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MICA’s Art Markets are public on-campus events that celebrate art, craft, design, and the entrepreneurial spirit. These events provide an opportunity for students to develop and practice professional skill-sets, and for alumni, faculty, and staff to sell their goods. These events serve as an invitation to the wider Baltimore community to experience the immense talent fostered at MICA.
Visitors can expect to shop an extraordinary selection of creative work from a curated selection of makers at each of our market events.
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The Holiday Edition of Art Market is an opportunity for students to sell their work alongside alumni, faculty, and staff at a two-day event taking place December 7 + 8, 2024.
To qualify for participation, students must be enrolled in one of the following classes:
Undergraduate sophomores, juniors and seniorsas well as graduate students looking to participate as individual vendors will need to register for one of the following FALL courses in order to participate:
3 credit ENTR 210: Making it at Art Markets
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1.0 credit ENTR 212: Art Market Essentials
Students that have completed the 210 or 212 courses and would like to participate in Art Market again should enroll in:
1.0 credit ENTR213: Entrepreneurship & MICA Art Market 2.0
By enrolling in one of these courses, international students with F1 visas (most others as well) can sell their wares at Art Market, utilizing Curricular Practical Training (CPT). Details of how to do this will be covered in the class.
Graduate students in the MFA Illustration Practice program will participate as vendors at a group booth by registering for the following required courses to participate:
3.0 credit ILP 5740 Entrepreneurship
6.0 credit ILP 5650 MFA Studio II
6.0 credit ILP 5800 MFA Thesis I
6.0 credit ILP 5850 MFA Thesis II
Students enrolled in MA 5000 will also participate as a group.
By enrolling in one of these courses, international students with F1 visas can sell their wares at Art Market, utilizing Curricular Practical Training (CPT). Required coursework, an issued I-20 and a Social Security number are needed. Details of how to do these can be obtained in the Office of International Education.
All student sales will be processed by MICA using a barcode system. Participating graduate level courses will have a POS at their group space assignment. Individual student vendor sales will be processed by multiple stationary and roving POS. In lieu of a table fee, MICA will retain 20% of student sales to cover administrative costs.
All student vendors are required to attend one of two virtual inventory training sessions on November 18th at 3:30PM or November 19th at 6:30PM.
Please contact sbenning@mica.edu with event questions.
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Alumni are eligible to participate in Art Market x Artscape, Art Market x MICA Weekend, and the Art Market x Holiday Edition. Please see event-specific information for more details.
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Faculty & Staff are eligible to apply for the Art Market x Artscape and Art Market x Holiday Edition events. Please see event-specific information for more details.
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Art Market events are open to the public. Unless otherwise noted in event-specific details, MICA’s Art Markets take place in the Brown Center Leidy Atrium located at 1301 W Mt. Royal Ave (the building shaped a little like an iceberg). MICA is proud to extend an invitation to the wider Baltimore (and beyond!) community to visit campus and partake in a day of art and shopping. You have the power to directly support artists, treat yourself or a loved one to something special, and contribute to MICA scholarships all at once. It’s a win, win, win!
Scan the QR code at an Art Market event to pay the suggested $5 entry fee. Your contribution supports the MICA Endowment Scholarship and expands access to MICA’s world class art education.
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UPCOMING ART MARKET EVENTS
UPCOMING ART MARKET EVENTS
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Alumni are invited to apply.
Submitting an application does not guarantee participation in this event. Applications will be carefully reviewed for quality, originality, and production standards with the intention of creating a cohesive event representing variety of products and a diverse roster of artists and creative entrepreneurs.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis!
While students are not eligible for this edition of Art Market, we look forward to highlighting and celebrating student work and budding creative businesses in the Holiday Edition of Art Market. Look out for an information session early in the school year!
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The Alumni Art Market event is a celebration of art, craft, and design made by MICA alumni artist-entrepreneurs. Visitors will shop extraordinary work from a curated selection of artists, presenting a great opportunity to find that perfect gift or treat yourself to something special while supporting fellow members of the MICA community. You can expect to find a variety of goods including apparel, jewelry, original artworks, prints, ceramics, home decor and so much more! The Alumni Art Market is open to the public, so be sure to bring a local friend!
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Brown Center
1301 W Mt. Royal Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21217
This is an indoor event.
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September 28, 2024
Saturday, 11-5pm
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Applications are open on a rolling basis!
Table Sizes + Prices:
Full table (72 x 32 inches) — $100
Half Tale (36 x 32 inches) — $50
Participation is for a full day of selling.
The fee includes table space + provided table; 1 provided chair per vendor; black table cloth, and inclusion in the Art Market Roster.
Vendor fees cover the cost of producing the market with all excess going into MICA scholarship funds.
The application is hosted by Start Up Tree. If you don’t already have one, you will need make an account. It is free and simply requires answering a few prompts.
If you have any questions, please reach out to rcce@mica.edu
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Coming Soon
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Undergraduate sophomores, juniors, and seniors and graduate students (who aren't enrolled in the specific ILP and IL courses listed below) interested in selling at Art Market must be enrolled in one of these classes by the close of the add/drop period (September 2, 2024):
ENTR 210: Making It at Art Markets, 3 credits
ENTR 212: Art Market Essentials, 1 credit
ENTR 213: Entrepreneurship & MICA Art Market 2.0, 1 credit *This course is open to students that have already taken ENTR 210 or 212 seeking to participate in Art Market 2024.
Graduate ILP students in their first year must be registered in ILP5740. Second year students in ILP5800 for Fall, and ILP5850 to cover markets happening in the Spring Term.
ILP 5740.01: Entrepreneurship, 3 credits
ILP 5800.01: MFA Thesis I, 6 credits
ILP 5850.01: MFA Thesis II, 6 credits
IL 5000: MA Studio I, 6 credits
Alumni, faculty and staff are also invited to apply.
Submitting an application does not guarantee participation in this event. Students will be prioritized. Applications will be carefully reviewed for quality, originality, and production standards with the intention of creating a cohesive event representing variety of products and a diverse roster of artists and creative entrepreneurs.
APPLICATION DETAILS COMING SOON
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Art Market is a three-floor holiday market that provides a seIection of MICA students, alumni, faculty, and staff the opportunity to sell their art, craft, and artisan-made pieces in a two-day public event on MICA's campus. We hope that you will join us for the 16th edition of this incredible MICA staple event this holiday season.
This event prioritizes student learning by creating an opportunity to put the entrepreneurial skills developed in class into practice selling artworks and products created throughout the semester. This event serves as an early career experience, building confidence around the presentation of creative work, customer service, and financial systems around selling goods.
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Brown Center
1301 W Mt. Royal Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21217
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December 7 - 8, 2024
Vendor Set Up: 7-10:30AM
Public Hours: 11AM-5PM
Vendor Clean Up: 5-7PM
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Students enrolled in the eligible courses by September 2, 2024 (ENTR 210, 212, 213; ILP 5740, 5800, 5850; IL 5000) will need to fill out this event application.
The event application will be open September 20 - October 18th.
Students will not be charged a table fee to participate in the 2024 Art Market. Student sales will be processed through MICA's POS system and, in lieu of a table fee, MICA will retain a 20% fee to cover administrative costs including sales tax collection and remittance, CC fees, and staffing. A percentage of sales rather than a flat table fee also allows MICA students to participate without financial risk and only contribute an equitable fee for their participation.
Student sellers will be required to attend an inventory training session dedicated to pricing and recording inventory for the event. Students will be instructed to include a 20% mark up to cover MICA's fee.
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Coming Soon
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Missed our Virtual 2024 Art Market Info Session ? View the recording here.
PAST ART MARKET EVENTS
PAST ART MARKET EVENTS
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Alumni, faculty, and staff are invited to apply.
Submitting an application does not guarantee participation in this event. Applications will be carefully reviewed for quality, originality, and production standards with the intention of creating a cohesive event representing variety of products and a diverse roster of artists and creative entrepreneurs.
Applications are closed.
While students are not eligible for this summer edition of Art Market, we look forward to highlighting and celebrating student work and budding creative businesses in the Holiday Edition of Art Market. Look out for an information session early in the school year!
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Art Market x Artscape features work by alumni, faculty, and staff and takes place during Artscape weekend. It is a great opportunity to visit MICA’s campus, enjoy a curated selection of art, craft, and artisan-made goods in the comfort of climate control. Take a break from the August/Artscape heat and treat yourself to something special! This event is open to the public, so please spread the word and bring a friend!
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Brown Center
1301 W Mt. Royal Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21217
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August 2 - 4, 2024
Friday, 5-9pm
Saturday, 11 - 9pm
Sunday, 11 - 5pm
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Applications are open to alumni, faculty, and staff from June 10 - 26, 2024.
Table Sizes + Prices:
Full table (72 x 32 inches) — $250
Half Tale (36 x 32 inches) — $125
Participation is for the full event from Friday, August 2 - Sunday, August 4th.
The fee includes table space (table provided); 1 chair per vendor; black table cloth, and inclusion in the Art Market Roster.
Vendor fees cover the cost of producing the market with all excess going into MICA scholarship funds.
The application is hosted by Start Up Tree. If you don’t already have one, you will need make an account. It is free and simply requires answering a few prompts.
If you have any questions, plese reach out to rcce@mica.edu
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At a glance:
When is Art Market 2024?
There are three Art market events on the calendar for 2024:
Art Market x Artscape: August 2 - 4
Art Market x MICA Weekend: September 28
Art Market x Holiday Edition: December 7 - 8
Where is Art Market?
Brown Center, MICA
Who can participate?
Artscape: Alumni, Faculty, and Staff
MICA Weekend: Alumni
Holiday Edition: Student participation is prioritized. Alumni, faculty, and staff are also invited to apply.
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This Art Market is open to MICA faculty, staff, and 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.
Applications for this event are closed.
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Applications are open June 10 - 21st.
Notifications will go out June 28th.
Table fees are due July 8th.
Load-in/set-up time begins 2 hours before the public hours each day. Vendors must check-in on Friday, August 4th by 4pm or risk losing their table assignment. Vendors must staff their table for the entirety of the open public hours. Please do not start cleaning up early. Vendors have 30 minutes to clean up and exit on Friday and Saturday and will have 1 hour to fully breakdown at the conclusion of the market on Sunday.
Set Up:
Friday, August 2, 3 - 5 pm
Saturday, August 3, 9 - 11 am
Sunday, August 4, 9 - 11 am
Open Hours:
Friday, August 2, 5 - 9 pm
Saturday, August 3, 11 - 9 pm
Sunday, August 4, 11 - 5 pm
Breakdown:
Friday, August 2, 9 - 9:30 pm
Saturday, August 3, 9 - 9:30 pm
Sunday, August 4, 5 - 6pm
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$250 for a full table (72 x 30 inches)
$125 for a half table (36 x 32 inches)
Participation is for the full event from Friday, August 2 - Sunday, August 4th.
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.
Table fees are due by July 8th. Please contact rcce@mica.edu attn:Sarah Benning/Art Market if you need information about this process.
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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. 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.
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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.
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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 rcce@mica.edu attn:Sarah Benning/Art Market if you need further assistance.
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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.
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If you were not accepted to MICA Art Market x Artscape, it is no judgment on the quality or value of your work! We have a very limited number of spots available and do our best to curate a market that represents a
variety of goods, mediums, and a mix of emerging and established artists/businesses. ***Possibility of scheduling feedback/development opportunities.
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Unexpected things happen. Please reach out to rcce@mica.edu attn: Sarah Benning/Art Market 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 July 15th.
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Vendors are responsible for collecting and remitting the 6% Maryland Sales Tax.
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Please send an email to rcce@mica.edu attn:Sarah Benning/Art Market