“One of the best organized festivals that I go to. The venue is perfect. The advertising is second to none and achieves results! You have a great team that I hope will continue for many, many years.”
“Business speaking, they are a great buying crowd, but more than that they are nice, complementary, and enjoy art. And the quality of work at the show is fabulous. It is a breath of fresh air to see a show with such quality and variety of work.”
“It is one of my favorite events. The attendance is excellent and includes people from all over the area. A true community event, with diverse art and fine crafts.”
Any fine artist or fine crafter who meets the following qualifications:
• Has a passion for their art or craft and can make a large enough quantity to keep their customers happy for the 2½ days of the Festival.
• Makes their own work, themselves (no designers, buy/sell, contractors, piecework, or factories).
• Artists and crafters currently making and selling fresh, new work.
*note: jewelers who string together premade items, or clothiers who buy pre-made clothes and dye them will generally be scored lower than artists who create everything by hand themselves.
• BUY/SELL vendors (including LuLaRoe, Imports, etc.)
• Someone who designs work and has other people make it for them (in a factory or studio)
• Someone who has their work mass-produced, by offset or giclee prints, mechanical molds, etc
• Someone who purchases and assembles kit
• Artists and crafters still selling old work or work that has been submitted to the jury before
• Consumables crafters: (contact The Augusta Hand Made Fair for a better fit for your work.)
• Creators of spices, mixes or other food items (pets too)
• Candle Makers
• Soap and/or skin care and/or bath product makers
Book authors (contact The Book Tavern at info@booktavern.com if you want to be in the Author’s Alley at Arts in the Heart.)
Entries will be considered if the submission falls within the following categories. If you are not sure, please contact festival organizers for clarification.
• Clay (thrown or hand-built ceramics)
• Clothing & Clothing accessories (not jewelry)
• Digital Art
• Fiber Art (baskets, leather goods, wall hangings, and hand quilting, not clothing)
• Folk Art
• Furniture
• Glasswork (not jewelry)
• Jewelry (rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, watches, tiaras, etc.)
• Mixed Media 2D
• Mixed Media 3D
• Painting
• Photography
• Printmaking/Drawing
• Sculpture
• Wood Art