Perrysburg, Ohio
August 17 & 18, 2019
Deadline to Apply February 4, 2019
Application Fee: $30, Booth Fee $300 and $325 for non-members
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Royal Oak, Michigan
November 21 & 22, 2019
Deadline to Apply February 4, 2019
Application Fee: $25, Booth Fee $250
Birmingham, Michigan
September 14 & 15, 2019
Deadline to Apply February 4, 2019
Application Fee: $30, Booth Fee $350
Allison Buck Photo
Birmingham, Michigan
May 11 & 12
Deadline to Apply February 4, 2019Application Fee: $30, Booth Fee $345
Ann Arbor, Michigan
July 18-21, 2019
Deadline to apply is February 4, 2019
Application fee is $45 and booth fee is $700-$1173
Photo credit Cassidy Sangster
*This is the world-renowned Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair - an event recognized for its unparalleled selection of talented artists and craftspeople. It is a part of the popular Ann Arbor Art Fairs that bring nearly 500,000 visitors to Ann Arbor to enjoy original works of art, street performances and culinary treats
Royal Oak, Michigan
April 4 & 5, 2019
Deadline to apply is February 4, 2019
Application fee is $25 and booth fee is $250
Go over your inventory and make plans for your 2019 fairs. What do you need more of? What requests did you have from your customers that you might consider creating?
- Get your vehicle ready for the miles ahead. Take it to the garage for an inspection. Take everything out and clean it. Make sure your miscellaneous supplies are sufficient: clamps, weights, bungees. Rearrange the contents for most efficient loading, unloading.
- Analyze your 2018 sales to reevaluate your price points and plan work for the best ones. Then create great work that will fill any voids.
- Prepare images for jurying. Analyze and review your portfolio. Share your images with a friend or a person who you respect for feedback. Post them here also for an even large audience.
- Plan your 2019 show schedule. Do not apply to vanity shows that you aren't ready for, or that are so far away that your travel eats up all your profit. Do not overlook events that are close at hand where expenses will be low.
- New to the business? Do not overextend by buying expensive equipment or applying for events far away until you know you can make a profit. See if you can find a local farmers market or community event now to try your display and shake out the wrinkles for selling, find out what people like about what you are creating.
- Review all of your insurance. Really boring, but necessary. Investigate policies with ACT Insurance that specializes in covering artists at art fairs. How is your vehicle insurance. No vehicle/no show. If you don't have AAA insurance, buy it now. The cheapest most helpful auto help around. (They towed our van from the freeway to the Winter Park Art Festival once upon a time.)
- Review your business cards. Review any handouts you share at the shows. Does their design reflect your current work? Need cool logo? or other inspiring ideas? My favorite "go to" places are Fiverr.com for quick updates to logos (cheap!) and Logonerds.com for creative help. They designed the banner at the top of this site. I used Canva.com to design that cover for the Best Art Fairs ebook there on the side of this site.
- Do your end of the year bookkeeping. Review and apply for state sales tax licenses for your upcoming festivals.
- As you might imagine: do not neglect updating your website. Click here for solidly helpful tips.
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July 27 & 28Geneva, Illinois
Presented By: Geneva Chamber of Commerce
175 Artists
Deadline: March 1
Application Fee: $30
Booth Fee: 10x10 $350 10x20 $700 Corner+$75
Booth Fee: 10x10 $350 10x20 $700 Corner+$75
Geneva, a chic and charming historic town located on the Fox River, will celebrate its 17th annual Fine Arts Fair in 2019. Its prestigious reputation of offering a superb selection of fine art by renowned artists and cutting edge newcomers attracts beginning and avid art collectors.
The art fair is tucked among 100+ specialty shops located in Victorian-style homes and century-old buildings. Awards for 2d and 3d media, along with warm small-town hospitality, offer a picture-postcard setting for this juried art celebration.
No food vendors, no music; It really is about the ART!
Nominated West Suburban Living's Best of the West BEST in 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, and 2008. And one of the top three in 2011 and 2009. Sunshine Artist top 200 three years in a row. Attendance 20,000.
ARTIST AMENITIES:- Water, snacks, morning coffee and light breakfast
- Easy loading and unloading; close artist parking reserved
- Flexible booth fee payment schedule
- Booth sitters and volunteers; overnight security
- AWARDS: $4,000
The Geneva Fine Arts Fair is managed by Erin Melloy and Megan Mellee of EM Events, a well-established promoter of several art shows in the Chicago area. EM Events has worked closely with some of Chicagoland's most innovative and creative communities and organizations to produce premiere art festivals of distinction.
More Information: www.emevents.com
August 17 & 18Perrysburg, Ohio
Presented by The Guild of Artists & Artisans
Town Center of Levis Commons
130 Artists
Town Center of Levis Commons
130 Artists
Deadline: February 4, 2019
Application Fee: $30, Booth Fee $300 and $325 for non-members; $650 for double corner booth
The Town Center at Levis Commons hosts the 15th Annual Levis Commons Fine Art Fair produced and created by The Guild of Artists & Artisans. The Town Center at Levis Commons is a unique "open-air lifestyle experience," featuring sophisticated shopping, superb dining and entertainment and is located in the welcoming community of Perrysburg, Ohio. It's the perfect setting for an exceptional art fair. Parking and admission are free.
The event features 130 artists; fairgoers will find the same excellence and variety as in the Guild's award-winning Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair. Featured work will include jewelry, ceramics, painting, glass, photography, fiber and more. More than 35,000 fairgoers attend annually.
The Guild is a non-profit, membership association of independent artists best known for its award-winning Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair. Guild events have a reputation for excellent advertising, fair attendance and artist amenities.
Guild Shows Features:
- Extensive advertising and promotion
- Professional and respectful art fair staff
- Well-provisioned artist hospitality tent
- Negotiated special rates for artists in nearby hotels and motels
- Friendly booth sitters
- Professional, overnight security
www.theguild.org, 734-662-3382 ext. 301
July 11 - 14
State College, PA
Presented By: Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
310 Artists
Deadline: January 18
Application Fee: $40 Booth Fee: $550/ single booth
The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts' Sidewalk Sale & Exhibition takes place on the streets of downtown State College and on the immediately adjacent University Park campus of Penn State. Concurrent with the Festival, the Penn State Alumni Association presents Arts Festival Alumni Weekend, a family-friendly program that brings Penn Staters back to "Happy Valley" to enjoy the sights and sounds of "Arts Fest"- a quintessential part of the Penn State experience. Penn State and alums sporting large blue pins indicating the year of their graduation are often an artist's best customer in the Sidewalk Sale.
The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts was founded in 1966 by Penn State University's College of Arts and Architecture and the State College Chamber of Commerce. Drawing over 125,000 people to State College each summer, the Festival includes:
- the nationally recognized Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition
- a gallery exhibition
- Children and Youth Day
- educational opportunities, and music, dance and theatrical performances in a variety of indoor and outdoor venues.
The Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition is a juried outdoor show of high quality fine art and fine craft. Our audience gains a better appreciation of the artistic process through interaction with the exhibiting artists.
Please note: It is essential that the participating artist be the one who conceived the design and executed the finished product. We are not interested in mass produced products or sales agents hired to operate booths.
Marketing:
Our marketing efforts are funded by a grant from our local convention and visitors' bureau. It includes traditional media (television, radio, and a modest amount of print), a mobile-optimized website, email, and social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
APPLY TODAY: https://arts-festival.com/sidewalk-sale
Contact: Rick Bryant rbryant@arts-festival.com (814) 237-3682
Urbanna, Virginia
Hewick Plantation
Deadline: February 10
Application Fee: $25 Late Fee $40 after January 30
Booth Fee: (10x10) $190 (10x20) $380
Set Up: Early Bird: May 31 June 1 @ 6:30
Break Down: June 2
The Arts in the Middle Fine Arts Show is "a day (or two) in the country" for art aficionados from areas surrounding our eastern Virginia River Country, including urban Richmond, Williamsburg, Tidewater, Northern Virginia & Washington, DC.
Recognized in Virginia Living Magazine as one of three best art events in Eastern Virginia, both artists and customers love the perfect festival setting: 17th century Hewick Plantation, a backdrop of beautiful period buildings, expansive grassy areas, and large tree shaded manicured gravel path through the exhibit area.
A short stroll away Urbanna is a lively waterfront destination for visitors arriving by bike, boat, car and/or camper. With support from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, regional & local funding, along with corporate sponsorship, our production team provides an aggressive advertising campaign of print, radio, web and social media promotions.
"Arts in the Middle" is also a featured week-end event for neighboring #1 National Award Winning Bethpage Camp Resort.
- Enjoy music, local foods, and area wineries in the hospitality area
- an army of friendly volunteers
- on-site parking with tent side load/unload
- cash prizes; a party for the artists at closing time on Saturday night
- and a good size crowd of art lovers
Artists give us top ratings - many report us their favorite of the season for: the venue, buying customer base, outstanding hospitality, volunteer support, & top quality artists. In an area of much to see and do, you may be tempted to make this a "working vacation" in Coastal Virginia. We will be happy to help you!
For more info: www.artsinthemiddle.org.
Contact: Celane Roden, celanem@yahoo.com, 703-946-6793
May 11 & 12
Birmingham, Michigan
Presented By: The Guild of Artists & Artisans
150 Artists
Deadline:February 4
Application Fee: $30 Booth Fee: $345
Art Birmingham celebrates its 38th annual return to Shain Park, downtown Birmingham's extensively redesigned city park. The park is conveniently located in the center of this favorite urban downtown and features welcoming pathways and beautiful landscaping. As the downtown center, the park is surrounded by convenient parking for fairgoers and within easy access to the many unique stores and fabulous restaurants of downtown Birmingham. Birmingham is an upscale suburb in Metro Detroit and is known for it's educated, art buying audience.
A Mother's Day Tradition, this exquisite fine art fair will showcase juried artists in an elegant and extraordinary setting. Featured work includes painting, ceramics, photography, jewelry, glass, wood, sculpture, mixed media, fiber, metal and more. Admission is free to fairgoers and the event serves as a benefit for the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center.
Marketing Plan:
The Guild of Artists & Artisans does extensive marketing and PR for its shows in print, digital, social, and TV and Radio. Locations include WDET, WNIC, WWJ, Fox 2 Detroit, SEEN Magazine, Freep.com, USAToday, The Jewish News, Between the Lines, Facebook, Instagram, and more.
March 23 & 24Altamonte Springs/Orlando, Florida
Presented By: The Orlando Art & Living Expo., Inc.
Saturday 10-7:30pm, Sunday 10-5pm
145 Artists
145 Artists
Deadline: February 15
Application Fee: $25
Booth Fee: $300 (10x10 with small storage behind)
Application Fee: $25
Booth Fee: $300 (10x10 with small storage behind)
The streets along beautiful Cranes Roost Park at Uptown Altamonte in Altamonte Springs/Orlando, Florida will come alive with artisans showcasing their talents, color and music. The free admission Art Festival is limited to only 145 juried art & fine crafts with displays of glass, jewelry, mosaics, paintings, photography, pottery and sculpture.
Creative Artists join us at the Uptown Art Expo. Our festival offers artists a beautiful world class setting with easy access set-up, free adjacent parking, overnight security. Sunday morning artists brunch, weekend booth sitters and Art Awards and ribbons presented by two independent judges.
Awards
1 - Best of Show - $2,000: 2 - Judges Choice - $1,000:
3 - Award of Excellence - $500: 4- Award of Distinction - $400
Visit our redesigned event website: www.UpTownArtExpo.com
May 10 - June 7
St. George, Utah
Presented By: Oil Painters Of America
250 Artists
Deadline: January 25
Application Fee: $30 for one; $45 for two; $60 for three
Oil Painters of America's is pleased to announce that the Twenty-Eighth National Exhibition and Convention will be hosted by Illume Gallery of Fine Art in Saint George, Utah, from May 10 through June 7, 2019. Convention activities begin on May 6, with a Wet Paint Competition in both studio and plein air divisions.
Expect:- Cash and merchandise awards for the Wet Paint competition will be a minimum of $10,000.
- The opening reception for artists, collectors, the public and the press will be held on Friday, May 10, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the awards presentation taking place at 7:30 p.m.
- Many informative and educational seminars are being planned for the convention, preceding the opening of the exhibition.
Our goal for this show is to assemble the finest display of representational oil paintings. The focus in the jurying process will be to select paintings that show the highest quality in draftsmanship, color, and composition, emphasizing a diversity in representational style and subject matter.
- Paintings entered must have been painted in the last 3 years and should not have been accepted into a previous OPA National Exhibition.
- Submission must be originally conceived, artist's own reference, own drawing, own concept and must have been self -painted.
- Paintings created in an instructional setting, including, but not limited to workshops and art classes are not considered original artwork. Paintings created from a group photo shoot set-up by another artist are not considered original artwork.
- No direct copies of stock images, historic photos, or of any reference to which you do not hold total copyright are allowed.
- NO digital, mechanical, photo, or other transferring to the substrate of any kind is acceptable. The artist must draw and/or paint the image on the substrate him/herself.
- Painting must be framed and wired for hanging. When framing deep-edged paintings (museum wrap canvas or deep board) the frame must be of adequate depth so that the substrate does not extend more than 1/2" beyond the back of the frame.
- Flat substrates, including canvas board, Gesso board, Gesso Masonite board, acrylic Gessoed Dibond aluminum, aluminum composite panel and wood are acceptable. Paintings on decorative copper and tooled aluminum, oil paper, natural stone or on three-dimensional objects are not acceptable.
- Oil paints, alkyd resin, water soluble oils and oil sticks/bars are acceptable. Metal leaf (i.e: gold, silver, etc.) is acceptable if it does not comprise more than twenty percent (20%) of the visible surface.
Jury Process: Submissions will go through two jurying processes to become eligible for the National Exhibition. If accepted into the show the awarding juror, OPA Master Signature member Kenn Backhaus OPAM, will select the award-winning paintings.
You must be a paid member through December 31, 2019 at a cost of $70.00. More membership information may be found on the OPA website, under the Member Services tab.
Contact: Liz Pusch (815) 356-5987 LPusch@oilpaintersofamerica.com
Can you spare 7 minutes of your life to help the art fair community? Let me convince you.
Below you will find some very interesting facts about www.Artshowreviews.com? I have spent some time evaluating the information from the website from 2018 that I would like to share with you. Take a look. I think you will find some very interesting facts. Please consider giving back to the Art Fair Community with a review or two ( about 7 minutes per review).
Fact #1: We now have 643 Art and Craft Shows listed on our site. We have shows throughout the entire country.
Fact #2: We have 7 states that do not have any art and craft shows listed at all. The states of Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, and West Virginia have never had a show review submitted for them, thus those states have not been added. We sure would appreciate having some reviews for those states.
Fact #3: The state with the largest amount of shows listed on our website is Florida. That probably isn't a big surprise. We have 84 shows listed on our site in Florida. Coming in send place is Illinois with 49 shows.
Fact #4: We have 25 states with 10 or less art and craft shows listed.
Fact #5: We have three states with only one art or craft show listed for them. Those states are Arkansas, Rhode Island, and South Dakota. Anybody have a show they can submit for these states?
Fact #6: We have one show listed for Canada. We know they have shows up there. Does anyone have a show and a review that they could add to that page to make it more valuable?
Fact #7: We actually have a European page with one show listed. Has anyone done an European shows yet? We would love to add a couple shows to that page.
Fact #8: Since our website went live we have had 1,155,274 page views. That is amazing! We know artists are using our website. We need new reviews so that our site remains useful and needed.
Fact #9: In the last 30 days, 12/12/18 - 1/12/19, we have had 11,964 page views. Of course, this is a time when many artists are using our site to put the finishing touches on their show schedules.
Fact #10: We usually average about 381 page views per day. In fact, we had had 111 page views by 11am today. Artists were up early and working today.
Fact #11: Ninety two reviews or comments were left on ASR during 2018. Of course, many people use our website without ever leaving a comment or writing a review. Of the 92 comments left, 58 of those were actual show reviews using our list of questions to answer for the shows. Those 58 reviews are more useful to artists.
Fact #12: In the last year we had 143,568 page views. Of those over 143 thousand visitors only 58 times did artists leave a review. Certainly we can give back to the art community better than that.
Fact #13: The average show review probably takes about 7 minutes to write. The form is right there on our website and you just fill it in. Easy peasy!
Fact #14: To submit a show review click on this link:
https://www.artshowreviews.com/review-an-art-fair.html
Fact #: To submit a show that is not on our website click this link:
https://www.artshowreviews.com/art-show-listing-submission.html
One person who visited our website left this comment:
How come so many of the posted show reviews are from 2-5 years old? Can't you supply some more updated review information from artists that have done the shows. After all, many shows go through changes from year to year.
My answer back to this person was sure, we would love to add more current and up to date reviews for each show. However, if the artists don't submit the reviews I can't add them. Our website will be as useful to artists if everyone does their part. It is only 7 minutes!
July 19, 20, 21
Guilford, Connecticut 
Guilford Art Center
180 Artists
Deadline: January 23
Application Fee: $40 Booth Fee: $680-$1330
Craft Expo is held outdoors on the historic Guilford town green and offers artists an intimate venue on the CT shoreline nestled in the center of this charming New England town at the height of the summer season. The historic Green is surrounded by boutique shops, restaurants, B&B, and art galleries and has been home to Craft Expo for 61 years. Conveniently located off Interstate 95, half-way between Boston and New York, Craft Expo draws from a sophisticated and informed audience of approximately 7,000 visitors.
Craft Expo is a must see summer event and a signature happening for the town of Guilford and Connecticut shoreline featuring 180 national and regional artists. Craft expo presents a broad spectrum of original contemporary crafts in a variety of media including, Baskets, Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Jewelry, Leather, Metal, Mixed Media, Paper Arts, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Wood. All work is handmade by the artists, who have been selected to participate by a panel of professional peers, thereby ensuring only the best quality in workmanship, design and materials
Marketing:
Our marketing campaign includes extensive advertising and promotion including paid and print online advertising, detailed press releases, public radio spots, local television broadcasting media events, direct marketing, use of social media, networking, and email.
New this year: Emerging Artists Program
Testimonials: Voted top 100 in Sunshine Magazine.
What else to expect:
The show features live craft demos by our own Guilford Art Center instructors. There are food trucks, beer and wine, live music and a Family Art Tent.
More Information: http://guilfordartcenter.org/expo.
Contact: Dawn Tiscia, expo@guilfordartcenter.org, (203) 453-5947
If anyone has experience with the following shows, would you please share your experience.
Blowing Rock, NC
Lake Norman, NC
Ashville, NC
Kings Walk in Charlotte, NC (Fall Show)
Thank You
Eric N.
April 4 & 5
Royal Oak, Michigan
Presented By: The Guild of Artists & Artisans
75 Artists
Deadline: February 4
Application fee: $25; Booth fee: $250
Join us as we kick off the 2019 art fair season with this indoor show at the Royal Oak Farmers Market. The market is an enclosed marketplace that is conveniently located in the Civic Center at the corner of 11 Mile Road and Troy Street in downtown Royal Oak. It is a popular marketplace for people who live in this affluent corner of Oakland County, attracting 1000's every weekend to shop, meet their friends and relax. The Royal Oak Farmers Market provides one of the premium market venues in southeast Michigan and offers a boutique venue for your work.
This is a juried fair. The artists will be showing and selling their own work. Admission for fairgoers is free. Fairgoers will find the same excellence and variety as in the Guild's Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair.
Marketing: The Guild does extensive advertising and PR for all of their shows in print, digital, TV and radio. Locations include WDET, WWJ, WNIC, Freep.com, USA Today online, The Jewish News, Between the Lines, SEEN Magazine, WJBK - Fox 2 Detroit, Facebook, Instagram, and more!
APPLY: https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=7113
Contact: Nicole McKay nicole@theguild.org (734) 662-3382
Goodmorning Art Fair Insiders, my name is Eric and I am new to outdoor art fairs. I am looking for information on 10x10 pop up tents. I need a tent that I can put up and take down by myself and I do not need the most expensive. I am looking for brand names so I can review.
I live in the Charlotte, North Carolina area and if any one within 125 miles or so has a used tent for sale let me know by email.
Thank You
Eric
April 27
Watson Trail Park
Sunset Hills, Missouri
10 am to 6 pm
50 - 75 Artists
Deadline: January 27 Artist Notification February 17
Application Fee: $20 Booth Fee: $30
There will be potentially 50-75 exhibit slots available and we are looking for a diverse group of artisans, crafters and makers of all mediums and price points. Along with exhibitors selling their handmade items, there will be live music, food trucks and a family corner with demos. By inviting a variety of seasoned and emerging artists we are dedicated to delivering an enjoyable experience to all participants and patrons alike.
This is a juried show. A select group of community members will be judging the applications. Please note, we are looking for a variety of mediums and pricepoints, which will be an intricate part of the selection process. We are looking for exhibitors to include: Clay, glass, metal, fiber, wood, paper, literary, music and more. The ONLY exclusion will be edible items.
Special Outreach Opportunity:
We are looking for artists who are interested in hosting/teaching a demo. We hope to have demos run throughout the day so please contact us if you are interested. We are looking to discount artist fees for your services. The Makers Market will reimburse the artist for up to $50 dollars for materials needed to perform the demos.
APPLY: https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=6946
We are looking for artists who are interested in hosting/teaching a demo. We hope to have demos run throughout the day so please contact us if you are interested. We are looking to discount artist fees for your services. The Makers Market will reimburse the artist for up to $50 dollars for materials needed to perform the demos.
APPLY: https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=6946
Learn more about us: sunset-hills.com/makersmarket
