Call for Exhibitors: BAM! Fall and Winter 2025 Art Markets

Wychwood Barns, Toronto

Vendor card rack with market guest thoughtfully reaching for a card.

Calling all Artists, Makers and Creatives:
BAM! Nuit Blanche Night Market and Holiday Art Market

Submission Deadline: August 25, 2025, 12pm EDT

The Barns Art Market (BAM!) is back with two exciting events for artists, makers and creatives to showcase and sell their work in a dynamic community space at Wychwood Barns.

Market Dates

BAM! Nuit Blanche Night Market: Saturday, October 4, 2025, 7pm – 11pm
BAM! Holiday Art Market: Sunday, November 30, 2025, 11am – 4pm

Project Requirements

The Barns Art Market is where the art market meets gallery exhibition. We’re committed to spotlighting local talent from diverse backgrounds and disciplines. Whether you’re a visual artist, potter, printmaker, designer, ceramicist or artisan – this is your space to sell, connect and grow in a well-attended creative community setting. We welcome applications from emerging, mid-career and established artists across all hand-crafted mediums.

Eligibility

• Applicants must present original artwork, exhibiting a majority originals, paired with limited run print or other reproductions.
• Artists must exhibit and vend their own work, and the sale of work made by others is prohibited.
• Work must be complete, presented professionally and with a clear and feasible booth/gallery plan.
• Artists should demonstrate a commitment to professionalism, and ability to exhibit work in a market/gallery context.
• Exhibitors must showcase and sell work from the media category indicated in their applications and represented by the supporting images provided with the application.
• Artwork must be family friendly in nature, and not contain overt nudity, graphic or violent imagery.

Vendor Booth – Find and Favourites (Artist), silver jewelry, rings, earrings and necklaces displayed.

Booth Space Description

BAM! offers 3 booth options for both Fall and Winter markets, please consider your showcase and market needs when ranking your booth preferences. Applications will be reviewed on a first come first serve basis and selected if eligible and feasible. At the acceptance phase you will be notified of your booth space if different than your top choice. BAM! Is hosted in the Barn 2 event space, booths are open spaces with no walls, please use our 3D venue tour tool to view the space in advance of making your booth selection.

• $125.00 Emerging Artist Centre – 4′ table space, with other emerging and new career artists, best for those new to art markets.
• $150.00 BAM! Table – 6′ table space, with other mid-career and established artists.
• $200.00 BAM! Installation Booth – 10′ x 10′ space, best for larger installations.

Selection Process

Exhibitors are accepted on the basis of market readiness and retail compatibility. Upon acceptance of the offer and confirmation of participation, you will be issued an invoice to pay your registration fee.

Shady tree lined walkway through public park at Wychwood Barns Park just outside of the indoor Market area.

Submission Requirements

• Full contact information
• Artist statement – 100 words or less
• Artist biography – 75 words or less
• CV – including other market experience
• A minimum of five images and no more than ten images of recent work that are representative of work to be exhibited in the show.
• Images and/or plan of booth design or examples of past booths.

How to Submit

Please Apply Here.

Submission Deadline: August, 25, 2025

For additional information or questions, please contact:
programs@arthubs.ca

Wychwood Barns
601 Christie Street
Toronto, ON M6G 4C7
wychwoodbarns.ca
wychwoodbarns@arthubs.ca
647 696 6962

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Accessibility
The Wychwood Barns facility is fully accessible by Ontario standards. Should you have questions about accessibility in relation to the market, please reach out to wychwoodbarns@arthubs.ca.

About Wychwood Barns
Wychwood Barns is a community cultural hub in Toronto’s Wychwood neighbourhood. It includes spaces for 26 artist live/work studios, 15 artist work studios, 9 non-profit arts and environmental organizations and a 7,680 square-foot event venue in Barn 2.

About ArtHubs
ArtHubs is a non-profit organization based in Toronto that operates a portfolio of community cultural hubs. ArtHubs projects, programs and services are designed to support artists and creatives thrive while enhancing the broader communities they serve.