ARTIST RESOURCES

Approximately 198 artists will exhibit at the Cottonwood Art Festival, and 188 spots will be available for applicants this year. These spots will be determined through a competitive monitor jury process, where each artist is scored by jury members on a scale of yes-no-maybe in the first round, creating a ranked group of artists in each category deemed qualified to advance to the second round after reviewing submitted images and Artist Statement. 

Each artist will be provided a 13” x 13” booth space for your tent. Artists are to provide their own display booth, racks, and/or tables in order to display their work in an outdoor environment. 

Single Booth:  $500
Double Booth:  $1,000 (first-come, first-served basis, with limited availability.)
Electricity: $100

• Two-day set-up schedule for artists
• Artist Set-up and Take-down assistance by local Boy Scout Troop
• Exclusive Friday night invite to Artist and VIP dinner, including fully catered dinner, drinks, and entertainment.
• Designated Artist Hospitality Area with continental breakfast, afternoon snacks, chilled water, and private restroom
• Responsive website and integrated social media campaign with over 35,000+ followers
• Event Guide for patrons with map, artists’ names and booth locations
• Festival T-Shirt
• Friendly volunteers to assist with booth sitting – available by cell throughout the festival weekend
• Comprehensive emergency/evacuation plan with 24-hour weather monitoring
• 24 Hour Security and the City of Richardson Police presence
• Discounted hotel rates at designated hotel locations within Richardson
• Extensive marketing campaign to include the entire DFW region and state of Texas
• Free Admission and Free Parking for all attendees

Ceramics:  All original clay and porcelain work other than jewelry is accepted in this category. No machine-made or mass-produced work is permitted. If multiple pieces of the same design are displayed, each must be signed.
Digital Art:  This category includes any original work for which the original image, or the manipulation of other source material, was executed by the artist using a computer. Work in this category must be in limited editions, signed and numbered on archival quality materials. Traditional photographs taken through digital media should apply in the photography category.  Work that starts with a photograph and is manipulated by digital means must be entered in either Mixed Media or Photography. 
Drawing/Pastels:  Works created using dry media including chalk, charcoal, pastels, pencil, wax crayon, etc., or from the fluid medium of inks and washes applied by pen or brush are to be entered in this category.
Fiber:  All work crafted from fibers including basketry, embroidery, weaving, leatherwork, tapestry, and papermaking. This can be wearable or non-wearable. No machine tooling, machine-screened patterns, or other forms of mass production are permitted. No factory-produced wearable items, regardless of additional modification or enhancement by the artist, may be exhibited.
Glass:  No forms of mass production are permitted
Jewelry:  All jewelry whether the work is produced from metal, glass, clay, fiber, paper, plastic, or other materials must be entered in this category. No commercial casts, molds, or production studio work is allowed.
Metal: Includes all non-sculptural, non-jewelry works crafted from metals. No production studio work is allowed.
Mixed Media:  Works that include both 2 and 3-dimensional, that incorporate more than one type of physical material in their production. Includes non-sculptural work as determined by the artist.
Painting – Oil/Acrylic: Works created in oil or acrylic
Painting – Watercolor:  Work created in watercolor
Photography:  Photographic prints made from the artist’s original image, which have been processed by that artist, or under his or her direct supervision, are included in this category. Photographers are required to disclose both their creative and printing processes on prints that have been properly signed and numbered as a limited edition.
Printmaking/Graphics:  Printed works for which the artist’s hand manipulated the plates, stones, or screens and which have been properly signed and numbered as a limited edition may be entered in this category. All photogravure, giclee, photocopy, and/or offset reproductions, will be rejected. Printmakers are encouraged to do their own printing which has been processed by the artist, or under his/her direct supervision.  Printmakers are required to disclose both their creative and printmaking processes.
Sculpture:  Three-dimensional works done in any medium.
Wood:  Original works in wood that are hand-tooled, machine-worked, turned, or carved are accepted in this category.