Homegrown Artists
The Arts are Growing in Evanston!
Come see the best of Evanston's artists at the Farmers' Market
Home Grown Artists began in 2005 as a showcase for Evanston artists and their work at the busy and thriving Farmers' Market. In order to avoid competition with the existing artists fairs, participation is limited to Evanston residents, employees of Evanston businesses and participants at Evanston studios and galleries. The artists sell their own work.
The Farmers' Market runs Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. from May 8 - Nov 6, 2010
2010 Artists at the Farmer's Market Dates:
July 17 and 24; August 21 and 28; September 4 and 11
In 2005, a survey funded by the Illinois Arts Council and the Evanston Community Foundation determined that Evanston has ten times the national average of artists living and working here. Ten times! Seventy-five percent of them support themselves with their art. And in the year of the survey, artists generated $25 million in the Evanston economy.
In 2008, the City Council approved legislation to make Home Grown Artists a permanent part of the Farmers Market.
In 2010, the Farmers' Market location will be at University Place between Railroad and Maple Avenues, north of the municipal garage that serves the Century 12 Evanston/ CineArts 6 and XD at Church Street and Maple Avenue. It is one block south of Emerson Street/Golf Road and east of Green Bay Road and Ridge Avenue.
For more information, please email Zollie Webb at zwebb@cityofevanston.org or call (847) 448-8138.
