Homegrown Artists

Homegrown Artists

The Arts are Growing in Evanston!

Joyce_pots_web.jpgSome of Evanston's best artists are at the Farmers' Market

The Downtown Farmers' Market will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday from May 5 through November 3, 2012. Homegrown Artists will be able to display and sell their artwork every Saturday, starting June 2, 2012.

Homegrown Artists is a showcase for Evanston artists and their work at the busy and thriving downtown Farmers' Market. In order to avoid competition with the existing art fairs, participation is limited to Evanston residents, employees of Evanston businesses and participants at Evanston studios and galleries. The artists sell their own work.

To register online, click here.
After submitting your registration electronically, you may either mail a check or contact Myra Gorman to use a major credit card. Myra Gorman may be reached by phone at 847.448.8045 or by e-mail at mgorman@cityofevanston.org.

Background

scarves_in_tent_web.jpgIn 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! In addition, 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 Homegrown Artists a permanent part of the Farmers' Market.