August 12, 2023
East Park in downtown
9am - 6pm
127 Artists
Deadline: February 15, 2023
Application fee: $30 Booth fee: $225
For 64 years the Charlevoix Waterfront Art Fair has been bringing fine art to our community. The Waterfront Art Fair is the second oldest juried art fair in Michigan. The goal of the art fair is to provide a venue for creators of quality fine art and fine craft to meet with the art-buying public. Our goals are to provide inspiration and opportunity for aspiring young local artists and to foster appreciation of the arts, using proceeds from the Charlevoix Waterfront Art Fair. Always held the second Saturday in August, rain or shine.
Held in grassy East Park on Round Lake, the natural harbor between Lakes Michigan and Charlevoix, where the variety of art, the range of techniques and the array of colors across the park, makes the Charlevoix Waterfront Art Fair a spectacular visual experience.
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My husband Norm Darwish and I participated in this wonderful art fair for at least 25 years. It was the highlight of our summer, spending a few days and beautiful Charlevoix was indeed a luxury for us. The enthusiastic buyers who came as the sun was rising early in the day always showed up. Many thanks to this volunteer committee, including Mary Beth Shaw and Suzi Reis, for their dedication to the event.
Artists, this is not your common every day summer art fair, this is a special day event held in a beautiful location with extremely qualified buyers, or as Nels Johnson would have said "the good shoes people."