Teen Art Fair Vendors

As part of our second annual art fair, taking place from October 3–5, 2025, we’re inviting teenage artists to display and sell their art as vendors!

We’re selecting 15 artists aged 13–19 from across Arkansas and the surrounding region to showcase their fine artworks in various mediums, including ceramics, wood, textiles, glass, drawing, painting, mixed media, jewelry, photography, metal/iron, and sculpture.

Teens, you’ll have the exciting opportunity to gain experience participating in an art fair, learn skills related to displaying and selling your art, and join a cohort of your peers to collaborate as a community of emerging artists.

In particular, you’ll learn the basics of selling artwork, creating an artistic brand, and participating in an art fair through 3 required meetings leading up to the fair itself in October.

To be eligible to participate, teens must be available for the following dates and times:

• August 19, 2025, 5 – 6:30 pm
• September 15, 2025, 5 – 6:30 pm
• September 29, 2025, 5 – 6:30 pm
• October 4, 2025, 11 am – 3 pm
• October 5, 2025, 11 am – 3 pm

Ready to apply? Take a look at the rules and requirements, then submit an application using the form below!

The event will feature a vibrant showcase of artwork from talented artists from across the country, spanning different mediums from drawing to metalwork to sculpture. There will also be food trucks, live art demos, culinary experiences, and more.

Event Size

80+ exhibitors
10,000+ attendees
15 teen artists

Event & Application Timeline

Artist Application Deadline: June 8, 2025
Artists Notified: June 20, 2025
Registration Deadline: July 1, 2025
Cohort Introduction Meeting: August 19, 2025
Branding and Selling Art Cohort Meeting: September 15, 2025
Final Check-In Cohort Meeting: September 29, 2025
Art Fair: October 3-5, 2025

Art Fair Hours

Friday, October 3: 2 – 7 PM (Teens not required to attend)
Saturday, October 4: 10 – 4 PM (Teens present from 11 AM – 3 PM)
Sunday, October 5: 10 – 4 PM (Teens present from 11 AM – 3 PM)

Booth Information

Spaces

• Artists will be located inside with 2, 6-foot rectangular tables to display works
• Display materials can be brought by artists or provided by the museum. More information on this will be shared during cohort meetings.

Artist Amenities

• Booth sitters, volunteer support
• Artists lounge with well stocked snacks and drinks
• Assistance with load-in and load-out

Artists must submit images of 3–5 original artworks and a short bio about themselves and their work to apply through the application below. All images must be high-resolution  .jpg, .tiff, or .png files.

Eligibility Criteria

The following rules and policies ensure fairness to all participating artists and festival guests. Any failure to comply will result in immediate removal from the CBMAA Art Fair.

• Artwork must be handmade, skillfully created, and produced by the artist.
• All reproductions must be clearly labeled “REPRODUCTION” or “LIMITED EDITION REPRODUCTION.”
• All work must be for sale.
• Artists must comply with the logistic rules that will be sent in the Artists Information Packet after acceptance.
• Artists must personally host their display booth throughout the CBMAA Art Fair.
• Artists who sell out of their work must remain with their booths for the duration of the CBMAA Art Fair.
• CBMAA reserves the right to remove any artist from the present or future CBMAA Art Fair for breach of the written participation rules, the laws of the State of Arkansas, or for disruptive/abusive behavior.
• Artists are expected to comply with all regulations and respect artistry standards.

Artists May Not

• Exhibit or sell work by other artists.
• Display imported items and/or mass-produced work
• Exhibit in any other art fair in Northwest Arkansas the weekend of October 3-5, 2025, if they are participating at the CBMAA Arts Fair.
• Display ribbons or awards from any other or previous shows.

Jury Process

Artists will be selected by a jury of art professionals. Jurying will take place shortly after the application closes, artists will be notified on June 20, 2025.

Jury Details

The jury is comprised of three art professionals.

The jury will review applications by viewing each artist’s set of images individually on a monitor, without identifying information. A well-balanced show of artistic excellence, quality, creativity, and overall impression of work is the criterion for the selection of exhibiting artists. An additional number of artists may be retained for a waiting list of alternates based on the scores received in their category.

Decisions of the jury panel are final. The jury panel review process is closed.

The CBMAA Art Fair committee supports the jury review process and decisions made by the panel and will not, as a normal course of business, circumvent or alter these selections. CBMAA Art Fair committee reserves the right to reject any application if it does not comply with the rules outlined in the application process.