Following a year on the sidelines, the weeklong street exhibition has been returned to the program due to popular demand, with about 20 businesses in Emu Bay Road set to decorate their shopfronts with Tasmanian artwork. 

WOAD curator Bec Watson, part of a six-strong working group charged with organising the exhibition, said businesses were keenly anticipating the chance to contribute to the November long weekend festival.

“We made that decision before the craft fair last year and people really missed it, they missed the vibrancy to the town and they missed seeing the artists and the artwork and all those things that add a real festival flavour,” Mrs Watson said. 

“What we're trying to do this year is really give Tasmanian artists who are keen to exhibit their work an opportunity where so many people are going to come past - really trying to make it a more obvious exhibition for artists.”

After Deloraine artist Niecy Brown founded the exhibition for Arts Deloraine’s 30^th birthday, the WOAD window displays became a regular fixture of the craft fair before taking a year off in 2015.

Arts Deloraine member Sean Manners said this year’s art instalment would not just be confined to shop windows, with plans to erect new street decorations and reinterpret old attractions. 

“We have a whole series of street sculptures that were done around 2002, they're all aluminium sculptures and thousands of people take photographs of them,” Mr Manners said.

“We're commissioning a local artist to create a sign that'll go in the main street to tell the story of those sculptures, so we’re highlighting (pieces) that are already there as well.”

Organisers will take submissions from Tasmanian artists until September 2, with successful artists to be notified by October 7.

Artworks will be displayed in participating businesses between November 3 and November 8.

For more information or to submit work, email rebec.watson@gmail.com