The Holiday Art Bazaar Vendor Application 2023

APPLICATION PROCESS:

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

Step 2: Fill out your information

Step 3: Pay the application fee

This is the 12th year that the McKinney Creative Community has hosted and organized the Holiday Art Bazaar. This shopping event and party showcases 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 Holiday Art Bazaar for pure shopping fun. This year's Holiday Art Bazaar will be held INSIDE at the Cotton Mill in McKinney, Texas. 

-PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE CHANGE TO INSIDE THE COTTON MILL & SMALLER BOOTH SIZES-

TIMELINE

October 31st: Deadline for applications. 

December 2nd: 7:30 am - 10:30  am Set up

December 2nd: 11 am - 5 pm Event

December 2nd: 5-6 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) October 31st, 2023

The $35/$45 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 6'x8' space (Room for a 6' table). 

Double booths are not available at the Art Bazaar.

ELECTRICITY

Electricity outlets are available.

MARKETING

Printable flyers will be available for each vendor to hand out in your area. 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 $35 / $45 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 $35/$45 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

McKinney Cotton Mill

610 Elm St., McKinney, TX 75069

QUESTIONS

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