See you May 3-4, 2025 at Cottonwood Park!
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Cottonwood Announces Featured Artist
Mixed Media artist Jay Long has been selected as the featured artist for the Fall Cottonwood Art Festival in Richardson on Oct 5-6.
Locate your Favorite Artist
View the full gallery of exhibiting artists for the Fall 2024 show.
Now Accepting Applications for Spring 2025
Calling all artists! Cottonwood Art Festival is now accepting applications for the Fall 2024 show. Applications are available online through Zapplication. The deadline to apply is December 1, 2024.
Chalk the Walk Sidewalk Art Contest
The sidewalk is your canvas in the annual Chalk the Walk Art Contest. Artists age 12+ will have the opportunity to create a masterpiece of their choice on the sidewalks of Cottonwood Park with a chance to win up to $500 in cash prizes!
Connect with Cottonwood
View photo galleries from past Cottonwood shows, explore the Art, learn more about the Artist creative process and stay up to date with the latest news by following Cottonwood on Facebook.
Volunteer at Cottonwood
Join the Cottonwood family as a volunteer! Cottonwood’s interactive children’s area, ArtStop, needs your help staffing activities, organizing materials and helping our pint-size Picasso’s create their masterpieces. Be prepared to laugh and have fun, as ArtStop is a memorable experience for kids of all ages.
BLOG & NEWS
COTTONWOOD ART FESTIVAL RANKED #7 FINE ART EVENT IN THE COUNTRY
The scores for the Art Fair SourceBook™ 2019 rankings reveal that Cottonwood Art Festival is moving up in the Top 10 fine art and fine craft events in the country. The year-over comparison of the AFSB ranking for Cottonwood Art Festival are as follows: 2019 Fine Art Ranking #7 and 2018 Fine Art Ranking #10.
OIL PAINTER BETTY NASH RETIRING FROM FESTIVALS
Oil painter Betty Nash has announced that she is retiring from the festival circuit this year. Nash was first selected by a jury panel to show at Cottonwood Art Festival in October 1999 and October 2018 was her final farewell to festivals. Although Nash is a native Texan, she and her husband traveled to fine art shows across the country for decades.
COTTONWOOD ART FESTIVAL RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND FIVE PINNACLE AWARDS
Cottonwood Art Festival is honored to have been recognized at the 63rd Annual International Festivals & Events Association Convention, Expo & Retreat in San Diego, California. The City of Richardson Parks & Recreation accepted five prestigious IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards for the Festival.
