See you May 3-4, 2025 at Cottonwood Park!
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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.
BLOG & NEWS
NEIGHBORHOOD CREDIT UNION SPONSORS EMERGING ARTIST PROGRAM
Neighborhood Credit Union, a not-for-profit financial organization and the oldest credit union in the DFW metroplex, is sponsoring this year’s Cottonwood Art Festival’s Emerging Artists program in Richardson. This program recognizes the talent of young local artists...
RICHARDSON ISD STUDENTS RECOGNIZED AS TOP 10 EMERGING ARTISTS
Cottonwood Art Festival recognizes Richardson students as the top 10 visual artists for the 2024 Emerging Artist Program. The following RISD students were selected to participate: Berkner High SchoolRicardo Flores J. J. Pearce High SchoolKate DawsonLuisa LaraOlivia...
GREGORY STORY ANNOUNCED AS SPRING FEATURED ARTIST
Ceramic sculptor Gregory Story creates smiley wall balls and expands "Ridiculous" clay collection for 2024 to be shown at festival.Ceramicist Gregory Story is the featured artist for the 55th Cottonwood Art Festival in Richardson on May 4-5. Story grew up in South...