Save the Date!
Saturday, November 10
10am-5pm
Bloomington Convention Center
Applications for vendors are now closed.
About the Bloomington Handmade Market. Bloomington Handmade Market founders Mia Beach, Sally Harless and Nicole Wolfersberger saw the need for an artistic venue in Bloomington that would enable contemporary, emerging artists and crafters to showcase their wares at an affordable price. During the summer of 2009, the Bloomington Handmade Market was born and has been going strong ever since!
BHM is a juried show, meaning that participating artists are selected from a pool of applicants and notified a few months in advance of the show. In selecting artists, we look for artists and crafters that are creating quality, unusual work of a type that we don't often see in more traditional craft fairs.
Artists come from both Bloomington and around the midwest to participate, and we are always looking for new artists to apply! In the "Vendors" page is a list of links to artists who have participated in the past, and browsing these can give you a good idea of the types of arts and crafts we seek.
We now hold BHM once a year, in November. Admission to the show is always free and open to the public. The first BHM, in November of 2009 was held at the John Waldron Center for the Arts. With an unexpectedly high turnout of just over 1000 people, we knew the next one would have to be in a larger venue, so the Spring 2010 Market was held at KRC Banquets and Catering. Our third event was held at the Bloomington Convention Center, with over 1,600 patrons and 46 artists and crafters. With 6 events under our belt, we've continually had over 2,100 people visit our event, spending an estimated $30,000 among our 46 booths! Future BHM events will continue to be held at the Convention Center.
About the organizers:
Mia Erin Beach is an artist based out of Bloomington, Indiana, where she received a BFA degree in photography at Indiana University. She has exhibited in both solo and group shows around the Midwest and both coasts, and has been featured in publications in the United States and abroad. She co-owns Double Image Photography, a wedding photography business, as well as Mia Beach Photography. She has 3 children, 3 pygmy goats, and a lot of cameras. You can view her work at www.mia-beach.com.
Talia Halliday is the full-time book artist behind Conduit Press where she specializes in leather goods and transforming discarded vintage books into uncommon housewares. Aside from Conduit Press, Talia is a full-time mommy and a part-time student working toward her Masters from IU. You can view her work and play at conduit-press.com.
Sally Harless is a full-time artist and illustrator. She earned a BFA in printmaking from IU in 2007, and has since been showing and selling her work in galleries, stores, and craft fairs all around the country. You can view more of her work at www.sadlyharmless.com.
Jessica Near is the owner/artist behind Opposite of Far. She makes handmade toys & accessories for both children & adults. Jessica started taking Opposite of Far on the road for shows around Indiana just last summer, and since then has expanded online, in stores as far at New York, a children's clothing line in Spain, and shows all around the Midwest. You can view her work at www.oppositeoffar.etsy.com
Nicole Wolfersberger is a fiber artist, librarian and otherwise jack-of-all-trades who lives and works in Bloomington. She is passionate about supporting new and fledgling artists and helping to create sustainable local economies. Along with Sally, she is also a co-founder of Paper Crane Studio and Gallery. Her rarely updated art blog may be found at http://redtarts.blogspot.com.
BHM is a juried show, meaning that participating artists are selected from a pool of applicants and notified a few months in advance of the show. In selecting artists, we look for artists and crafters that are creating quality, unusual work of a type that we don't often see in more traditional craft fairs.
Artists come from both Bloomington and around the midwest to participate, and we are always looking for new artists to apply! In the "Vendors" page is a list of links to artists who have participated in the past, and browsing these can give you a good idea of the types of arts and crafts we seek.
We now hold BHM once a year, in November. Admission to the show is always free and open to the public. The first BHM, in November of 2009 was held at the John Waldron Center for the Arts. With an unexpectedly high turnout of just over 1000 people, we knew the next one would have to be in a larger venue, so the Spring 2010 Market was held at KRC Banquets and Catering. Our third event was held at the Bloomington Convention Center, with over 1,600 patrons and 46 artists and crafters. With 6 events under our belt, we've continually had over 2,100 people visit our event, spending an estimated $30,000 among our 46 booths! Future BHM events will continue to be held at the Convention Center.
About the organizers:
Mia Erin Beach is an artist based out of Bloomington, Indiana, where she received a BFA degree in photography at Indiana University. She has exhibited in both solo and group shows around the Midwest and both coasts, and has been featured in publications in the United States and abroad. She co-owns Double Image Photography, a wedding photography business, as well as Mia Beach Photography. She has 3 children, 3 pygmy goats, and a lot of cameras. You can view her work at www.mia-beach.com.
Talia Halliday is the full-time book artist behind Conduit Press where she specializes in leather goods and transforming discarded vintage books into uncommon housewares. Aside from Conduit Press, Talia is a full-time mommy and a part-time student working toward her Masters from IU. You can view her work and play at conduit-press.com.
Sally Harless is a full-time artist and illustrator. She earned a BFA in printmaking from IU in 2007, and has since been showing and selling her work in galleries, stores, and craft fairs all around the country. You can view more of her work at www.sadlyharmless.com.
Jessica Near is the owner/artist behind Opposite of Far. She makes handmade toys & accessories for both children & adults. Jessica started taking Opposite of Far on the road for shows around Indiana just last summer, and since then has expanded online, in stores as far at New York, a children's clothing line in Spain, and shows all around the Midwest. You can view her work at www.oppositeoffar.etsy.com
Nicole Wolfersberger is a fiber artist, librarian and otherwise jack-of-all-trades who lives and works in Bloomington. She is passionate about supporting new and fledgling artists and helping to create sustainable local economies. Along with Sally, she is also a co-founder of Paper Crane Studio and Gallery. Her rarely updated art blog may be found at http://redtarts.blogspot.com.
