WINTER MARKET

Heart of the Arts, Inc. brings you the 20th season of the Winter Market at the 1912 Center.

Thank you for considering becoming a vendor during the 2024-25 Winter Market season. Vendors selling original works or locally grown or produced artisan items may participate in the markets.

Please read the following conditions to be sure that you agree with these terms before emailing to sign up to be in this year's market season. We will accept registrations during the month of September for juried consideration to participate in this season's markets. Vendors who register after September 30th, 2023 will be added to the waiting list and will be juried in and contacted if a spot becomes available.


Conditions of Registration

1. Sign up for all the dates that you are available during the market season. The more dates you are available, the easier it is to get you into the market.

2. All vendors will be juried to ensure that each of the markets are well-balanced. After being juried for the kind of product you are selling, vendors selling non-perishables will only be offered one market date out of the November and December dates leading up to the holidays to allow for each market to be a different experience for the shoppers. However, if a certain market requires a kind of product for balance some vendors may be asked to participate in two dates. A photo of the items you are selling will be used for the jury process. Please send an email to 1912Center@gmail.com with the subject line "2024-25 Winter Market" to register and include photos of your product/s.

3. Space locations will be assigned prior to each market date for the indoor spaces, which include the Great Room, Lecompte Auditorium, Reception Gallery and Arts Workshop, once your invoice has been paid and your sales tax form has been entered online. If you are only able to participate in a particular space in the building, please indicate that when you email as it will impact your jury.

4. All vendor spots are $20 per market and must be paid in full prior to the first market of the season. Vendor fees are non-refundable. We have 35 indoor spaces in five different rooms of the 1912 Center at each market this season.

5. Outdoor spaces on the Plaza are available for $20 each and require advance registration. Registered Plaza vendors are required to submit a sales tax form online and we will take payment the day of the market as the outside weather is unpredictable.

6. All Winter Market vendors are required to fill out an online sales tax form with a code specific to this event. You will be emailed the code which will allow you to fill out the form online for 2024 dates and 2025 dates. If you work a date in each calendar year you will need to fill the form out twice with the different codes.

7. You are required to have your seller's license, or a copy of your temporary seller's permit, with you at all markets. Please keep it in your cash box.

8. Set-up may begin as early as 7:30 a.m. Markets open to the public at 9 a.m. and close at 1 p.m. this season. No take down may happen prior to 1 p.m. Load out must be completed by 2 p.m. so please plan accordingly. HAI will provide volunteers at each market to help with the load-in and load-out of your items items. Tables and chairs are provided for vendors inside as needed but vendors on the Plaza will need to provide their own set up.

9. Parking for loading and unloading is available in front of the 1912 Center and in the parking lot at the east and west ends of the building. After unloading, please move your vehicle a few blocks away to provide parking for shoppers in the lot at the 1912 Center.

10. Vendors agree to promote the markets they are participating in and will be given materials to help get the word out to the community. Also vendors agree that HAI may use any emailed product photos or photos taken during the markets for publicity purposes.

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