Las Artistas Art & Fine Crafts Show 2026

The Las Artistas Art & Fine Craft Show, now in its 56th year, is a popular pre-Thanksgiving event, attracting an upscale audience of arts and crafts collectors and enthusiasts from El Paso, TX, Las Cruces, NM, and beyond. This small, artist-produced show is strictly juried, catering to affluent and discerning buyers. Booth fees are very reasonable and include electricity. Reported art and fine craft sales are consistently strong, and the event has a friendly, easy-going atmosphere. All booths will be located INSIDE and will be 10x10 or 10x15! To attract even more buyers, the show will feature art and craft demonstrations, live music, and creative cuisine from food trucks.

The event features a VIP experience available to guests on Saturday morning with mimosas the first two hours of the show, from 9:00 a.m to 11:00 a.m!

Don’t miss this opportunity to sell your work in a fun, festive environment!

Founded in 1970, El Paso Las Artistas is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote an appreciation for fine crafts and art within the El Paso and southern New Mexico communities. The Las Artistas Art & Fine Craft Show serves not only the one million plus population of the greater El Paso area but Las Cruces and southern New Mexico as well. The members of Las Artistas believe El Paso deserves the very best in the arts. Toward that end, we provide a venue for local, regional and national artists, as well as emerging artists, to show and sell their work. We encourage the education of arts students through annual donations. Las Artistas receives support from the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department.

The Las Artistas Art & Fine Craft Show, now in its 56th year, is a popular pre-Thanksgiving event, attracting an upscale audience of arts and crafts collectors and enthusiasts from El Paso, TX, Las Cruces, NM, and beyond. This artist-produced show is strictly juried, catering to affluent and savvy buyers, and we strive to select works that exhibit mastery in each medium. Reported sales from this event have been consistently high from year to year.

The 2026 show is now established at the EPIC Railyard Event Center offering INDOOR 10 x 10 and 10 x 15 SPACES FOR ALL exhibitors!  Electricity is included in the reasonable booth fees.  

We also work hard to create a friendly, easy-going environment that is enjoyable for you, the artist. We provide artists with coffee and snacks & free parking. Artist packet will contain information about hotels and rv parks.

Our booth fees are very reasonable ($345 to $485) and include electricity. All booths are 10x10, 10x15.

Timeline:

March 4 – May 31: application available
June 15 : Jury notification
July 15: Accept invitation purchase deadline
November 13: Set up
November 14 & 15: Show
The show hours are: Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 10-4.

Jurors Choice awards are given to 4 participating artists each year and they are exempt from jury and also receive remission of their application fee the following year. Prizes are awarded in the following categories: Best of Show, Best 2D, Best 3D and Best Emerging Artist. Winners will receive a $100 certificate applicable towards the booth fee the following year.

Emerging Artists: Las Artistas is proud to support emerging artists. A limited number of emerging artists will be accepted into the show each year. Emerging artists must provide four images of their work and either a booth shot or a sketch of their booth space. Once accepted the artist will receive an exhibition space for the discounted rate of $100. Emerging artist spaces are 8’(w)x10’(d).

Qualifications:

Emerging artists must not have an established record selling their work at art and fine craft festivals and may only participate in Las Artistas two times as an emerging artist. Once an artist has participated in this category for two years, the artist will be asked to apply for the general medium category. Additionally, emerging artist applicants may be asked to apply for the general medium if their experience exceeds the qualifications at the discretion of the jurors.

Applications:

Questions regarding completing applications, eligibility and using Zapplication can be sent to showchair@lasartistas.org. Please select "emerging artist" from the media dropdown menu. Applicants without a booth shot may submit a drawing or plan of what their booth may look like. At least one image must be indicated as a "booth shot" in order for it to be submitted.

Please review our Standards Policy as well as our Print Guidelines before you apply to the show. Note: Printmakers, painters, and photographers must limit open edition, mechanically reproduced images to no more than 30% of exhibited works.

Artists are juried individually for their own work. If there is a collaboration to produce one product, please state so on the application. No representatives may sell for an artist and no items significantly dissimilar to juried items may be exhibited. Commercially manufactured, imported, kit or mass-produced items are not acceptable. Artists will be required to remove any item that Las Artistas deems inappropriate.

Please note that an artist intending to sell more than one type of medium will need to submit two separate applications. Artists will only be able to sell media that the judges have accepted into the show.

Please ensure that you submit new images when applying for this year’s show. Any images from previous applications to a Las Artistas show will be automatically disqualified.

Only artists who have been juried for jewelry may sell jewelry at the show. No body products or food products are eligible.

Individual artists may share a single booth with no more than a total of 2 different media. ALL ARTISTS and ALL MEDIA must be juried and accepted into the show. Artists may share a booth. Upon acceptance, one booth fee plus a $60.00 fee per additional artist will be due.

Artists are required to be present for the duration of the show.

Artists are required to provide their own walls, pipe & drape, or other suitable booth enclosure as well as data for the use of payment-taking devices, as the venue does not provide internet connection.

Booth Assistants:

Each artist is allowed only one complimentary booth assistant, who will accompany the artist during the event. If you wish your booth assistant to receive meals and snacks during the show, you will have to purchase an assistant pass during checkout.
 

Silent Auction

Las Artistas will host a silent auction for the benefit of our organization. The proceeds will help our programs and scholarships for art students. All artists are encouraged to participate in the silent auction. The item should be representative of the artist’s work that is being exhibited. Besides being a successful fundraiser, the silent auction provides an introduction to the variety of art that is found at the art fair.

VIP Experience at Las Artistas

Las Artistas will be opening an exclusive VIP shopping event on Saturday, November 14, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. This special opportunity allows our VIP guests to browse and shop before the doors open to the public, ensuring a first look at exceptional fine art and handmade crafts.

Exhibitors, please note: All booths must be fully set up and ready by 9:00 AM to welcome our VIP attendees.

COVID-19

Please note that during the COVID-19 pandemic, all events are faced with the possibility of having to cancel up to any time before the show date. If this event is canceled due to COVID-19, an email notification will be sent out to let you know. Booth fees will be refunded in full, application fees, however, are non-refundable.

We will be abiding by all CDC and State of Texas guidelines, to ensure that you have a safe and wonderful experience.

Security and Hazards

Every artist vendor is encouraged to secure liability insurance for their booth and merchandise. Las Artistas assumes no responsibility for individual vendor liability regarding booth or merchandise. Each artist vendor is encouraged to have proof of liability insurance on hand during the entire Las Artistas Show. If you need insurance, you may obtain it online at www.actinsurance.com.

Overnight roving security will be provided during the show at the Epic Railyard Station Event Center.

No responsibility is assumed for exhibitors’ artwork while on the grounds or inside the Epic Railyard Center. Artists should secure their booths at night.

Las Artistas Standards Guidelines for Juried Work.

Applicable to all media categories

Las Artistas accepts and encourages traditional and innovative processes resulting in original work. The work must demonstrate technical skill, consistency, and a clearly articulated personal vision. Las Artistas standards require that the materials used must be of an extremely high quality and that they be fundamentally transformed, resulting in work that demonstrates technical fluency and integrity of intent and result.

Aesthetic Considerations

The work must demonstrate more than technical proficiency and more than the reproduction of a recognized style. Products should express the personal aesthetic and vision of the maker and demonstrate a coherent stylistic development, with every attention to detail, design, function and finish. A harmony of intent, process, and result is the measure of successful work.

Components and Accessories

Components or accessories are parts that are not made in the studio of the juried Las Artistas member, which are incorporated into craft objects. Such components and/or accessories are acceptable and appropriate only if: they are of high-quality construction and materials; they do not visually dominate the finished object; and they would not be reasonably interpreted, based upon appearance, as objects created by juried Las Artistas members.

Use of Technology and Commercial Production Techniques

Las Artistas’ focus is on work made by hand by individual craftspeople. Commercial production methods, technological advancements, or automation used solely for high volume are not acceptable by Las Artistas’ standards, although exceptions may be made if the following criteria are met:

1. The finished product must demonstrate a high aesthetic, integrity and technical quality.

2. The finished piece’s originality and artistry transcend that of mass‐produced objects.

3. Prototypes and masters for work production produced by these methods are designed and made by the juried craftsperson. The juried craftsperson possesses the knowledge and skill to create

the finished product by means of technique within his or her juried media category as well as the knowledge and skill to utilize and operate the technological tools.

4. The juried craftsperson shall maintain significant hands‐on involvement in the creation and production of each piece.

5. All Las Artistas policies and media guidelines appropriate to the production of this type of object will apply.

Truth in Labeling

Work produced by the Las Artistas juried member may be individually signed or stamped; craftspeople are encouraged to permanently sign or stamp their work. Labeling must comply with legal requirements and Las Artistas Standards Guidelines as specified for each media category.

Health and Safety Guidelines

The craftsperson is responsible for assurance that craftwork meets all federal and local health and safety requirements.

We are pleased to announce that ALL BOOTHS ARE IN THE EXHIBITION CENTER. In addition ALL BOOTHS are either 10x10 or 10x15!  300 watts of ELECTRICITY IS INCLUDED in all booth fees.  You are strongly encouraged to use professional quality lighting in your booth.  

10 x 10 booth fee $345
10 x 15 booth fee $485
8 x10 Emerging Artist booth fee $100 
Corner fee is $75 (if you would like to be placed in a corner booth, please select this option upon checkout).

Electricity included.

Notification date is by June 15.

Las Artistas will be processing refunds for booth fees on a 30-day and 60-day schedule. Refunds will be processed as follows:

• 100% refund of booth fee if requested by 08/15/2026
• 50% refund of booth fee if requested by 09/15/2026