See you May 3-4, 2025 at Cottonwood Park!
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CHILDREN’S ARTSTOP
The Freckled Army takes on Cottonwood
Mixed Media artist Elissa Brown has been selected as the featured artist for the Spring Cottonwood Art Festival in Richardson on May 3-4.
Locate your Favorite Artist
View the full gallery of exhibiting artists for the Spring 2025 show.
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.
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.
2025 Emerging Artist Selected
View the ten High school students selected to participate in the 2025 Emerging Artist Program and select your favorite one in the People’s Choice Award! 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.
BLOG & NEWS
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...
CITY OF RICHARDSON WINS BEST IN TEXAS MARKETING AWARDS FOR COTTONWOOD ART FESTIVAL
The City of Richardson won 29 Best In Texas Kaliff Marketing Awards for Cottonwood Art Festival and Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival at the Texas Festivals & Events Association (TFEA) Conference held Nov. 12-19. The annual TFEA/Kaliff Marketing Awards program...
ARTISTS WIN CHALK THE WALK SIDEWALK ART CONTEST
Cottonwood Art Festival invited artists age 12 and up for the inaugural Chalk the Walk Art Contest. A limited number of squares were filled and registration closed in August. Individuals and teams of artists brought to life their own masterpieces on the sidewalks in...
