Originality of the Artwork

Each year we put out an artist call and participating artists are selected by a peer-artist jury based on artistic intent, originality, feasability, past work and experience and contribution to artistic diversity. Selected artists are contracted to create original works for the festival. Sadly, this year, we were made aware that a participating artist copied their work from another non-participating artist. We have since notified both artists and taken other appropriate actions to hold the offending artist accountable, while attempting to reduce the harm to the original artist. We affirm our commitment to upholding the intellectual property rights of participating artists, and will work to ensure that this unfortunate incident provides an opportunity for learning, acknowledgement, reparations and grace.