Fairs/Festivals
Tampa Fine Art Show by Hot Works - February 27 & 28, 2027 - downtown along Riverwalk at Cotanchobee
Contact Information
Requirement Overview
Eligible Applicant Types: Artist
Emerging Artists: Emerging artists may apply. Emerging Artist Program or Grants exist.
Submission Limit: 1
Media Requirements
Images | Min: 3, Max: 3
Total | Max: 4
Opportunity Summary
Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park is a beautifully renovated waterfront park in downtown Tampa, located at 601 Water Street along the scenic Garrison Channel Riverwalk, directly across from Benchmark International Arena (formerly Amalie Arena) —home of the Tampa Bay Lightning – and one mile from University of Tampa. The park offers a peaceful oasis for recreation and relaxation, featuring convenient Friday move-in access, modern restroom facilities, artist amenities, and ample nearby parking.
Overlooking the park across the channel is Harbour Island, an upscale residential community with new developments and striking views of the waterfront. With its prime downtown location, welcoming amenities, and picturesque setting, Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park provides the perfect backdrop for a fine art and craft show.
Hot Works top-notch media and promotional campaign brings patrons specifically with money to spend on art. TV, radio, print, digital marketing, social media, postcards, banners, and more bring patrons specifically for the art show.
New! Hot Works Tents for Art Shows offers for rent Light Dome tents $275; add pro-panels $475 includes set up and tear down!
All disciplines of media are accepted. Please apply only if you make your own work.
Hot Works. Your Art. Our Passion.
Overlooking the park across the channel is Harbour Island, an upscale residential community with new developments and striking views of the waterfront. With its prime downtown location, welcoming amenities, and picturesque setting, Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park provides the perfect backdrop for a fine art and craft show.
Hot Works top-notch media and promotional campaign brings patrons specifically with money to spend on art. TV, radio, print, digital marketing, social media, postcards, banners, and more bring patrons specifically for the art show.
New! Hot Works Tents for Art Shows offers for rent Light Dome tents $275; add pro-panels $475 includes set up and tear down!
All disciplines of media are accepted. Please apply only if you make your own work.
Hot Works. Your Art. Our Passion.
General Information
Tampa Fine Art Show by Hot Works
February 27 & 28, 2027
At Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park (along Garrison Channel Riverwalk)
601 Water Street, downtown Tampa, FL 34236
100% Outdoors
10’ x 10’ = $515
10’ x 15’ = $780
10’ x 20’ = $1,025
Corner: Add $85
Ad in Event Program: Add $75
Electric add $75
Light Dome Tent $275 + tax includes set up and tear down
Light Dome Tent & Pro-Panels $475 + tax includes set up and tear down
The Community
The Tampa Fine Art Show by Hot Works is held outdoors at the Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park (along Garrison Channel River Walk), located in downtown Tampa. The art show is held 100% outdoors – and has plenty of close by parking.
Join us at this excellent location for the Tampa Fine Art Show by Hot Works!
Hot Works: Your Art. Our Passion.
Our passion is to inspire serious art shoppers to purchase your art. We emphasize the quality of work, not the quantity of artists. All work is original and personally handmade by the artist present at the show. We support the unique relationship between artist and patron by not permitting food in the booth areas or music to interfere with artist sales.
Hot Works’ principal partner, Patty Narozny has 35+ years of event and media experience. Her longevity in the event industry, combined with her expertise, credibility, durability, integrity, and stability makes Hot Works events profitable and gratifying.
Every effort is made to keep buy/sell out of the show. As this is an ongoing problem with our juried art shows, we encourage artists to inform us of any buy/sell/import that may end up in a Hot Works event; your name will be held in strict confidence.
Why do a Hot Works show?
- 35+ years of event production and media experience
- A promoter who cares about and supports the artists
- The focus is on visual arts which are juried by art professionals
- Every effort to eliminate buy/sell/import
- Friday move-in 8:30am-6pm
- Great event hours: Saturday 10-5; Sunday 10-4
- Enormous advertising campaign – TV, Radio, Print, Digital Marketing, Posters, Banners, Postcards, and more to reach a patron with money to spend on high-end art
- Professionally managed
- Friendly and experienced professional event crew
- Booth sitters available
- Friday and Saturday overnight security provided
- Plenty of convenient and close-by parking for all
- Overnight Parking available at nearby campsites
- Hot Works Tents for Art Shows offers for rent Light Dome tents $260; pro-panels (only w/tent rental) $160 includes set up and tear down
The Media
With 35+ years of media & event experience, we know how to reach out to the community, and to reach the people with the means and cultural interest to purchase fine art. For all Hot Works events, advertising and promotion include broadcast television, print, radio, and digital marketing partnerships. In addition, there are banners hung with high visibility from the main road and postcards distributed within the communities and previous patrons.
The Jury / Submitting Artwork
A jury of art professionals who are familiar with art shows is retained for the selection process. Jury selection is based on originality, technique/execution, and overall booth presentation. Artist applications are accepted electronically at www.zapplication.org or manually at www.hotworks.org. Please include three images of your most compelling work and one of your booth display as it will appear at the show. We will send you an email confirming receipt of your application. Your jury payment is due with the application.
After jurying has been completed, we will send you a notification of your acceptance, rejection, or waitlist status. Upon acceptance, your booth fee check will be due 60 days before the show. Artists chosen as alternates will be put on a waiting list. The decision of the judges is final. We invite you to check in with us at any time with any questions, for any reason.
Artist packages are emailed prior to the show; artists will be assigned a designated booth space, which is available on the website with a booth number to be viewed about one week prior to the show.
Youth Art Competition Grades 6-12 or ages 9-19 - $250 Awards Institute for the Arts & Education, Inc. is the 501c3 non-profit arm of all Hot Works events. IA&E’s focus is visual arts, cultural diversity, community enrichment, and fostering art education among young artists and up-and-coming artists. As part of our commitment to bring art education into the community, a Youth Art Competition for grades 6-12 or ages 9-19 encourages students to create their original and personally handmade art that is publicly displayed at the art show the entire weekend.
Contact Info
Patty Narozny
Executive Producer, Hot Works, LLC Fine Art & Craft Shows
Founder & Auxiliary Volunteer, Institute for the Arts & Education, Inc.
Your Art. Our Passion.
PO Box 1425
Sarasota, FL 34230
Phone: 941-755-3088
Cell: 248-762-2462
Email: patty@hotworks.org
Website: www.hotworks.org
Like us at www.facebook.com/hotworkartshows
Instagram @hotworksartshows
Application Requirements
Rules
• Art must be original and handcrafted by the artist who is present at the show. Individuals selling work that is not their own or otherwise misrepresenting their work or themselves are not welcome and are requested to refrain from applying. No manufactured items are to be displayed or sold. Artists found not to comply will be asked to remove the unacceptable items, and risk closure of their booth for the rest of the show with no refund. The person in the booth must be the person who made the work. If more than one person is employed in doing the work, you must state so on the application and describe the contribution each person makes in executing the work and/or the finished piece.
• Artists must be present during the entire opening hours of the show and must personally staff their booth. A government-issued picture ID must be available at check-in, upon request.
• Collaborative work is when two or more artists work together and should be submitted as a joint application. If accepted, collaborating artists may only exhibit work that is truly collaborative and in which all or both artists must contribute a substantial portion of the final artwork. Supportive and ancillary activities (such as matting and framing) are not considered part of a collaborative effort.
• Work must match the proportions depicted in submitted images.
• For fiber/bead artists: if the beading is sophisticated sewing and art, it will be considered for acceptance into Hot Works events; otherwise, Hot Works frowns against “beaders” that merely string their work, which refers to buying the beads and sewing it on a string. Hot Works will individually consider such applications, but our decision is final.
• Displays must remain within the assigned space. No infringement into public areas, and into the spaces of other artists. There can be no booth appendages in any direction, including upward. The only exception is an awning, and only if it does not interfere with an emergency vehicle that may have to drive down an aisle. You are liable for any damage caused because of your protruding piece either from the ground or from the top of your structure. The booth height at the show must be the same as the booth height in the booth slide submitted for application.
• No sharing booths unless all artists are represented in juried images.
• Electricity, if needed, is $75. However, generators labeled for outdoor use are permitted, but they must be placed 20’ away from any tent structure, and only if they do not disturb anyone else, for whatever reason. Please let us know if you are bringing a generator at least two weeks prior to the show. Artists expecting to bring generators must, in their applications, disclose the equipment description and where you expect to place the generator. Hot Works retains the right to refuse such requests if it will be disruptive to others and/or generate complaints from others. Invertors/batteries that are quiet and do not smell are preferred.
• Prints and reproductions are accepted when clearly labeled and limited to 30% or less of the work displayed.
• Photography, digital, or giclée art prints must be limited editions of 250 or less, signed, and numbered, and printed on archival quality materials.
• We define “Photography” as the art or process of producing images by the formation of an image on a light-sensitive surface or by an acceptable digital printing process. If applying in the “Digital” category, digital art prints must be made from the artist’s original digital file.
• Each artist must provide enough work to exhibit and sell during the entire time of the art show. Artists who break down or leave early before closing time on any day of the event will not be permitted to return the following day or to future Hot Works shows unless proof of an emergency is provided.
• Please advise if you would like posters or postcards mailed for the show; we are happy to provide you with as many postcards as you need.
• Mailing lists are encouraged for all shows. If you do not have a mailing list, it is recommended that you start one in each city you do an event. Even now more than ever, this is important to build your customer database.
• Use social media to the best of your advantage! Like us at www.facebook.com/hotworksartshows Instagram @hotworksartshows
• Booth assignments are at the sole discretion of the event and are not interchangeable. Hot Works will accept and, do its best to honor, special location requests, but cannot make any guarantees. Corner spaces are available for purchase and are assigned solely on the availability and discretion of the event. Booth assignments and a map of the event will be available on the website a minimum of one week prior to the show date.
• For logistic purposes, artists with large trailers/trucks that need to be driven onto the event site, must notify the size of the trailer 3 weeks before the show.
• Heavier duty tents such as Light Dome canopy or Show-Off canopy are used by most professional artists. The umbrella-type, expandable canopy by any manufacturer or distributor is not recommended, as they are the first to come down on a windy day. If you must use the umbrella-type expandable pop-up tent, as with all tents, a minimum of 50 pounds of weight on each corner is required. In addition, if there is rain, the weight of the water on top of a canopy tent can potentially collapse it. Bolstering the inside corners will make the canvas tighter and avoid ponding on top of the tent. Swim noodles or hula hoops (you can purchase these from the $1 store) placed in corners between the frame and canvas top can avoid ponding. At night, canopy tents must be lowered to withstand overnight harsh weather.
• When setting up your tent, the entire aisle must have the front of the tents lined up, with no protruding items in the front of your tent.
• Paintings or other art are not permitted to be displayed on the ground unless it is shown in your booth image submitted with your application and approved by the event.
• Artists can only hang the sign that is provided by the art show.
• Hot Works will inspect booths onsite to ensure rules and standards are adhered to.
• Any customer complaint must be acknowledged within 24 hours and fully resolved within three business days.
• Sales tax must be collected and remitted to the State of Florida. Combined City of Tampa sales tax is 6.5%; call the State of Florida at 800-352-3671 or obtain the sales tax form online at https://floridarevenue.com/taxes/taxesfees/pages/sales_tax.aspx
Jury Details
Average number of applications submitted each year
100
Average number of artists selected from the jury to participate in the event
70
Average number of exempt from jury artists who are invited to participate in the event
35
Booth Information
Booth sizes are as follows:
10’ x 10’ = $515
10’ x 15’ = $780
10’ x 20’ = $1,025
Corner add $85
Ad in Event Program add $75
Electric add $75
Light Dome Tent $275 + tax includes set up and tear down
Light Dome Tent & Pro-Panels $475 + tax includes set up and tear down
Electricity - Generators may be used outdoors only, however:
- You must advise us a minimum of two weeks prior to show date that you are bringing a generator
- Your generator cannot bother anyone for whatever reason
- Your generator must be made for outdoor use
- Your generator must be placed a minimum of 20’ away from any structure
- You must always have your own fire extinguisher in your booth while the equipment is running
- An invertor or battery is better
Event Hours Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday 10am-4pm
Move-in Friday, 8:30am-7pm – note the facility offers limited move-in hours;
Saturday 8a-9:30a
Move-out Sunday, 4:05pm-9pm – please remove your own trash from the show – dumpster is on site.
Tents – available for rent
Media Categories:
___ Clay ___ Metal
___ Digital ___ Other
___ Drawing ___ Painting
___ Fiber ___ Photography
___ Glass ___ Printmaking
___ Jewelry-Precious ___ Sculpture
___ Jewelry–Non-Precious ___ Watercolor
___ Mixed Media ___ Wood
Checklist
— Complete all required information on the application and by the deadline.
—$35 app fee on Zapplication.org. Add $25 for late applications.
— Please provide three electronic images of your most compelling work, plus one of your booth as you would set up at the show (include browse bins, if any). Size 1920x1920, or minimum 300 dpi.
__ Upon your acceptance into the show, booth payment is due 60 days before the show.
— You may include an Artist Statement explaining the process and materials used in your work, as well as your reproduction process. Please also indicate a list of any recent awards and honors.
— Please make checks payable to “Hot Works, LLC” and mail to: PO Box 1425, Sarasota, FL 34230 postmarked by the deadline.
Refund Policy
• Cancellations 60 days prior to the event will receive a full refund; cancellations between 30 and 59 days prior to the event will have fees applied to the next scheduled show. There are no refunds within 30 days of the event. There are no refunds for booth fees applied to a previously canceled show.
• There are no rain dates and no refunds for show cancellation due to rain, floods, tornados, hurricanes, acts of God, acts of government, acts of other official authority, or for any other reason.
• There are no rain dates and no refunds for show cancellation due to rain, floods, tornados, hurricanes, acts of God, acts of government, acts of other official authority, or for any other reason.
Terms to Apply
Jury/Application Fee: $35
