Festival · Salt Lake City, UT, United States · 1 program
The Festival does not provide parking for the artists, nor do we compensate artists for parking. There are numerous parking lots and structures nearby, as well as some off-street parking that can accommodate vehicles, trailers, and RV's.
The Artist Marketplace is an outdoor summer venue. Artists will be allocated a minimum of 10'x10' space for their display booth with 200 watts electrical power per booth. Artists must provide their own 10'x10' canopy, display equipment, lighting, extension cords and 5/8 diameter rope or ratchet straps to tie off to weights.
The Festival will provide all artists with cement weights or Festival placed stakes to secure their booths. Booth fees are $650 per booth. A limited number of corner booths are available for an additional $100. A select number of 10 x 20 booths will be available at the coordinator's discretion.
Application fee: $45 application fee is nonrefundable.
Booth Fee: Artists who withdraw from the Festival by the deadline of April 23, 2027, will receive a refund (minus $50 processing fee). Artists who withdraw after April 23, 2027, will not be refunded.
Four images must be submitted with the application and jury fee. Images are juried in a process based upon point totals, utilizing a 1 through 5-point system. Artists' work is not identified by name during the jury process. A limit of approximately 160 artists will be accepted, with additional artists chosen for a wait list. Notifications will be made by Friday, March 12, 2027.
Four onsite juries will present Best of Show and Awards of Merit along with one award for People's Choice. All nine award winners will be invited to the 2028 Utah Arts Festival, bypassing the application fee and the jury process. Best of Show and People's Choice will have their 2028 booth fees waived.
Individual artists and collectives
Requirements
More about eligibility
The festival is open to all artists within the accepted medium categories. Participation in any previous Utah Arts Festival does not guarantee acceptance. All work must be original, handcrafted work by the artist; work generated by or with assistance of Artificial Intelligence is prohibited. No work from commercial molds, kits, or manufactured work will be accepted. Collaborating artists, if accepted, may show only their collaborative works, with both artists' names on the application and both present at the show.
Artists must be present with their work for the entire four days of the Festival; representatives may not attend in place of the artist.
Image quality and cohesiveness of submitted images
Scored on a 1 through 5-point system by a panel of jurors
Blind jury process (artist's work is not identified by name)
Jury