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May 2008

May 3 – Madison

Madison Audubon Society 32nd Annual Art Fair
Olbrich Botanical Gardens, 3330 Atwood Avenue
9:30am - 4:30pm
Admission: Free
Attendance: 5,000
Entertainment: Music
An early spring event featuring fine arts and fine crafts displayed in a garden setting.
Exhibitors: 100
Deadline: March 1
Eligibility: Juried, 5/1 Slides
Booth Size/Fee: 9x9, 11x11/$90-$110
Acceptable Work: 1 2 3 9
Facilities: 1 2 3 7
Mary Young
Madison Audubon Society
222 S. Hamilton Street, Suite 1
Madison, WI 53703
608/836-1443
Email: swyoung@chartermi.net
Web: www.madisonaudubon.org

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May 3 – Racine

Lakefront Artist Fair
Festival Park
8am - 4pm
Admission: Free
Attendance: 7,000
Entertainment: Music
Celebrating our 27th annual Lakefront Artist Fair! Over 100 artists exhibit at this lively family event on the banks of beautiful Lake Michigan. Artists love our hospitality and helpfulness!
Exhibitors: 100
Deadline: March 31
Eligibility: Juried, 3/0 Slides or Photos
Booth Size/Fee: 10x12/$75-$100
Acceptable Work: 1 2 3 4 6 9
Facilities: 2 3 4 5 6 7
Rita C. Lewis
Racine Montessori School
2317 Howe Street
Racine, WI 53403
262/637-7892
Email: rlewisrms@tds.net
Web: www.racinemontessori.com

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May 3 – Shorewood

GFWC Shorewood Woman’s Club Wearable Art Show
3920 N. Murray Avenue
9:30am - 4pm
Admission: $2.00
Attendance: 225
Juried wearable art - fabrics, jewelry and accessories.
Exhibitors: 23
Deadline: February 15
Eligibility: Juried–$15, 4/0 Slides
Booth Size/Fee: 8x8/$60.00
Acceptable Work: 3 5 6
Facilities: 1 3 5 7
Christine O’Brien
GFWC Shorewood Woman’s Club
7621 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
Fox Point, WI 53217
414/228-8199
Email: jobrien92@wi.rr.com

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May 3-4 – Wisconsin Rapids

Rapids Mall Spring Art & Craft Show
Rapids Mall, 555 West Grand Avenue
Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 11am - 4pm
Admission: Free
Attendance: 3,000
It’s time to get started on spring decorating! This is a great event for updating or adding to your indoor or outdoor items.
Exhibitors: 42
Deadline: April 15
Eligibility: Juried, 2/0 Photos, No Buy/Sell, Restricted to Handmade Items
Booth Size/Fee: 8x10/$30.00
Acceptable Work: 1 2 3 4
Facilities: 1 3 5 7
Liz Radloff, Marketing Director
Rapids Mall
555 West Grand Avenue
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495
715/421-3500
Email: rapidsmall@wctc.net
Web: www.rapidsmall.com

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May 4 – West Salem

Mayfair
West Salem High School, 405 E. Hamlin Street
10am - 4pm
Admission: Free
Attendance: 1,500
Entertainment: Music
This is a fund raising event for the Marie W. Heider Center for the Arts. Featuring an art fair, music, children’s art activities, games, silent auction and a Chicken Q. Great family fun.
Exhibitors: 30
Deadline: March 21
Eligibility: Open
Booth Size/Fee: 10x10/$30.00
Acceptable Work: 1 2 3 6 9
Facilities: 1 3 5 7
Jane Bangsberg
West Salem Fine Arts Board
112 S. Clark Street
West Salem, WI 54669
608/786-2388
Email: gypsyjane@juno.com
Web: www.wsalem.k12.wi.us/heider.html

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May 11 – Marshfield

45th Marshfield Art Fair
Marshfield High School Fieldhouse, 1401 E. Becker Road
10am - 4:30pm
Admission: Free
Attendance: 5,000+
Entertainment: Music, Dance
Marshfield’s only juried fine arts fair. Free admission and entertainment. Kids’ Creative Corner, demonstrations by artists, Rotary Club food booth. A Mother’s Day tradition in Central Wisconsin.
Exhibitors: 113
Deadline: February 18
Eligibility: Juried–$5, 3/0 Slides
Booth Size/Fee: 10x10/$65.00
Acceptable Work: 1 2 3 6 9
Awards: $700
Facilities: 1 3 5 7
Mary Peck or Tamara Mess
New Visions Gallery
1000 N. Oak Avenue
Marshfield, WI 54449-5703
715/387-5562
Email: newvisions.gallery@verizon.net
Web: www.newvisionsgallery.org

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May 17 – Baraboo

Amcore Bank Faire on the Square
Downtown Business District: Third & Fourth Streets
9am - 4pm
Admission: Free
Attendance: 10,000
Entertainment: Music, Dance
21st annual; close parking; drive-up, on street set-up; well organized. Free coffee and donuts for exhibitors; food court, farm market, kids’ games, and live entertainment enhance event.
Exhibitors: 200
Deadline: April 19
Eligibility: Juried–$5, 3/1 Photos, Handmade Products, No Resale
Booth Size/Fee: 10x10, 10x12/$75-$85
Acceptable Work: 1 2 3 4 5 6 9
Facilities: 2 3 5 7
Cindy Doescher
Downtown Baraboo, Inc.
1801 Jefferson Street
Baraboo, WI 53913
608/356-7995
Email: fanfaire@chorus.net
Web: www.faireonthesquare.com

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May 17 – Cedarburg

St. Francis Borgia Parish Fine Arts Festival
St. Francis Borgia Parking Lot, N43W6005 Hamilton Road
10am - 4pm
Admission: Free
Attendance: 250
Entertainment: Music
This parish event features local and regional artists and their fine art of all mediums. Food, music and raffles will be offered throughout the day. The event will be held rain or shine.
Exhibitors: 30
Deadline: January 15
Eligibility: Juried–$10, 4/0 Digital Images
Booth Size/Fee: 12x12/$100.00
Acceptable Work: 1 2 3 6 9
Facilities: 2 3 7
Janice Dorn
St. Francis Borgia Church
1375 Covered Bridge Road
Cedarburg, WI 53012
262/377-1070
Email: sfbstewardship@archmil.org
Web: www.saintfrancisborgia.org

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May 17 – Oshkosh

Festival of Spring
Paine Art Center and Gardens, 1410 Algoma Blvd.
8am - 4pm
Admission: Free
Attendance: 3,000
Entertainment: Music
Festival of Spring features the Paine’s annual Spring Plant Sale and vendors of landscape, garden supplies, original art and crafts.
Exhibitors: 120
Deadline: April 1
Eligibility: Juried, 2/1 Slides or Photos
Booth Size/Fee: 10x10/$60-$100
Acceptable Work: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Facilities: 2 6 7
Doris Peitz
Paine Art Center & Gardens, Inc.
1410 Algoma Blvd.
Oshkosh, WI 54901
920/235-6903
Email: info@thepaine.org
Web: www.thepaine.org

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May 17-18 – Glendale

Once Upon A Quilt
Nicolet High School, 6701 N. Jean Nicolet Road
9am - 4pm
Admission: $4.00
Attendance: 700
Entertainment: Music
A show of contemporary & traditional quilts. Raffle and auction of quilts made for First Stage Milwaukee’s production of "The Quiltmaker’s Gift." 100+ quilts, vendors, bake sale/café, demonstrations, silent auction, raffle, quilt challenge, and musical entertainment.
Exhibitors: 16
Deadline: Until Full
Eligibility: Closed
Booth Size/Fee: 10x12/$110.00
Acceptable Work: 2 3 5 6
Facilities: 1 3 5 6 7
Nancy Ware
North Shore Quilt Guild
7900 N. Berwyn Avenue
Glendale, WI 53209
414/228-1249
Email: nware@wi.rr.com
Web: www.northshorequiltersguild.org

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May 17-18 – Muscoda

Muscoda Morel Mushroom Festival
Village Grounds
Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 10am - 4pm
Admission: Free
Attendance: 3,000
Entertainment: Music
Muscoda is located on the scenic Wisconsin River and is host to the 26th Annual Morel Mushroom Festival. People come from all over to taste and purchase this wonderful delicacy.
Exhibitors: 75
Deadline: May 1
Eligibility: Open
Booth Size/Fee: 15x15/$25.00
Acceptable Work: 2 3 4 5 6 9
Facilities: 2 3 7
Cinda Johnson
Muscoda Tourism Committee
206 N. Wisconsin Avenue
PO Box 206
Muscoda, WI 53573
608/739-3182
Email: cljohnson@wppisys.org
Web: www.muscoda.com

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May 17-18 – Stoughton *

Syttende Mai Festival
Downtown
Sat 9am - 6pm, Sun 10am - 4pm *
Admission: Free $5 booster button which is good for all events for the 3 day festival *
Attendance: 15,000
Entertainment: Dance
Celebrating its Norwegian heritage, Stoughton offers a parade, arts & crafts fair, parades, costumed style-show, and authentic Norwegian food and dance.
Exhibitors: 50 90 or Until Full *
Deadline: Until Full
Eligibility: Open, 3/1 Digital Images Juried Show, Photos Required *
Booth Size/Fee: 10x10/$120.00 125.00 *
Acceptable Work: 1 2 3 4 5 6 9
Facilities: 2 4
Margit Gerber, Coordinator
Stoughton Chamber of Commerce
532 E. Main Street
Stoughton, WI 53589
608/873-8082
Email: syttendemai@gmail.com *
Web: www.stoughtonwi.com/syttendemai/shtml *

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*These are changes since the Wisconsin Art & Craft Fairs Directory was published in January 2008.

May 18 – Kaukauna

25th Annual Nature’s Images Art Fair
1000 Islands Nature Center, 1000 Beaulieu Ct. (Hwy Z)
10am - 5pm
Admission: Free
Attendance: 3,000-5,000
Entertainment: Music
50+ fine artists displaying nature related paintings, photography, sculpture, crafts from natural materials, botanicals and herbs. Celtic harpist, food, picnic area, wildflower hikes, and eagles along Fox River. Great ambiance.
Exhibitors: 50+
Deadline: Until Full
Eligibility: Juried, 4/0 Slides or Photos, Nature Related Arts & Crafts
Booth Size/Fee: 12', 14'/$55-$60
Acceptable Work: 1 2 3 5 9
Awards: $1,800
Facilities: 2 3 7
Shirley Worsch
Friends of the 1000 Islands Environmental Center
1000 Beaulieu Court
Kaukauna, WI 54130
920/766-4733
Email: thousandisland@new.rr.com
Web: http://home.new.rr.com/thousandisland

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May 24-25 – Eagle River

Strawberry Craft Fest
Fairgrounds, Hwy 70
9:30am - 4:30pm
Admission: Free
Attendance: 10,000+
Entertainment: Music
Quality arts & crafts and accepted gifts, music and family entertainment, strawberry treats and food area. A family craft & gift festival.
Exhibitors: 125
Deadline: Until Full
Eligibility: Juried, 2/0 Slides or Photos
Booth Size/Fee: 12x12/$175-$200
Acceptable Work: 1 2 3 4 9
Facilities: 2 3 4 5 6 7
Mac or Bonnie McCallin
M.A.C. Productions
705 Bugbee Avenue
Wausau, WI 54401
715/675-6201

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May 24-25 – Jacksonport

Jacksonport Maifest
Lakeside Park, State Highway 57
9am - 5pm
Admission: Free
Attendance: 5,000
Entertainment: Music
Maifest is Jacksonport’s celebration of spring in Door County. Activities include a parade Saturday morning, 10K run Sunday, children’s activities, food, fish boil, live music, and a horse pull.
Exhibitors: 100
Deadline: March 31
Eligibility: Juried, 3/0 Slides or Photos
Booth Size/Fee: 12x12/$90.00
Acceptable Work: 1 2 3 5 6 9
Facilities: 2 3 6 7
Eric Wickstrom
Jacksonport Advancement Corp.
6706 Memorial Drive
Egg Harbor, WI 54209
920/823-2015
Email: maifestartfair@yahoo.com
Web: www.jacksonport.org

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May 24-25 – Sturgeon Bay

Sturgeon Bay Fine Art Fair
Sunset Park, N. Third Avenue
10am - 4pm
Admission: Free
Attendance: 4,000
Entertainment: Music
This annual fair in historic Sturgeon Bay presents fine art and fine craft in a wonderful park setting along the waterfront. Entertainment, food and children’s activities.
Exhibitors: 80
Deadline: March 31
Eligibility: Juried, 4/0 Digital Images
Booth Size/Fee: 15x15/$115.00
Acceptable Work: 1 2 3 9
Awards: $1,000
Facilities: 2 3 6 7
Sue Meyer
Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center
36 S. 3rd Avenue
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
920/743-6246
Email: suemeyer@sturgeonbay.net
Web: www.sturgeonbay.net

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May 25 – Lakewood

McCaslin Lioness Faire
Lakewood Town Hall & Activity Grounds, 17258 North Road
10am - 3pm
Admission: Free
Attendance: 1,000-2,000
9th Annual Faire with funds going to community and Lions projects. Silent auction, Badger Bouncers & children’s games, show booths, book fair, raffle drawing, food and fun for all!
Exhibitors: 40
Deadline: March 31
Eligibility: Open
Booth Size/Fee: 10x10/$40.00
Acceptable Work: 2 3 4 5 6 9
Facilities: 2 3 5 7
Mary Stehula
McCaslin Lioness Club
16969 Nicolet Road
Townsend, WI 54175
715/276-7769
Email: mjsteh@hotmail.com

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Updated: March 06, 2008