Webster Arts Fair 2021 Application Update: Artists accepted in 2020 will be re-invited for the planned June 2021 fair. Applications will be accepted for the 2022 Webster Arts Fair in November 2021.

Categories:

Please read the category descriptions carefully. Jurors and/or the Executive Director reserve the right to reassign an artist’s chosen category. Please feel free to call or email with questions. 
All work exhibited must be created by the applying artist in his or her own studio. There are very limited exceptions. See below.
Artists may ONLY exhibit work in the juried category. Jewelry may only be exhibited by juried artists in the Jewelry category. You may jury in more than one category, with a separate fee for each application.
Please, do not jury the same work in different categories. 

ALL ARTISTS: Commercially-produced items bearing your art are not permitted at the Webster Arts Fair. Examples include coasters, cutting boards, mouse pads, drinking glasses or mugs, books, etc. If you have questions, please call the director for clarification. Lab-produced note cards are permitted in limited amounts if the images reflect the photography, painting, drawing, etc., that was juried. One card stand is permitted within the confines of the booth and must be shown in the booth image. Webster Arts reserves the right to consult with the artist on fixtures in the booth before invitation acceptance. Reproductions of paintings or photographs on canvas are not permitted. A limited number of lab-produced reproductions of original art on paper/metal are permitted.

• Ceramics/Clay: All original clay and porcelain work other than jewelry. No machine-made or mass produced work is permitted. If multiple pieces of the same design are displayed, each piece must be signed.

• Digital: Any original work for which the artist, using a computer, executed the original image or the manipulation of other original source material. Work must be in limited editions, signed and numbered on archival quality materials. Note: Traditional photographs taken through a digital media should apply in the photography category.

• Fiber: All work crafted from fibers including basketry, embroidery, weaving, leatherwork, tapestry, and papermaking. No machine tooling, machine-screened patterns or other forms of mass production are permitted. No factory produced wearable items, regardless of additional modification or enhancement by the artist.

• Glass: Hand-blown or fused. No forms of mass production are permitted. Jewelry must jury in the Jewelry category.

• Jewelry: All jewelry, whether produced from metal, glass, clay, fiber, paper, plastic or other materials. No commercial casts, molds or production studio work. Work must be produced in the artist’s studio. Commercially purchased clasps or chains are acceptable. Beads must be made by hand.

• Metal: Non-sculptural and non-jewelry metal work. No production studio work is permitted. Jewelry must jury in the Jewelry category.

• 2-Dimensional Mixed Media:  2D works that incorporate more than one type of physical material to produce. Includes non-sculptural work as determined by the artist.

• 3-Dimensional Mixed Media:  3-dimensional works that incorporate more than one type of physical material to produce. Includes non-sculptural work as determined by the artist.

• Painting: (Oil, Watercolor, Acrylic, Pastels): Works created in oils, acrylics, watercolor, etc., on paper, canvas, gesso board, etc. Reproductions on canvas are not permitted.

• Photography: Photographic prints made from the artist's original image, which have been processed by that artist are included in this category. Prints produced through retail labs are not permitted. Photographers are required to disclose both their creative and printing processes on any prints, which have been properly signed. Numbered editions in fewer than 50 are encouraged. Prints on canvas are not permitted. Digitally manipulated photography should apply in Digital.

• Sculpture: Three-dimensional original work done in any medium, including built-up works in wood. Jewelry must jury in the Jewelry category.

• Wood: Original hand-tooled, machine-worked, turned or carved work. Jewelry must jury in the Jewelry category.

• Works on Paper (Drawing/Graphics/Printmaking): Printed or hand-drawn works for which the artist's hand manipulated the paper, plates, stones or screens, and which have been properly signed and numbered as a limited edition. All photogravure, photocopy, and/or offset reproductions will be rejected. Printmakers are required to disclose both their creative and printmaking processes. Pastel artists should apply in Painting.

DIGITAL IMAGES

• Five (5) images must be submitted for each individual media category.

• Four (4) images must be of individual pieces of work, produced within the last 3 years.

• Image number #5 must be of the artist's booth set-up, showing overall continuity and presentation of the current body of work. Tips for Good Art Fair Booths.

Images must be in 1920 x 1920 pixel format. For information on image resolution, please access Zapplication.

The fifth image is mandatory. If a booth image is not available, submit an image of a grouping of work representative of work to be exhibited. Images must accurately represent the body of artist's work to be exhibited.
Note: This is a blind-jury process, do not submit booth images with identifiable signage or photos of the artist. 

IMPORTANT: Your booth image must accurately reflect the work to be exhibited. If we don't see a representation of the type of work in your booth image, you may not exhibit it. Also, provide a reasonable approximation of your set up. Booths that vary significantly from the booth image in quality of work, type of work, or set up will be closed. Fees will not be refunded. Please call or email with any questions.

New artists and artists without outdoor booth images are strongly encouraged to call the show director, 314.918.2671, to assure that your application is fairly juried.