The Camano Island Chamber of Commerce organizes the very popular Northwest Glass Quest event every February. This 10 day event draws visitors from far and wide to search for “clueballs” (3 inch plastic balls) in participating businesses and local parks - those who are lucky enough to find a clueball are given a beautiful hand blown glass ball. Clueballs are hidden throughout Camano Island and Stanwood, WA. The event has grown in popularity every year and in 2024 we had over 400 glass balls to award to lucky “questers”. For the past 15 years we have purchased the glass balls from Glass Quest Studio (Mark and Marcus Ellinger) however due to a change in their business they will not be able to produce the amount of glass balls we need for the event. The 2025 event will be held from February 14th-23rd and due to the large scale and scope of the event we begin our marketing and registration in September.
We are currently seeking glass artists who are able to produce glass balls that meet our requirements noted below. Ideally we would be able to select a variety of artists and part of the “thrill of the hunt” would be for questers to wonder “which artist’s glass ball” they found during the event. Please note that when indicating the maximum amount of glass balls you would like to produce in the form below this is not a guarantee and a final estimated number will be provided for you in the contract stage.
PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE CALL FOR ART DOCUMENT PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF THIS APPLICATION. Applicants must meet all requirements outlined in the Call for Art document to have application accepted.
IN ADDITION TO THIS APPLICATION PLEASE EMAIL PHOTOS OF ARTWORK SAMPLES TO CHAMBER@CAMANOISLAND.ORG PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 1, 2024.
