Celebration of the Arts

The Celebration of the Arts started in 2003 as a street-type art fair and has grown to a large art festival with more than 80 art vendors. The Celebration of the Arts is part of a town-wide festival called Celebrate Fuquay-Varina. This festival showcases regional music acts as well as a variety of free, family-fun entertainment. The combination of music, great food, fun activities and incredible art vendors attracts large crowds.

The art festival features artists and fine crafts people producing original work. Many categories of original art work are represented including jewelry, basketry, clay and ceramic creations, soap, candles, decorative painting, fine art painting, garden art, metal work, furniture, drawings, and folk art.

This year's festival will be Saturday, June 1.

Cutoff date for the applications has been extented! We are still accepting applications at this time!

Vendor Application and Payment

2013 Booth Fee: $85 before April 1, $90 on or after April 1.

Artists are invited to download an application here and make an online payment here.

Vendor Comments

"The show was organized very, very well. Set up went smoothly due to the awesome volunteers on hand. The guys that helped with break down were AMAZING and soooo fast. Traffic was great! Really well done! Thanks."
~ Wendy Parker, Stuck Together Magnets, Apex, NC

"Set up was very well organized, a very well planned event. Met some lovely people and had a wonderful day! Thanks so much!"
~ Cindy Mays, Sweet Southern Charmer, Angier, NC

"This show could not have been any more organized. We were very impressed right from the start when help was there waiting for us to unload our merchandise and displays. Thank you for all your help."
~ Susan Strickland, Artisans, Greenville, NC

2013 Sponsors

Senter, Stephenson and Johnson
The Young Group of Fuquay
BB&T

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Proceeds from this event benefit revitalization efforts in Historic Downtown Fuquay-Varina.