The August in Art Festival is
organized by the City Art
Gallery – Varna, the Georgi
Velchev Art Museum with the
Regional Historical Museum of
Varna, August in Art Foundation
and a curator team of art
critics and artists elected by
the organizer institutions.
The curator team offers the
concept and the project for each
festival edition, attracts
guest-curators and experts,
invites personally the artists
chosen for participation,
selects and coordinates the
offers and participation of the
museums and the private
galleries, carries out the
festival.
The criteria for participation
in the August in Art Festival
are mainly related to the proven
creative abilities and the high
level professionalism of the
visual expression, the vivid
modern thinking and the
innovative artistic
interpretation.
Private galleries apply on
their own for participation in
the festival and they take
consideration of the character,
goals and criteria of the forum.
The projects they offer are
evaluated and accepted or
rejected by the curator team.
The August in Art Festival
presents for two months (August
and September) about 100 of the
most renowned Bulgarian artists
and about 25 foreign guests in
over 30 exhibitions and artistic
events, located in over 20
museums, private galleries and
other spaces in Varna.
The exhibitions and accompanying
events are opened within ten
days - from the 7 until the 17
of August. The forum takes place
once in two years, and in the
year without a festival, a
theoretical symposium is
organized.
The August in Art initiative is
supported by the National Art
Gallery-Sofia, the Union of the
Bulgarian Artists and a
consultative council
comprising renowned Bulgarian
authors.
At this stage the festival is
financed mainly by Varna
Municipality, which regards the
August in Art Festival as one of
the most significant cultural
forums it supports and promotes.
Additional financing comes from
the National Centre for Museums,
Galleries and Arts with the
Ministry of Culture, from state
institutions, from international
projects and programs, from
foundations and private
sponsors, from the participating
galleries and museums.