2026 Keller Art Festival Featured Artist

SUMMARY

The Keller Public Arts Board will host the ninth annual Keller Art Festival on April 11,2026, in the city’s Old Town area. The Board is offering free booth space and electricity to six artists selected as the event’s featured artists. The Keller Art Festival is an arts and music festival designed to give local artists an affordable opportunity to showcase their work while attracting people to experience Keller’s burgeoning arts and entertainment district.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Keller Public Arts Board is seeking six artists to serve as featured artists during the Keller Art Festival event. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 11,2026. Artists will be expected to work in their booth space, viewable to the public, for the duration of the event, excluding reasonable breaks for lunch, etc. Artwork created during the event must be appropriate for public viewing and support the family-friendly atmosphere of the City of Keller. It is recommended that artists have a designated person to operate the booth. In addition to the featured artists, the event will feature a kid zone, live music, and other vendors. Artists not selected as featured artists by the Board may participate in the event with a regular paid vendor booth.

GOALS

The Board is committed to making Keller a community that embraces and benefits from the arts. Although the Keller Art Festival is open to vendors of all types, all vendor recruitment is directed at artists and the Board sincerely hopes the event can be of benefit to the participating artists.

HONORARIUM

Selected artists will receive booth space at no charge for displaying and selling additional work, name and website/social media contact on the event website and Facebook page and on-site signage with their name and website. Booth space includes set up and tear down of a 10x10 canopy (optional).

Artist must create at their booth and be visible to the public. It is recommended that artists have a designated person to operate the booth.

EVENT LOCATION

The Keller Art Festival is held in the Old Town Keller West area, located on the west side of U. S. Highway 377 near the city’s border with Fort Worth. The Keller Public Arts Board has sole discretion on booth location for each artist. The Old Town Keller area originally developed along the railroad tracks, which served as the impetus for the founding of Keller. Once the site of a bustling train depot, city leaders now aim to establish Old Town as a destination for pedestrian-oriented businesses offering a variety of shopping, dining and other services.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

·         Résumé

·         Artist Statement: 1000-word maximum, must include description of media and work artist will be doing during event

·         Work examples: Minimum of three (3), maximum of five (5) must be jpg files

ELIGIBILITY

Artists must reside in Texas. All works must be original. Artists must agree to the terms and conditions set forth in the 2026 Keller Art Festival Featured Artist Agreement