Lazy Daze Arts & Crafts Festival 2027

APPLICATION PROCESS
Artists may apply in up to three different categories from one ZAPPlication profile.
Each application requires a separate non-refundable $30 application fee (and a separate set of jury images.
Artists may exhibit and sell work only in the category or categories in which they have been accepted.
Each distinct body of work or artistic discipline must be submitted as a separate application in the category that most accurately represents the primary material, process, and artistic contribution.
Do not submit the same or substantially similar body of work in multiple categories.
Submission of an application does not guarantee acceptance.
The Festival reserves the right to move an application to a more appropriate category prior to jurying when the submitted work clearly falls within another category. Festival staff may contact the applicant if additional information is needed to determine the appropriate category.
DIGITAL IMAGES
Artists must submit five images for each category entered.

Artwork Images
Four images must show individual examples of work representative of the body of work the artist proposes to exhibit and sell at Lazy Daze.
Submitted images should accurately reflect the quality, materials, techniques, style, and price range of work that will be available at the festival.

Booth Image
One image must show the artist's complete outdoor booth and current body of work.
The booth image must:
Show the entire 10' × 10' booth or equivalent exhibit area
Represent the artist's current presentation and body of work
Clearly demonstrate professional display quality
Be free of identifying artist names, business names, signs, or photographs of the applicant
An outdoor booth image is preferred.

First-time festival artists who do not yet have an outdoor festival booth image may submit a professionally staged 10' × 10' booth mock-up . The mock-up must accurately represent the tent, display equipment, layout, and body of work the artist intends to exhibit at Lazy Daze.
Commercial studios engaged primarily in volume production should not apply.

Applications that do not meet image requirements may be returned to the applicant for correction. Application fees are non-refundable.

If an applicant is given the opportunity to correct a submission but elects not to do so, the application may proceed to jury with a scoring deduction or may be determined ineligible.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Please take up to 500 characters to concisely describe the material and technique used for your body of work. The best artist statements, according to our jury, are based on techniques and mediums, rather than inspiration, ideas, and how patrons engage. DO NOT INCLUDE artist or business name.

MEDIA DESCRIPTIONS
NOTE : All jewelry must be juried in the jewelry category. Only those artists accepted in the jewelry category may display or sell jewelry. All jewelry, whether produced from metal, glass, clay, fiber, wood, or other materials must apply in the jewelry category.

Ceramics: Original functional or decorative works created primarily from clay or porcelain and permanently transformed through firing. Hand-building, wheel-throwing, sculpting, slip-casting from artist-designed molds, and other original ceramic processes are permitted. Commercially purchased molds, ceramic blanks, kits, decals used as the primary design element, and mass-produced ware are not permitted.

Decorative Craft / Home and Garden: Original decorative or functional work intended primarily for home or garden use that is created through an integrated craft process and does not fit more appropriately within Ceramics, Fiber/Leather, Furniture, Glass, Metal, or Wood. Examples may include artist-made wreaths, mixed-material garden art, wind chimes, and transformed found-object work. Commercially manufactured décor, purchased components that are merely assembled, and minimally altered blanks are not permitted.

Digital Art : Original two-dimensional artwork created primarily through digital drawing, painting, illustration, collage, or image manipulation. All source material must be created by the artist or used with appropriate permission, license, or public-domain status. Photography should apply in Photography when the artist's original photograph remains the principal basis of the finished work.

Drawing: Original two-dimensional works in which drawing is the primary process, including graphite, colored pencil, charcoal, pastel, chalk, crayon, pen and ink, and similar media. Works created primarily with paint should apply in Painting. Hand-pulled prints should apply in Printmaking.

Fiber/Leather: Original work crafted from fibers, including basketry, batik, embroidery, leatherwork, papermaking, quilting, soft sculpture, tapestry, and weaving. This includes both wearable and decorative art. Work must be substantially designed and constructed or transformed by the artist. Items made primarily from commercial sewing patterns, preassembled kits, commercially embroidered stock products, or minimally altered manufactured garments are not permitted. Commercial findings and closures may be used only as subordinate components.

Furniture: Original functional or decorative furniture designed and substantially constructed by the artist. Commercially manufactured furniture that has merely been painted, refinished, embellished, or altered is not permitted. Commercial hardware, upholstery materials, and subordinate components are permitted when incorporated into an original artist