Vendor registration is now closed. Please email gena@chesapeakearts.org to be added to the interest list for next year. We hope to see you at the festival!

Join us for Chesapeake Arts Center’s 10th annual free family-friendly arts festival, Arts in the Park, on Saturday, October 5, 2024 from 10 am - 3 pm! The event is rain or shine.

This event is free and open to the general public. Traditionally this event, which includes both fun family activities, door prizes, and live entertainment, has attracted more than 1000 attendees of all ages.

RSVP for the event here!

Participation Fees

*The participation fee reserves a vendor's booth space in the festival. If an applicant is not accepted, they will receive a full refund (minus the $5 non refundable processing fee). Please note vendors that have been accepted and choose not to participate or cancel at any time will not receive a refund.*

• CAC Instructor vendor - $45 (CAC Instructors please contact Gena O’Brien, Program & Gallery Coordinator, at gena@chesapeakearts.org to coordinate payment)

• Nonprofit/Government/Community Resource vendor  - $50

• CAC Member vendor - $60

• Regular Artisan vendor - $70

  
  Vendor fees above include a $5 non refundable processing fee

  We are able to accept the first 10 local government/community resource vendors, CAC partners, and CAC sponsors on a first come first serve basis.

Examples of government/community resource vendors include but are not limited to libraries, fire departments, museums, food distribution centers, and education or art centers that are not non-profit organizations. In addition, CAC community partners and sponsors are eligible to participate in the festival and fall under the community resource vendor category.

* The vendor fee will be waived for CAC community partners and sponsors. Local resource vendors that are not CAC community partners or sponsors are subject to a $50 vendor fee.*

Your participation fee includes the following:

• - 10’x10’ space - Vendors must bring their own table, chair, signage, cash box, tent, tent weights, etc. While CAC facilitates the event, no additional tents, tables, tent weights, cash boxes, or chairs are provided by Chesapeake Arts Center. Artists/ Organizations are required to supply their own tent, chairs, tables, and all additional materials. 

• *Please note that due to unpredictable weather conditions, we strongly encourage all vendors to bring tent weights to help stabilize the tent. This will help prevent extremely dangerous conditions for other vendors, visitors, and staff, should it be windy the day of the event.* 

• - Artist or Business Name on our online Arts in the Park Marketplace with link to your website and/or social media and bio.

• - One post on CAC social media page before the festival *Vendors must provide photos and a social media link through the vendor application in order for CAC to promote their business. 

• - Name in a social media post about the festival

Booth spaces are single applicant occupancy and maximum of 2 booths are permitted per booth lot. One artist/organization application is permitted per booth lot. Booth lots and booths cannot be shared between multiple artists/organizations. If 2 separate artists/organizations would like to have two booths in collaboration/next to one another, they must submit two applications. Space is limited; applicants should submit their materials as soon as possible.

The deadline for applications is Friday, September 20, 2024 at 5 pm. Please fill out the Application Form above and click next to submit portfolio, image list, and image and/or logo to be used to promote vendors on CAC’s online Artisan Marketplace. The final step of the application is to submit vendor payment for the event. Applicants must fill out an application form, portfolio and image list, and submit vendor payment for their application to be complete. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed for consideration until all items are completed.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until filled or until the application deadline has been reached, whichever comes first. Applicants will be evaluated based on artistic commitment, the appropriateness of materials for the event, and connection with Chesapeake Arts Center’s mission “to cultivate and deliver innovative arts and education programs that inspire joy, creativity, and collaboration within our community.”

If you have any questions, please contact Gena O’Brien, Program & Gallery Coordinator, at gena@chesapeakearts.org

CAC does not discriminate in offering equal access with respect to art vendor terms and conditions on the basis of age, ancestry, color, creed, disability, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or protected veteran’s status and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all vendors.