Call for Artists: Pelham Art Festival 2025

Images (left to right): Queen of the Hebrides by Julia Forrester Clark and Northern Gannet by John Davidson.

Call for Artists: 38th Annual Pelham Art Festival

Application Deadline: January 31, 2025 ($30 non-refundable fee)
Late submission, no later than February 15, 2024 ($60 non-refundable fee)
In-Person Festival: May 9 – 11, 2025 at the Meridian Community Centre, Fonthill, Ontario
Online Festival: May 1 – 31, 2025 at pelhamartfestival.com

Pelham Art Festival jurors welcome individual artists and artisans working in all painting, photography, sculpture, glass, wood, textiles, jewellery & more to submit their application for the juried 38th annual in-person and online Pelham Art Festival.

Artists have the choice to sell their new work in-person at the Meridian Community Centre and/or at PAF Online. When the application choice is for the In-person Festival, the Online Festival is automatically included at no extra cost.

Each year the festival chooses a theme; this year it is: Joy. For artists looking for more information about this opportunity to enter the themed category, please visit the 2025 Theme Challenge on our website.

Pelham Art Festival accepts 80% original artworks and 20% may be reproductions such as giclée prints. Photographers may have numbered limited-edition prints. All works must be hand-made by the artist. Machine-made or mass-produced works are not permitted and will result in automatic disqualification.

Artists are encouraged to submit artwork created within the last three years.

Making sales, meeting new clients and artwork exposure are some of the ways artists and artisans benefit from the festival. Every effort is made through a robust marketing campaign to help you promote and sell your artwork, and for art lovers to see and purchase pieces they choose both in-person and online! After the festival, artists’ galleries will also remain available on our website until late April 2026.

Artists and artisans are now invited to submit their application for the juried 38th Annual Pelham Art Festival before the deadline of January 31, 2025.

To learn more about how to apply today, please see our Call for Artists page.

Questions? Please contact pelhamartfest@gmail.com

Images (left to right): Dawn by Robert Bora and Summertime by Barbara Staulus.

About the Pelham Art Festival
The Pelham Art Festival, now in its 38th year, is a not-for-profit corporation and is recognized as one of the premier spring Art Festivals in Ontario. We host nationally and internationally acclaimed artists and welcome thousands of visitors, art lovers and collectors to the festival every year. Collectively, our visitors spend over $50,000 annually on buying art, contributing to the economic prosperity of the participating artists and the cultural vibrancy of Pelham.

The festival is a fundraising event, and artists/artisans donate back 15% of their sales. We are a proud community sponsor of Lincoln Pelham Public Libraries and the arts.

Festival proceeds benefit the Lincoln Pelham Public Libraries and provide annual scholarships to graduating Pelham students pursuing post-secondary studies in fine arts from E.L. Crossley Secondary School and Notre Dame College School. The festival also supports various community arts projects.

Accessibility
The In-Person festival, hosted at the Meridian Community Centre in Fonthill, is fully accessible. For more information about the venue, please visit their website.

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