See you May 3-4, 2025 at Cottonwood Park!

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Erin Curry

FEATURED ARTIST

Michelle McDowell Smith

EXHIBITING ARTIST

Michelle McDowell Smith

CHILDREN’S ARTSTOP

Adam Hoffman Digital Artist Cottonwood Art Festival

Now Accepting Applications for Fall 2025

Calling all artists! Cottonwood Art Festival is now accepting applications for the Fall 2025 show. Applications are available online through Zapplication. The deadline to apply is May 6, 2025.

Locate your Favorite Artist

View the full gallery of exhibiting artists for the Fall 2024 show. 

2025 Emerging Artist Selected

View the ten  High school students selected to participate in the 2025 Emerging Artist Program. Each artist will display their work in the Forrest and Virginia Green Mezzanine Gallery at the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and participate in Cottonwood.

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.

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.

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Have you met the guy in Richardson who owns an incredibly rare and slow moving Italian Apé? These were first discovered in the 1940’s and the one Jason Hapka cares for happens to put off a super strong aroma. Try pronouncing Apé as Ah-Pay and substitute three wheels...

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