Submit your artist application today!
Foothills Folk Art Festival is a juried art show with a focus on folk art. Festival jurors are looking for artwork intensely influenced by and displaying the spirit of folk, visionary, and outsider art, and also the work of trained artists representing various mediums. To be considered for this year’s festival, submit the artist application form, images of your artwork, and booth fee.
ARTIST APPLICATION
To be considered, artists must submit an artist application form available by clicking the red button below.
While we appreciate interest from vendors, applications from representatives and authorized business consultants of goods or services are not eligible.
BOOTH FEE
The booth fee must accompany the artist application.
$50 early booth fee (postmarked by Jan. 24, 2025)
$75 early booth fee (postmarked by March 31, 2025)
Please make checks payable to Foothills Folk Art Festival.
The booth fee will be returned if the artist application is not accepted.
A limited number of booths with access to 110-amp electric service are available. The electric service fee is $30 and must be requested on the artist application.
MAIL YOUR ARTIST APPLICATION AND BOOTH FEE TO
Downtown Newton Development Association
P.O. Box 550
Newton, NC 28658
IMAGES OF YOUR ART
Artists must submit 3-5 high-resolution images of individual pieces of their work that represent the type of art that the artist plans to sell at the festival.
Artists are encouraged to submit a photo of their booth.
Images will be used to select artists for admission and to promote the festival, so high-quality images are encouraged.
Applications without images will not be juried.
EMAIL IMAGES OF YOUR ART TO
myount@newtonnc.gov
A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR APPLICAITON…
APPLY EARLY. We do not have unlimited space, and thus cannot accept everyone. We try to have a variety of art represented, so if you apply late, we may already have enough of your particular category of art and cannot accept yours, no matter how fabulous.
WRITE LEGIBLY. Ensure your name and email address are readable. You are not best served if we have to guess.
PROVIDE PICTURES. This is a juried show, and the images you provide should sell your art to the jurors. The images should be of what you intend to sell at the festival. If you do not provide images, we cannot judge your art, and therefore it will not be considered.
Your “Type/Description of Artwork” should be brief and to the point. Full sentences are not required, and calling it “folk art” is redundant. Again, your images should sell us on your art.
We assign art category headings such as “wood” or “jewelry” or “pottery.” If your art falls in several categories, we label it “mixed media” unless you indicate which category you prefer.
A FEW REASONS WHY YOUR APPLICATION MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED…
Too heavy a representation of one type of art already juried into the show (again, apply early).
Looks more like craft rather than one-of-a-kind, original, unique art.
No consumables, such as candles or food, or toiletries, such as lotions or soaps, will be accepted.
No commercial vendors selling non-art items will be accepted.
No reselling of mass-produced items will be allowed.