Date: July 20, 2024
Time: 11AM-4PM Adult Vendors and 11AM-2PM for the Youth Annex Market
Venue: The Rose Theatre Lobby
Fees: Free! No cost to vendors to participate
Table size: 6ft folding tables and 2 chairs per vendor
Available Tables: ~20-25 Adult Vendors and 10 Youth Vendors
The Brampton Arts Organization (BAO) will host its fourth Artist Market this summer at the Rose Theatre, July 20th from 11-4PM. This market will provide unique opportunities for creatives in Brampton to showcase and sell their work, to grow their audiences, and connect with other local artists and creatives.
New to BAO's 2024 Summer Artist Market is our Youth Annex Market, showcasing the work of 10 young Brampton creatives under 18! Exhibit and sell your paintings, prints, drawing, photography, craft, textiles, ceramics, and more! We are looking for youth artists, ages 18 and under, with an entrepreneurial spirit who are interested in selling their creations.
We welcome youth and adult vendors across disciplines, themes, and interests, including arts organizations and non-profits.
Beauty, bath, wellness, and food products will not be accepted.
Important Dates & Information
March 12 - Call to vendors opens
March 31 - Call to vendors closes April 29 - Vendors notified of acceptance
May 3 - Vendors confirm acceptance
June - Public marketing campaign of market and vendors begins
June - Optional Vendor Information Session
July 20 - Market day (vendors arrive by 9AM for set up)
- It is mandatory that all vendors accepted to the market be onsite ready to sell from 11am to 4pm. Youth Vendors accepted to the market must be onsite and ready to sell from 11am to 2pm.
- The BAO Artist Market will be following Peel Public Health guidelines related to COVID-19 and vendors will be required to adhere to safety measures.
- Manufactured items are prohibited.
- If work copies, reproduces, imitates or otherwise infringes on someone else's copyrighted material it will not be considered.
Selection Criteria
This call will prioritize original artwork and hand made goods, editioned works, and artwork and ephemera related to your practice and work, over bulk-produced, manufactured items. Co-applications (two vendors per one table) are welcome as well as applications from collectives. Arts organizations and not-for-profits are also encouraged to apply and are not required to sell works.
Additionally, the selection committee will review applications for:
- Quality of work
- Originality
- Vendors relationship and connection to Brampton and Peel Region
- Overall suitability for the market
Priority will be given to applicants who belong to equity-deserving groups, including those who identify as Indigenous, Black, People of Colour, 2SLGBTQIAP, Deaf, Disabled and intersections of those identities.
Selection Committee
- Craft Ontario Representative
- Local Artist
- Local Artist
- BAO Staff
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