high school/college/anime/manga clubs, individuals who do not have a business licenses and small art organizations who wish to sell pre-drawn art, demonstrate the creation of new art, take commissions, or display their works. Artist Alley is for showcasing an exhibitor’s personal work, therefore the sale of commercial merchandise is restricted to the Dealers’ Room.

Artist Alley Registration is Open!

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Artist Alley Tables and Rates

Each space in the Artist Alley includes a 6’ x 2.5’ table and two chairs. Artists may reserve a maximum limit of two tables. Exhibitors may configure their space as they like so long as it does not interfere with other exhibitors or violate fire codes (which includes, but is not limited to, moving a table into and impeding traffic flow of the hallway, not leaving a 1’ gap between tables of other artists and your own, or creating walls of any sort that come within 2’ of the ceiling).

Rates for Artist Alley are $45 for each space. Registration for a space in Artist Alley includes one (1) membership for Tsubasacon 2010. Spaces will be assigned by the Artist Alley Coordinator but requests may be considered as to location.

Electrical sockets may be requested, but due to safety concerns (tripping, electrical, and fire hazards) the Artist Alley Coordinator must be made aware of the need before the convention due to the small amount of sockets available. Please note, not every artist will have access to power and those ‘sharing’ with neighbors may be asked to leave the Artist Alley.

Sharing and At-Con Badge Policy

Artists who wish to share a table with another attendee, or groups who wish to display their artwork together, must designate one person to be their leader. This leader should fill out the registration for their group, indicating the number of members who may be in attendance at the table during the weekend, listing names and email addresses. Each of the other members will then need to register for Tsubasacon 2010 either with 3-Day Pre-Registration, or At-Door Registration, but must have a badge in order to be at the table. This also includes anyone just “watching” the table for the weekend, if they are in the alley, they must have a badge, even if they do not plan to attend other events during the weekend.

Submission Approval and Registering

All artists/groups wishing to register for an Artist Alley table must first submit the Artist Alley Form. Include all information specified, including links to examples of your artwork (deviantART, Facebook, Photobucket, or a personal websites are all accepted), or in an email to the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , you may attach example photos/artwork (JPGs, GIFs, PNGs accepted).

Examples of artwork do NOT have to encompass everything you are bringing, but must be an accurate representation of what you may sell during the weekend. Artwork may include (but is not limited to) original paintings, prints, bookmarks, postcards, stickers, doujinshi (comics), sewn items, woodworking, plastic/clay works, and fanart. Full cosplay costumes or printed T-shirts will not be accepted in the artist alley this year and interested parties are asked to apply with the Dealer’s room. Smaller items such as props and accessories like hats, scarves, tote-bags, gloves and jewelry will be accepted.

Note: Quality of artwork is NOT a factor in whether you will be accepted or denied an Artist Alley table.  Rather, we are looking for copyright violations (see below for more details), adult content, and items that may be better suited to the Dealer's Room.

Once your submission is approved, the Artist Alley Coordinator will send you a confirmation email. The Coordinator will hold your reservation until payment is received. All payments must be received before July 31, 2010. After which date the table will be given to other interested parties.

Payment can be made online using EventBrite: Artist Alley Registration. (EventBrite charges an additional $1 processing fee, which is separate from Tsubasacon's registration fee.) No payments will be accepted without an approved registration form and will be returned.

Payment may also be made in the form of personal check, certified/cashier’s check, money order or postal money order. Please make checks and money orders payable to Tsubasacon.

Mail payments along with a copy of your acceptance letter to:

Tsubasacon
ATTN: Artist Registration
P.O. Box 340902
Columbus, OH 43234-0902

Any returned checks will be subject to a $20 processing fee.

Cancellation Policy

Artist Alley tables cannot be cancelled after August 30, 2010. No refunds will be given after this date.

Copyright Policies

Tsubasacon strives to obey all copyright laws, which means that Artists may only sell artwork which is under their sole ownership.  Artists may not sell anything of a commercially licensed nature, including (but not limited to) DVDs, published books, CDs, licensed memorabilia, etc that is not their own.  Artists who have self-published media, (such as small doujinshi/comics/pocket-books, etc) and hold their own licenses are excluded from this limitation.  Fanart may be sold, but must be drawn/sewn/created by the artist to reflect his/her own personal style.  Items created from copyrighed or licensed items (such as using magazines for decopage, trading cards into accessories, printed images from the internet made into buttons) may be judged on a case-by-case basis and must be submitted to the Artist Alley Coordinator before attending the convention.

Artists also have the sole right to their artwork.  They have permission to allow or deny any photographs, video/digital recording, or copying of their artwork at any time and may alert convention staff to any violations of their personal copyrights. 

Adult Materials

Tsubasacon 2010 is a family friendly convention. Therefore, we ask that exhibitors with adult material, please ensure that minors do not have access to such works. We ask that exhibitors check the ID of minors before they show or purchase any works of this nature. The acceptability of displays of adult material is at the sole discretion of the Artist Alley Coordinator, but may include printed profanity, nudity, depictions of lewd acts, use of drugs or extreme violence. Failure to comply with warnings may result in removal from Artist Alley with forfeiture of all fees.

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Confirmed Artists

• Michael Mayne
  
• Gina Biggs
  
• Writers of the Apocalypse