This Art Market is open to MICA students enrolled in eligible courses as well as alumni, faculty, and staff 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.

Alumni, faculty & staff can apply here through October 18th.

Students enrolled in ENTR 210, ENTR 212, ENTR 213, ILP 5740, ILP5800, and IL 5000 can sign up here.

Applications are open through October 18, 2024.

Acceptance/waitlist notifications will start going out October 25th. These notifications will include information about table fee payments. Applying does not guarantee participation.

Accepted vendors will be contacted by email November 11th with information including table assignment, parking, load-in and out procedures, and shareable assets for event promotion.

Table fees are due by November 1st and are refundable through November 22nd. If a vendor can no longer participate in the event, they must contact Sarah Benning at sbenning@mica.edu as soon as possible to initiate the refund process and to release their spot to someone on the waitlist.

Load-in/set-up time is 7-10:30AM on market days and vendors will be assigned a block of time to arrive. Vendors must staff their table for the entirety of the open public hours. Please do not start cleaning up early unless asked to do so. Vendors have one hour to clean up and fully breakdown at the conclusion of the market.

Open Hours:

Saturday, December 7, 11-6PM

Sunday, December 8, 11-6PM

Students: In lieu of a table fee, MICA will retain 20% of student sales

Alumni:

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

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

Faculty & Staff:

$45 for a half table per day

$95 for a full table per day

Applicants have the option of participating on Saturday, Sunday, or both days.

Your fee includes table space matching half or full selection (table provided); 2 chairs per 6 foot table; 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, as always, contribute to MICA scholarship funds.

Please contact sbenning@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.

Space is very limited at the December Art Market. Vendors may have space behind or beside their table to sit or stand, but there is no space for additional display elements beyond your table space. 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 been accepted for a full table and have an alternative display, 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 on your assigned day. 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. Only goods made by the applicant can be sold.

Alumni, faculty and staff 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.

Students sales will be processed through a MICA checkout system utilizing stationary and roving POS systems. Students will be paid out in the weeks following the event.

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 sbenning@mica.edu as soon as possible if you won't be able to make it, so we can offer your spot to someone else.

Alumni, faculty and staff vendors are responsible for collecting and remitting the 6% Maryland Sales Tax.

MICA will collect and remit sales tax on student-made goods.

Please send an email to Sarah Benning at sbenning@mica.edu!