Click here to learn how to apply to be a Crafts Vendor at Jazz Fest 2009!
Applications are now being accepted for the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Crafts Fair.
Applications will be accepted and processed online through ZAPPlication.org™. If you do not already have an account with ZAPPlication, please visit their webpage to establish an account prior to applying to the show, www.zapplication.org. You can learn more about the Crafts Application process by clicking here.


WORKSHOP: APPLYING ONLINE TO JAZZ FEST CRAFTS
Wednesday, November 5th 6:00 p.m.
Tulane University Jones Hall, Room 306
6329 Freret St.
Free, but please RSVP

Artisans are invited to a step-by-step training workshop to learn how to submit their online application through Zapplication to become a crafts vendor at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell
(April 24 – May 3, 2009).

Featured speakers Asali DeVan and Gene Meneray will discuss the Festival, will walk potential applicants through Zapplication, and offer information on how to best photograph your art work.

Following the workshop, and up to the December 1 Deadline, Arts Council staff will be available by appointment to assist applicants with submitting their online application.  

CRAFTS & MARKETPLACES

Beginning in the early ‘70s with a handful of artisans—from self-taught painter and street preacher Sister Gertrude Morgan, to acclaimed jewelry designer Mignon Faget, and Louisiana Coushatta basket weavers—the Festival’s Crafts now include the diverse works of more than 300 regionally and nationally acclaimed artists in four distinct event venues.

Enter Congo Square and experience music and art from Africa and the African Diaspora. The Congo Square stage features performances by African, African-American, African-Caribbean and Latino musicians. Shop at Congo Square African Marketplace for original paintings, sculpture, clothing, jewelry, musical instruments, and an array of handcrafted artworks.

Contemporary Crafts, is a nationally recognized showcase of alluring handcrafted clothing, beautiful leather goods and handblown glass, along with a brilliant array of paintings, photographs, sculptures and irresistible jewelry.

In the Louisiana Marketplace, the state’s finest traditional and contemporary artists display and sell hand-colored photographs, pine needle baskets, whimsical jewelry, and other creations that evoke the state’s unique cultural history.