This Art Market is open to MICA alumni producing handmade or responsibly manufactured goods including, but not limited to original drawings and paintings, wearable and non-wearable fiber art, ceramics, mixed media works, jewelry, furniture, accessories, paper goods, candles, etc. If you outsource a part of your process, you will be asked to explain your supply chain and manufacturing practices. For this event, responsible manufacturing means keeping your supply chain traceable, local and sustainable.

Apply here!

Apply here by August 16, 2026!

Notifications will go out by August 25, 2026.

The priority deadline for table fees is September 16, 2026 for first round applicants. Table fees must be paid by this date or you will forfeit your spot.

Vendors will be contacted by email in late September with information about table assignment, parking, load-in and out procedures, and shareable assets for event promotion.

Load-in/set-up time begins at 9AM, 2 hours before the event open hours. Vendors must staff their table for the entirety of the open public hours. Please do not start cleaning up early. Vendors have one hour to clean up and fully breakdown at the conclusion of the market.

Set Up:

Saturday & Sunday, October 10 & 11, 9-11AM

Open Hours:

Saturday & Sunday, October 10 & 11, 11-5PM

Breakdown:

Saturday & Sunday, October 10 & 11, 5-6PM

$100/day for a full table (72 x 30 inches)

$50/day for a half table (36 x 30 inches)

Participation is for the full day(s). The open public hours are 11-5PM on Saturday & Sunday, October 10 & 11, 2026.

Your fee includes table space matching half or full selection (table provided); 1 chair per vendor application; black table cloth (can use your own too) and inclusion in the Art Market Roster.

Vendor fees cover the cost of producing the market and contribute to the Art Market Endowment Scholarship Fund.

Please contact artmarket@mica.edu if you need information about this process.

A full-sized table is 72 x 30 inches and the half-sized table option is 36 x 30 inches.

Vendors will have approximately three feet behind their table for a chair, their body, and backstock or additional display elements. One chair will be provided per application unless a special request is written in. If you need to bring an additional stool or chair, you are welcome to, but again, it must fit within your allotted space. If you have an alternative display that doesn't require a table, that's so cool! You are welcome to use it, but it must not exceed the allotted table footprint. Above all, and this can't be emphasized enough, please be considerate of your neighbors and keep yourself and your items within your assigned space.

Requests to be placed beside a particular person/business will be honored as much as possible, but each artist/business needs to apply to participate individually. Table assignments cannot be transferred to someone outside of the original application. 

Tables should be staffed for the duration of the market's open hours. You are welcome to bring an assistant if you think you need one. They should be familiar with your offerings, process, pricing, and accepted forms of payments. Space behind tables is tight, so again, please be considerate of your neighbors and make sure you are operating within your assigned space. Only people working at the event should be behind tables. 

Vendors are responsible for processing their own payments as well as collecting and remitting 6% Maryland Sales Tax for all transactions. Vendors can utilize whatever mobile POS system they prefer. Common options include Square readers, Paypal, Venmo, and Cash App. Please reach out to artmarket@mica.edu if you need further assistance.

You should, within reason, sell the type of work you included in your application. The most important thing is that all offerings must be your original creative work without infringing on another artist's intellectual property (copyright/trademark). Work is expected to be handmade, handcrafted or designed and made to your exact specifications and/or responsibly manufactured with a transparent and ethical supply chain as described in your application. Any copyright infringement is prohibited and violators of this policy are subject to immediate removal and could be banned from future participation.

Drinks, food items, CBD products, live animals, and services are all prohibited.

Unexpected things happen. Please reach out to artmarket@mica.edu as soon as possible if you won't be able to make it, so we can offer your spot to someone else. Unfortunately, we cannot process table fee refunds after September 16th. 

Vendors are responsible for collecting and remitting the 6% Maryland Sales Tax.

Please send an email to artmarket@mica.edu.