September 17 & 18
Park Forest, Illinois
Tall Grass Arts Association
Downtown between Western & Orchard on Village Green and along Main Street
Saturday & Sunday 10am-5pm
80 Artists
Deadline: May 6
Application fee: $35 Booth fee: $175
The Park Forest Art Fair is the second oldest continuously juried fine art fair in the Chicagoland region. It is an exceptionally artist-friendly fair with helpers to assist with loading and reloading, and distributing bottled water all day. There are prizes totaling $3,000. Because Tall Grass is a not-for-profit and gets to know its artists well, it is sensitive to the impact of the costs of participating in an art fair. For that reason, it has kept its registration fee at $175 through the recession and beyond. Tall Grass feels it is especially important to keep the cost of the art fair registration low during the present economic environment.
The Board of Tall Grass provides the art fair artists a continental breakfast on Saturday and Sunday and a wonderful dinner on Saturday evening during which prize winners are announced. Two years ago, the Board also added a healthy snack on Saturday since many artists could not take the time to visit the food vendors.
Testimonials
The Park Forest Art Fair was simply amazing. I have never experienced an art fair such as this before. The attention and support given to the artists made one feel like royalty. I enjoyed the breakfast and was more than grateful for the spread that was laid before us for dinner. The award ceremony left me speechless. I have never experienced that level of appreciation for vendors at an Art Fair before. Wow!!! Is all I can say.
Tara McGee, Bayete Jewelry Collection LLC
This Tall Grass Art Fair was at its best for a number of reasons. First of all, the weather was great! Secondly, art lovers found so much to love. Third, Tall Grass did an amazing job. Last, but not least, I made plenty of sales. Thank you, Tall Grass Arts Association.
Patricia Stewart
This was a great fair with enthusiastic shoppers and talented artists.
Don Widmer, Paper artist
This longstanding art fair is small but extremely well run and always quality and diverse art. This year, sales exceeded all my previous shows, even with moderate crowds. I recommend this venue.
Ellen Grenier Bevill, handwoven fiber arts
The Tallgrass Art Fair in Park Forest is unlike any other all season long. The staff and volunteers are the nicest around even kind enough to cook you dinner Saturday evening. And because the show is so small, set up and tear down is a breeze. It’s a sweetheart of a show.
Barb Mason, Jewelry maker
Apply: http://tallgrassarts.org/
More info: http://tallgrassarts.org/
Contact: Janet Muchnik jmuchnik@sbcglobal.net
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