The Holiday Art Bazaar Vendor Application

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Step 1: Select Qty. 1 below and click 'Check Out'

Step 2: Fill out your information

Step 3: Pay the $20 application fee

The Art Bazaar is a shopping event and party that will showcase the very best in handmade gifts, apparel, jewelry, home décor, accessories, art, pottery and more! Hand-picked artists, crafters and designers from near and far will all gather at the McKinney Creative Art Bazaar for pure shopping fun. This year's Art Bazaar will be held at TUPPS, a microbrewery at The Cotton Mill in McKinney, Texas. TUPPS has a large indoor/outdoor covered event space, bar, stage, games, food trucks and more.

TIMELINE

September 20th: All applications + $20 application fee due

On or around September 27th: Emails go out notifying artists of whether or not they were accepted into this year's Art Bazaar

December 7th: 8:30 am - 10:30 am Set up

December 7th: 11 am - 7 pm Event

December 7th: 7-8 pm Pack up

SELLING AT THE ART BAZAAR

The Art Bazaar is a juried, handmade-only show.

No resale items, no vintage, no commercial products, no supplies at the Art Bazaar.

All artists must be present at their own table during the Art Bazaar.

Artists are not allowed to sell another artist's products.

Artists may sell only items on their application in order to avoid over saturation of categories, to be fair to the fellow vendors, and to provide shoppers with a diverse array of products.

Artist must be present for the duration of the event and may not pack up early. If an artists leaves early they may not be accepted into any future events.

Artists do not have to live in the McKinney area nor be a member of McKinney Creative Community to apply.

Anyone who meets the above criteria is welcome to apply!

APPLICATION INFO

Complete applications and application fees are due by midnight (CST) SEPTEMBER 20th, 2019

A $20 application fee is non-refundable.

No cash or checks accepted.

Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted

In order to be considered, you must provide a working web link depicting clear photos of your handmade products

No photos accepted via email or snail mail

The State of Texas requires vendors to have a Sales Tax ID in order to pay sales tax on all items sold in Texas. Visit the State Comptroller's web site for more info http://www.window.state.tx.us/

BOOTH/TABLE OPTIONS

-NO ADDITIONAL BOOTH FEE-

We cannot guarantee placement in any location at time of application.

All artists will be given a space to accommodate a 6' table. There is no "cushion" around the perimeter of the table. You get exactly your table space, no more. Please plan accordingly.

Double tables and shared tables are not available at the Art Bazaar.

TUPPS is not heated/air conditioned. If the weather is nice we plan to have the garage doors open. Please plan accordingly for cold weather.

ELECTRICITY

There are no electrical outlets available.

MARKETING

Printable flyers will be available for each vendor to hand out in your area. (Please no spamming on windshields, etc.)

Web art will be available for each vendor to use on their website, blog, Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere online.

We hope that each vendor will do his or her part to promote the show. When you promote the show, people come and spend money!

REFUNDS

The $20 application fee is non-refundable. No exceptions.

If you need cancel after being accepted please email us immediately mckinneycreativeinfo@gmail.com

JURYING (SELECTING THE ARTISTS)

The Art Bazaar jury is made up of volunteers - artists and crafters and shoppers just like you. Because we have more applicants than space in the show, the jury chooses Art Bazaar artists based on space availability, category, need, quality, uniqueness of product, past participation, and web presence. If you were not accepted into a past Art Bazaar event, we encourage you to apply again. The dynamics and needs of a show change every year, but we cannot offer specific feedback.

PLEASE NOTE

Submitting an application and paying the non-refundable $20 application fee does not give you automatic entrance into the Art Bazaar. It affords you the opportunity to be considered for participation in our event. The jury is made up of local artists just like you who do their due diligence in looking at every single application and considering every single artist who has applied to be in the show.

LOCATION

Tupps Brewery

721 Anderson St, McKinney, TX 75069

QUESTIONS

If you have questions about this event please email mckinneycreativeinfo@gmail.com