For Indian Fair & Market Artists

Schedule

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Artist Application

Artists: The application for the 2018 Fair can be downloaded here  for printing and mailing to us. Or you can apply online here.

Youth Artists: Artists 17 years old and younger are welcome to share a booth with a relative. The Youth Artist application is here, or apply online here.

First-time applicants, including Youth Artists: The Heard Museum Guild complies with the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990. You cannot participate in the Fair until you provide a copy of your Certificate of Indian Blood, tribal enrollment ID, or an Artisan Letter. Artists applying for the first time must include it with their application.

Click here for a description of the 2017 Classifications and Divisions.

For your information, here is the 2017 Booth Layout.

Before applying, please review:

• General Information for applications
• Regulations and Policies (Revised 10/2016)
• Artist Statement of Responsibility
• Standards for the Classifications

Our mailing address is:

Heard Museum Guild Artist Exhibitors Committee
Heard Museum
2301 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004

Fee Payments

Use the link below to pay application fees, late fees, and booth fees.

Pay Application, Booth, and/or Late Fees here.

Juried Competition

Rules

• Artists submitting artwork to Juried Competition must follow the Juried Competition Entry Guidelines, which will be available in October.
• Artwork submitted for competition must conform to the Standards for Juried Competition, which will be available in October.

Delivery of Entries for Juried Competition

Entries must be delivered in person to the Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ.  Receiving is through the rear door of Steele Auditorium.  You will be able to unload your vehicle near this door.

• For the 2018 Fair, work must be received between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 1, 2018. The judging begins immediately after Receiving.
• No entries will be accepted by mail.
• Your representative may deliver your entries.  He/she will need a note of authorization, which will be included in the packet sent to accepted artists.

Awards

The list of 2018 awards and prize money will be available in October. All award winners receive two ribbons, one for the artist and one for the purchaser.  Winners are featured next to their winning art at the Best of Show Reception on Friday evening before the Fair from 5:30 to 8 p.m. In addition, all award winners will be invited to the 2019 Indian Fair & Market.

Judges

All judges have in-depth experience in judging artwork. Judges are invited from a wide variety of fields, including experienced American Indian artists, curators, gallery directors, educators, and collectors.

If you have questions, contact the Juried Competition Chairs, juriedcomp@heardguild.org.

Here is the list of the 2017 award winners in Juried Competition. For competition winners from previous years, click here.

American Indian Artist Resource Collection

The Heard Museum Library maintains the American Indian Artist Resource Collection of biographical and professional information. Artists are the best source for accurate information. To learn more about the Collection, click here. We encourage you to visit the Library’s website, where you can search the online collection and download an artist questionnaire.

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 Licensing Information

The State of Arizona requires that you obtain appropriate licensing–a Transaction Privilege Tax license–before selling at the Indian Fair & Market. The total sales tax for artists to collect at the Fair is 8.6 percent (State: 6.3 percent, City 2.3 percent).   You can download the application below.  If the Fair opening date is not far away and you may not receive the license before the show, we recommend that you have a copy of the completed form and a copy of your check or money order with you in case they conduct spot checks at the Fair.

If you have questions, the Arizona Department of Revenue has a FAQs page for selling at special events like our Fair.

Transaction Privilege Tax Application (Short Form)

Parking & Delivery Route

The Heard Museum Guild secures discounted hotel accommodation options for the artists during the Fair. A list will be posted in early 2018.

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