Upcoming Deadlines - APPLY TODAY!
Upcoming Deadlines - APPLY TODAY!
The jewelry category is
now closed. Jewelry applications accepted for wait list only.
If you are going to do
any show in Boca this year, this is it! Combine the Boca
art buyers with the
affluence and aesthetic beauty of Boca Raton and you have a great show!
Considered by many to
be Boca’s #1 event, it is our longest running event!
The show is closed to
the jewelry category. Jewelry applications will be accepted for wait list only.
Many artists prefer this
downtown Tampa area Main Street. There is less competition as this show
hosts approximately 150
fine artists. Dunedin is a suburb of Tampa Bay and is just north of Clearwater.
The area boasts upscale
demographics.
Show is currently
closed to Jewelry & Clothing. Jewelry & Clothing applications will
be
accepted for Wait List
Only.
For more than two
decades, Miami Avenue comes alive with this annual craft event.
Located in prime
downtown real estate, this craft festival has fantastic exposure.
Jury Fee: $24.00
Event
Dates: 9/28/2013 - 9/29/2013
One of the wealthiest
areas in America, the Museum is the most prestigious cultural institution
on Long Island, well
known and conveniently located. This show comes with an almost
exclusively upscale
audience of affluent and educated buyers, high per capita sales,
tented and out of
doors, 24 hour security, free and secure parking, moderately priced
and comfortable
accommodations. Each craft category is carefully balanced.
Cedar Key's 49th annual
fine arts festival April 13 & 14, from 10 am to 5 pm is hosted by
the Cedar Key Arts
Center. Artists will have their work displayed on Historic 2nd Street
and compete for over
$18,000 in prize money and purchase awards during this juried event.
Last year over 25,000
visitors came see this fantastic event and to purchase one of a kind fine art.
Only local non-profits
sell food in City Park, and it includes some of the freshest seafood you can
find.
We will also have
music, sidewalk chart and face painting in the park. Crossing Cedar Key's
Number 4 Bridge is like
stepping back in time to Old Florida. Cedar Key is located 60 miles SW of
Gainesville at the end
of State Road 24.
Place: Downtown Austin,
TX in the 2ND Street Retail and Shopping District
Time: Saturday, April
13: 10 am-6 pm, Sunday, April 14: 11 am-6 pm
Admission: Available at
the door--$8 Adults, Children 12 and under free
Communication: Mailing
Address: Art Alliance Austin, PO Box 5705, Austin, TX 78763
Phone: 512-458-6073
Email:
max@artallianceaustin.org
Website:
www.artallianceaustin.org
WHY ART CITY AUSTIN?
Art City Austin
Festival takes place in the heart of downtown Austin and in the 2ND Street
Retail
and Shopping District.
In the past year alone, over 500 residential units have been added in
downtown – and all are
within 3 blocks of the festival site. This unprecedented growth in Austin
has the city ranked as
the 2nd fasted growing metro in the nation! Art City Austin: downtown's art
festival takes
advantage of this growth by positioning itself in the heart of it all.
We invite you to meet
your collectors in Austin!
In excess of 25,000 art
enthusiasts from the region and nation are expected at the 63rd annual
Art City Austin
Festival.
Art City Austin
Festival is presented by Art Alliance Austin, a non-profit organization with a
full time professional
staff, Board of Directors and more than 800 community volunteers.
Proceeds from the event
provide funding for artist and community programs.
The 37th Annual
American Crafts Festival takes place at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,
one of the most
prestigious arts centers in the world. That association has always connoted the
highest level of
craftsmanship which attracts, year after year, a very large, astute, and
enthusiastic
audience capable of
supporting beautiful work at all price points.
The show takes place on
two consecutive weekends, June 8,9 and June 15, 16, 2013.
You can apply to either
or both weekends.
The annual American
Crafts Festivals at Lincoln Center traditionally host over 100,000
visitors each and are
consistently the best crafts festivals in the New York City and tri-state
metropolitan area. In
addition to robust sales, often-exceeding $15,000 per weekend per capita,
significant wholesale
purchases have also been made at this event. Record sales due to visitors
from the entire
Megalopolis have made this the event of choice in the New York Area. New
Yorkers,
suburbanites, tourists
and theater constituents all contribute to these banner sales. In addition,
presents for
weddings, graduation and Father's Day are timely contributions.
The overwhelmingly
successful Autumn Crafts Festival at Lincoln Center is back! With the American
Crafts Festival at
Lincoln Center, it is one of the two premier craft marketing events in the New
York
Metro area.
The 24th Annual Autumn
Crafts Festival takes place at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,
the most prestigious
arts centers in the world. That association has always connoted the highest
level of craftsmanship
which attracts, year after year, a very large, astute, and enthusiastic
audience capable
of supporting beautiful work at all price points.
The show takes place on
two consecutive weekends, October 5,6 and October 12,13, 2013.
You can apply to either
or both weekends.
The annual Crafts
Festivals at Lincoln Center traditionally host over 100,000 visitors each and
are
consistently the best
crafts festivals in the New York City and tri-state metropolitan area. In
addition
to robust sales,
often-exceeding $8,000 per weekend per capita, significant wholesale purchases
have
also been made at those
events. Record sales due to visitors from the entire Megalopolis have made the
Autumn Crafts Festival
at Lincoln Center the event of choice, in the autumn, in the New York Area.
New Yorkers,
suburbanites, tourists and theater constituents all contribute to its banner
sales. In addition,
presents for the winter
holiday season are timely contributions.
In addition to our own
enormous mailing list of metropolitan area qualified crafts customers, there
are
thousands of theatre
goers that afford expensive tickets, tourists from all over the world who come
to
Lincoln Center, a
tourist must see destination and buy an abundance of unique American crafts.
All of this is in a
neighborhood where apartments cost millions of dollars.
The number of
participants in each craft area will be carefully balanced so as to afford all
participants their fair
share of this abundantly rich market.
The
"Original" Palm Springs art festival, The Desert Art Festival
celebrates it's 27th year in
Downtown Palm Springs.
Join us at the best outdoor fine art festival in Palm Springs, CA.
10th Annual Art in the
Park will be held in Pensacola, Florida’s historic Seville Square,
located in Pensacola’s
Cultural Arts District, adjacent to Pensacola’s beautiful waterfront
and steps away from the
Pensacola Museum of Art. We will have over 120 artists from all
over the United States
along with an exciting Artcarz parade.
Please note: the TX
Arts & Crafts Fair is open ONLY to Texas-based artists.
The Official Texas
State Arts & Crafts Fair will be 42 years old in 2013. Located on a 7.5
acre park,
the Fair is an
OUTDOOR event spread throughout the grounds with booths underneath large tents,
as well as a variety of
open air spaces.
Under new management,
the Fair is going back to its roots with a strong focus on arts and fine crafts
with top quality
exhibitors, as well as a heavy dose of art education in the form of
demonstrations and
art-based activities
for attendees.
TACEF is looking for
fresh artists to join the 2013 line-up!
ARTRIDER PRODUCTIONS
INC. has been nationally acclaimed for producing innovative events
in the Northeast since
1982 and produces shows that maintain the highest standards and reflect
an unwavering
commitment to excellence. Artrider is now accepting applications for its
Spring,
Summer and Fall events:
••• Spring CraftMorristown - New Jersey - March 15, 16, 17
••• Spring Crafts at
Lyndhurst - Tarrytown, New York - May 3, 4, 5 ••• Fall Crafts at Lyndhurst -
Tarrytown, New York -
Sept. 20, 21, 22 •••
There is no application
fee for new Artrider applicants.
Guilford Art Center’s Craft
Expo 2013, held on the historic Guilford Green, is one of the top ranked
\and longest-running
craft shows in the Northeast. Located half way between Boston and New York,
this landmark outdoor
show is held at the height of the shoreline’s summer season and showcases
high-quality works by
180 exhibitors, including glass, clay, leather, jewelry, fiber arts, and metal.
Customers are loyal and
knowledgeable; attendance is approximately 10,000. Proceeds benefit the
Art Center’s
educational and community programs.
HeartFest ‘A Fine Art
Show’ invites you to submit an application. This juried show, a partner show
with ArtFest Midwest
‘The Other Art Show’, is promoted by Stookey Companies. (ArtFest Midwest
is Iowa's largest fine
art show and is an annual indoor June show that offers an affordable,
alternative
to the downtown art show.)
HeartFest offers a fine-art venue for Valentine’s Day gift giving—handmade
one-of-a-kind pieces.
The show will be held at renovated Valley West Mall, located in the western
upscale suburb of West
Des Moines. It is just off the Des Moines freeway, I-235; and its anchors are
Von Maur, Younkers and
JC Penney. (www.valleywestmall.com).
Stookey Companies is a
family-owned, Iowa-based business that has specialized in organizing
Fine Art, Craft and
Antique shows for over 16 years.
Click here for more
information: www.stookeyshows.com
Contact information:
suestookey@att.net, 515.278.6200
The Brookside Art
Annual is celebrating its 28th year. Located in a vibrant neighborhood in the
center
of Kansas City,
Brookside is just minutes from downtown, the Plaza and the southern suburbs.
As the first art show
of the year Brookside becomes the center of the midwest art community each May!
The focus of the show
is on ART and this community loves art shows, and is consistently ranked in the
top
50 shows
according to Art Source. Art Source quote "This is a very pleasant,
national caliber event attracting
an affluent,
enthusiastic and knowledgeable clientele.” We hope you will apply this year!
You are invited to
apply with some of the nation’s most talented and respected artists who will be
showcasing
and selling their
artwork at this highly organized and professional outdoor fine art and fine
craft festival.
This heavily promoted 2
day open air festival targets thousands of high-end art collectors, tourists,
area
residents and families.
The annual art fair at
Laumeier will be held on May 10,11 and 12 in the beautiful outdoor
setting of Laumeier
Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri. Laumeier is one of the few
major contemporary
sculpture parks in the world, where over 55 sculptures by
internationally-acclaimed
artists can be seen
year-round. Each spring the park comes alive during the Art Fair with 150 of
the
nation’s best
exhibitors. The jury will select artists who are tops in their field. Please
submit your
application and join us
for one of the best fairs in the Midwest.
$10,000 in artist
awards.
The jewelry category is
now closed. Jewelry applications accepted for wait list only.
Ranked as one of the
top fine art festivals in the country by Sunshine Artist Magazine.
We close down one mile
of Atlantic Avenue in Downtown Delray Beach; we start at US1
east over the Intracoastal
Waterway all the way to A1A on the Atlantic Ocean.
The crowds at this
event are phenomenal.
Many exhibitors love
this oceanfront venue in Melbourne. Indialantic is a quaint oceanfront
community on
Florida’s central Atlantic coast.
The show is held along
the Atlantic Ocean in a beautiful park off of A1A.
Show is currently
closed to Jewelry & clothing. Jewelry & clothing applications
will be
accepted for Wait List
Only.
Punta Gorda is often
referred to as the heartbeat of Charlotte County...for good reason!
Located on Florida's
Gulf Coast, along the banks of the Peace River lies the charming city of Punta
Gorda.
Apply to the Krasl Art
Fair on the Bluff where estimated crowds of 70,000 plus converge
annually on this
beautiful resort town on the shores of Lake Michigan. The art fair is in
downtown
Lake Bluff Park
overlooking Lake Michigan. Our mission is “Bringing People and Art Together.”
Our goals include:
Providing high quality
art to the Midwest,
Providing a nurturing
environment for the artists,
To be considered one of
the best fine-art/fine craft fairs in the country and
To provide jurying by
judges who are “experts in their fields.”
The Krasl Art Fair on
the Bluff is the largest fund raiser for the Krasl Art Center's general
education programs
and exhibitions.
Once a “clothesline art
fair” in the early 1960s, Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff has become a nationally
recognized
and critically
acclaimed event by artists, experts and patrons. The Krasl Art Fair on the
Bluff continues to
attract high-quality
artists.
The success of last
year’s event garnered the Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff an increased ranking from
#24 to
#20 on Sunshine
Artist’s list of “200 Best” fine art fairs. Among the reasons for this
noteworthy ranking,
Sunshine Artist
magazine mentioned one painter who “wished that they had brought more art to
sell”.
Another artist noted,
“I’ve been working fulltime doing art festivals for more than 20 years. I’ve
never
been treated so well at
any other show... artists are treated like royalty”. Moreover, Greg Lawler’s
Art Fair Source Book
gave in 2011 a rating of 8 out of 10 and a 32nd ranking with average sales of
$4,704 to the
Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff based on sales as reported by artists.
(We do not have 2012
information to date.)
The Krasl Art Center
(KAC) is proud of these rankings and is excited by all of the positive feedback
we continue to receive
from the press, our dedicated volunteers, talented artists, and the community.
“The city of St.
Joseph, along with the surrounding communities and businesses, should take
pride
in their
contribution to the ranking of the Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff. Our continued
success is due
in-part to the
enthusiasm, support and hospitality of the community.” Sara Shambarger,
Director of the Krasl Art Fair.
Join us, Palm Sunday
weekend, in the Nation's Oldest City, Saint Augustine, Florida.
You are invited to
apply to the Old Town Art & Craft Show (Spring) to be
held Palm Sunday
weekend, March 23 — 24,
2013 at Francis Field in the heart of historic downtown.
This carefully juried,
reasonably priced, two-day event is open to all artists and fine craftsmen.
Approximately 150
artists will be invited to participate.
New Events
Our most exciting and
ambitious project ever! Howard Alan Events is excited to bring back our
best summer show,
The District Art Annual at the new Power & Light District.
This covers 9 city
blocks of retail, entertainment, and residential district located in the heart
of
Downtown Kansas City.
The district is the cornerstone of a massive 2 billion dollar urban
renaissance,
which includes major
new attractions, such as a performing arts venue, arena, convention center and
10,000 high end urban
lofts. The district is the largest and most exciting new development in the mid
west.
Howard Alan Events
proudly announces The South Palm Beach Art Fair. This oceanfront show will
take place directly on
the A1A (South Ocean Blvd) at Lake Avenue. This area is home to a beautiful
beach,
upscale restaurants and
popular retail shops.
Howard Alan Events
& American Craft Endeavors proudly announces The South Palm Beach Art
Fair.
This oceanfront show
will take place directly on the A1A (South Ocean Blvd) at Lake Avenue.
This area is home to a
beautiful beach, upscale restaurants and popular retail shops.
Art in the Park has
been going on since 1973. As a judged show it is in the center of Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina held
outdoors at an upscale urban planned community of entertainment, food,
homes and shopping.
Art in the Park has
been going on since 1973. As a judged show it is in the center of Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina held
outdoors at an upscale urban planned community of entertainment, food,
homes and shopping.
Art in the Park has
been going on since 1973. As a judged show It has always been in
a beautiful treed park
two blocks from the ocean and in the center of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Art in the Park has
been going on since 1973. As a judged show It has always been in
a beautiful treed park
two blocks from the ocean and in the center of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Art in the Park has
been going on since 1973. As a judged show It has always been in a beautiful
treed park two blocks
from the ocean and in the center of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Iowa Arts Festival 2013 - Iowa City,
Iowa
OPEN DATE: 1/1/2013
DEADLINE: 3/1/2013
Jury Fee: $30.00
Event
Dates: 6/7/2013 - 6/9/2013
Iowa Arts Festival --
Celebrating 30 years of fine art! The Iowa Arts Festival is
designed as an interactive
adventure of the
highest quality, showcasing over 125 of the highest caliber artists from
throughout the country.
Artists and art lovers
alike gather for the 'Round the Fountain Art Fair on the grounds of the
Tippecanoe
County Courthouse,
Lafayette, Indiana, on the Saturday before Memorial Day. Attendance
averages 8-9,000 fine
art lovers. Merit Awards worth close to $5000 are available, as well as
Purchase Awards. In
addition, each year the committee purchases one piece of art for the
Courthouse's permanent
collection. Join us for the 40th year of this premier fine arts fair!
Flint Art Fair 2013 - Flint, Michigan
OPEN
DATE: 1/1/2013
DEADLINE: 3/4/2013
Jury Fee: $25.00
Event Dates:
6/8/2013 - 6/9/2013
The 46th Annual Flint
Art Fair is a fine art, fine craft juried show held on the lawn of the newly
renovated
Flint Institute of Art
in the heart of the cultural center. Voted the #1 favorite summer event in
Michigan by M-live.
The 50th Annual Peoria
Art Guild Fine Art Fair
September 28 - 29, 2013
You’ve heard the word.
Experience it for yourself. You are celebrated and appreciated by 40,000 art
enthusiasts and 400
dedicated volunteers. You are promoted in national and regional outlets.
You get the chance to
showcase your work in a scenic riverfront venue. Your lunches are delivered.
In a nutshell,
that’s the Peoria Art Guild Fine Art Fair.
Ask the artists who
have exhibited in Peoria. No one does it better. We excel in artist amenities
from
complimentary lunch and
breakfast to an Artist Awards dinner that is standing room only.
We work hard to make
your experience in the heart of the Midwest affordable, fun and unforgettable.
With 35% of our
exhibiting artists new each year, we never tire of hearing: “Wow, I never
thought
I’d sell this well and
have this much fun in Peoria Illinois!”
The 43rd Annual Peters
Valley Fine Craft Fair is held at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, NJ
and attracts
approximately 7,000 shoppers throughout the weekend. This professional, well
promoted 2
day event includes
artist demos, awards, live music, kids art area and food vendors. Setup begins
on
Friday at 8am and
exhibitors must complete their booth set up by 6pm on Friday or by 9:30am on
Saturday. The Fair
opens on Saturday at 10am with booth judging from 10am - 12 noon.
Awards will be given at
the artists’ booth. The fair closes at 6pm Saturday and continues on Sunday
from 10am-5pm.
The West Linn Fine Arts
Festival (WLAF) is a juried exhibition and sale of fine arts and crafts
produced
and managed by artists
for artists. In our fourteenth year of this event we are moving to
Marylhurst University
in Marylhurst, OR. Marylhurst is located within the Portland metropolitan area,
just 20 minutes from
downtown Portland, and lies on state highway 43 between the communities
of West Linn and Lake
Oswego. The festival, featuring primarily local and regional artists from the
Pacific Northwest and/or
the West Coast, is a celebration of creativity and a showcase for original
fine art in all media.
Ranked the #1 Fine Art
and Design Show in the country by Sunshine Artist Magazines "200 Best
List",
September 2011 and
2012, the 3rd Street Section of the St. James Court Art Show has
110 artists within the
show of over 750 artists which is sponsored by 5 non-profit neighborhood
associations. Always
held the first full weekend of October, this is a juried fine arts and fine
crafts
show which is produced
in a residential area in the Old Louisville Historic District located in
downtown Louisville
Kentucky. The 3rd Street Section Jury awards their own prizes to the
section's top 3
artists-a free booth for the following year and $1000 for 1st, $750 for 2nd,
and
$500 for 3rd. Artist
amenities include parking behind the booth on the 3rd street portion,
artist breakfast and
lunch all three days, booth sitters and our friendly all volunteer staff.
Art Westport, is Kansas
City's only outdoor art festival exclusively for LOCAL artists. The historic
Westport neighborhood
district provides the perfect backdrop for our exhibition of painting,
sculpture, photography,
jewelry and more. Held on September 6th-8th, 2013.
You must live within a
40 mile radius of the downtown Kansas City, MO post office to be eligible to
apply.
Main Street Square is a
year-round open space located in the center of Rapid City. During the summer,
The Square is a green
space with an interactive fountain and in the winter,
the space is
transformed into an ice skating rink.
Public events are
planned at The Square year-round, and the space is available for private
rental,
with several weddings
and reunions planned for 2013. Positioned in the city center,
Main Street Square is
surrounded by historic Downtown Rapid City and its specialty shops,
restaurants and art
galleries.
Central Ohio’s premier
one-day fine-art fine-craft festival showcasing nearly 200 artists from all
over
the country in a free
alfresco interactive art space for all ages in a neighborhood park setting.
Hosted
by the City of Upper
Arlington’s Cultural Arts Division and presented by Farmers Citizens Bank, the
Upper Arlington
Labor Arts Festival, is held in Northam Park September 2 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
