Juried Art Fair presented by Nationwide
The centerpiece of the Des Moines Arts Festival is the highly competitive Juried Art Fair presented by Nationwide. Festival artists are selected through a rigorous, industry acclaimed blind jury process that takes place over the course of multiple days. The process is completed by five jurors who are privy to images of the artwork with associated pricing, booth images and an artist statement. No other information is provided to them. This intensive process results in a collection of vibrant, innovative, and masterful original works of art. The wide array of art in every medium is what attracts Festival guests year after year, who annually spend more than one million dollars on art at the Festival.
2024 Application Information
Applications Available on ZAPPlication - October 31, 2023
Application Deadline - Soft deadline is January 15, 2024. Hard deadline is January 22.
Jury is scheduled for February 8-10, 2024
Notifications Emailed on March 3, 2024
Deadline to confirm participation/Agreement Due - March 31, 2024
Refund Deadline is May 1, 2024
Festival Dates are June 28-30, 2024
2023 INVITED ARTISTS
Evan Abrahamson, Drawing & Painting, Waconia, MN, GS30
Cheryl Eve Acosta, Jewelry, Kansas City, MO, GS24
Margaret Aden, Jewelry, Tucson, AZ, GN46
Krista Allenstein, Mixed Media, Elm Grove, WI, GN2
Jeribai Andrew-Jaja, Drawing, Haslet, TX, GN45
Andres Arango, Fiber - Wearable, Miami, FL, GN44
Andrew Arkell, Emerging Artist, Chicago, IL, LS8
Jackson Avila, Jewelry, Painting, Evergreen, CO, GS26C
Anna Bailey & Nathanael Bailey, Wood, Duluth, MN, LS19C
Marian Baker, Mixed Media, Oneonta, AL, GS14C
Stephanie Barenz, Emerging Artist, Madison, WI, GS51
Laura Baring-Gould, Metalworks, Somerville, MA, GS35C
Billie Barthelemy, Fiber-Wearable, Pinewood, MN, GS48C
Chelsea Bird, Jewelry, Pawtucket, RI, GS17
Emma Bolles, Emerging Iowa Artist, Chicago, IL, EIA2
Mike Bose, Clay, Bedford, IA, LN4
Paul Braun, Mixed Media, St. Augustine, FL, GN36
Deborahmae Broad, Printmaking, Twin Valley, MN, GN40C
Ed Brownlee, Clay, Kalamazoo, MI, LS13
Jenna Brownlee, Painting, Clive, IA, GN5C
Lisa Burge, Mixed Media & Printmaking, Kansas City, MO, LN18C
Alex Burke, Photography, Greeley, CO, GS13C
Eric Candee, Jewelry, Salida, CO, LS11C
Andrew Carson, Sculpture, Seattle, WA, GN1C
Theresa Carson Shafer, Jewelry, Baltimore, MD, GN18
Michael Cherepak, Printmaking, Lake Tapawingo, MO, GS5
Kathy Chetelat & Rory Chetelat, Sculpture, Aurora, CO, GN12
Derek Christensen, Mixed Media, Chicago, IL, GN53C
Beth Clark, Jewelry, Oak Park, IL, LN8
James Cole, Photography, Plainfield, IL, LN16
Matt Conlon, Clay, Ogden, UT, GN52C
Karin Connolly, Photography, Orlando, FL, GS55C
Karin Wagner Coron, Painting & Drawing, Ypsilanti, MI, LN2
Tony Cray, Glass, Wentzville, MO, GN21C
Adam Crowell, Wood, Bonneau, SC, GS25
Chris Cumbie, Mobile, AL, GS58
Christian D'Cruz, Emerging Artist, Leander, TX, GN51
Chris Dahlquist, Photography, Kansas City, MO, LS26C
Karen DeGuire, Emerging Artist, Saint Louis, MO, GN42
Roger Disney, Painting, Tulsa, OK, LN34C
Penny Dobson, Mixed Media, Northport, AL, GS21
Rachel Dory, Mixed Media, Austin, TX, GN31C
Karen Dreyer, Clay, Leawood, Kansas, GS9
Lauri Dunn-Peterson, Digital, Denver, CO, GN54
Jeff Easley, Wood, Parnell, IA, GS4
Judith Eastburn, Photography, Des Moines, IA, GS38
Ummarid Eitharong, Painting, Mixed Media, DeLand, FL, GS8C
Amee Ellis, Photography, Des Moines, IA, GS31
Leslie Emery, Mixed Media, Winthrop Harbor, IL, GN26C
Paul Eshelman, Clay, Elizabeth, IL, GS59C
Jennifer Falter, Clay, Springfield, MO, LS24
Nathan Falter, Clay, Springfield, MO, LS25
Peggy Feliot Jensen, Painting, Lafayette, CO, GS33
Mary Filapek & Lou Ann Townsend, Jewelry, Albuquerque, NM, GN15C
Tom Findlay, Mixed Media, Birmingham, AL, GS19C
Andy Fletcher, Painting, Fredonia, WI, LS21
Delores Fortuna, Clay, Galena, IL, GN55
Wendy Franklin, Indianapolis, IN, GS16
Aileen Frick, Mixed Media, Phoenix, AZ, GN10C
Michele Friedman, Jewelry, Chicago, IL, LN28
Leslie W Friedman, Glass, Arlington, TX, GN48C
Betsy Giberson, Fiber - Wearable, Warner, NH, LS29
David Gilbertsen & Joy Wallace, Mixed Media, Camp Lake, WI, LS33C
Jonathan Glowacki, Wood, Milwaukee, WI, LS12
Luis Gonzalez, Wood, Miami, FL, GN25C
Joseph Graci, Wood, Marquette, MI, LS4
Bryan Griffith, Mixed Media, Flagstaff, AZ, LN5C
Debo Groover, Mixed Media, Tallahassee, FL, LS30
Chris Gug, Photography, Lauderdale by the Sea, FL, GN29C
Leslie Guinan, Mixed Media, Des Moines, IA, GS39
Hilary Hachey, Jewelry, Baltimore, MD, LS28
Anthony Hansen, Metalworks, Morro Bay, CA, GN34C
Shawn Harris, Digital, Trinidad, CO, LN14
Kate Harrold, Digital, Nashville, TN, LN3
Diane Harty, Fiber-Wearable, Frisco, CO, LN33C
Matthew Hemminghaus, Photography, Vandalia, MO, GS10
Clifton Henri, Photography, Chicago, IL, LS14C
Scott Hildebrandt, Sculpture, Littleton, CO, GS54C
Robin Renee Hix, Mixed Media, Wimberley, TX, GS23
Cali Hobgood, Photography, Urbana, IL, LN24C
Luke Hubbard, Painting, Ankeny, IA, LS5C
Erica Iman, Clay & Painting, Kansas City, MO, GS36 & GS37
Nicario Jimenez, Mixed Media, Naples, FL, LN35
Coreen Johnson, Lafayette, MN, GN56
Megan Johnson, Burnsville, MN, GS53
Steve Jones, Mixed Media, Wentzville, MO, LS27C
Mira Jung, Emerging Iowa Artist, Ames, IA, EIA1
Ronna Katz, Printmaking, Albuquerque, NM, GS12
Brian Keller, Painting, Denver, CO, GS11
Brenna Klassen-Glanzer, Jewelry, Minneapolis, MN, LS3
Joachim Knill, Painting, Hannibal, MO, GS27C
Amy Koch, Mixed Media, Eureka, CO, LN39.5
Ryan Kvande, Sculpture, Thornton, CO, GN8
Lynda Ladwig, Clay, Lafayette, CO, LN9
Amy Lansburg, Mixed Media, Valdosta, GA, LN36
Robin Lauersdorf, Drawing, Monona, WI, GN19
Heather Laurie, Fiber-Wearable, Denver, CO, GN39
Emily Lavalier, Minneapolis, MN GS42
Jen Lawler, Jewelry, Des Moines, IA, LN38
Diane Lawrence, Fiber - Non-Wearable, Berryton, KS, GS57
Kerry Leasure, Jewelry, Hoover, AL, GS22
Bill Lepak, Wood, Saint Louis, MO, GS18
Tina Leto, Photography, Chicago, IL, LS35
Linda Lewis, Clay, Des Moines, IA, LN39C
Margaret Luttrell, Mixed Media, Knoxville, TN, LS7
Ynon Mabat, Digital, Longwood, FL, LN20
Andrew Manaylo, Boca Raton, FL, GN43
Trent Manning, Mixed Media, Winter Haven, FL, LS37
Kelly Marshall, Fiber - Non-Wearable, Minneapolis, MN, LN26
Brianna Martray, Drawing, Loveland, CO, LN25C
Rob Matthews, Mixed Media, Des Moines, IA, GS40C
Jaana Mattson, Mixed Media, Marshall, NC, LN7
Mays Mayhew, Painting, Aurora, IL, GN24
Brice McCasland, Mixed Media, McKinney, TX, LN13C
Cindy McDougall, Jewelry, Fergus Falls, MN, LS9
Igor Menaker, Photography & Mixed Media, Grayslake, IL, GN33
Allison Metzger & Jonathan Metzger, Printmaking, Des Moines, IA, GN7
Kipley Meyer, Mixed Media, Clarkston, GA, LS31
Michael Mikula, Glass, Cleveland, OH, GN38
Kirk Miller, Glass, North Palm Beach, FL, GS1C
Matthew Monahan, Printmaking, Chattanooga, TN, GS49C
Kate Morgan, Mixed Media, Columbus, OH, GS47
Rosa Murillo & Ruben Lopez, Jewelry, Huntersville, NC, GS43
Katie Musolff, Painting, Fredonia, WI, LS20
Janvier Ngamije, Fiber-Non-Wearable, Lewisville, TX, GS15
Gedion Nyanhongo, Sculpture, Fostoria, OH, LN1C
Thomas Nye, Glass, Minneapolis, MN, GN13
Elizabeth Oehler, Emerging Artist, Centerville, IA, LN21
Lauren Oland, Fiber - Wearable, Austin, TX, LN6C
Lawrence W. Oliverson, Photography, Sullivan, WI, GN17
Steven Olszewski, Sculpture, Pinckney, MI, GN27
Enid Kate O'Rourke, Fiber-Wearable, Manakin-Sabot, VA, GS20C
Susan Otterson, Fiber-Wearable, Madison, WI, LN15C
Lawrence Packard, Drawing, Winter Haven, FL, LN32C
Olivia Palmer, Emerging Iowa Artist, Peculiar, MO, EIA5
Debra Payne, Painting, Stilwell, KS, LN22
Carrie Pearce, Mixed Media, Peoria, IL, LN11
James Pearce, Wood, Peoria, IL, LN12C
Caitlin Penny, Printmaking, Lenexa, KS, GN50
Mary Jane Piccuirro, Mixed Media, West Hurley, NY, GS34C
Kerrin Pogozelski, Fiber-Wearable, Aurora, CO, GS6
H.C. Porter, Mixed Media, Vicksburg, MS, LS38C
Ed Pribyl, Sculpture, McHenry, IL, LN17C
Nolan Prohaska, Glass, Somerset, WI, LN19
Ron Purvis, Wood, Damascus, OR, GN57C
Jeffrey Raasch, Clay, Milwaukee, WI, GS56
Emma Reed, Emerging Iowa Artist, Cedar Rapids, IA, EIA3
Ella Richards, Mixed Media, New York, NY, GS41C
Christopher Robleski & Katie Robleski, Photography, Milwaukee, WI, LN29
Jovy Rockey, Jewelry, Winona, MN, GS2
Kerry Rolewicz, Drawing, Rockford, MI, GS3
Matthew Roman, Wood, Lawrence, KS, GS50
Matthew Rucker, Painting, Minneapolis, MN, GN20C
Ashley Sauder Miller, Mixed Media, Harrisonburg, VA, GN6C
Andrew Shea, Glass, Minneapolis, MN, LS16
Eric Silva, Jewelry, Whittier, CA, LN31
Steven Skinner, Clay, New Carlisle, IN, LS36
Thomas Spake, Glass, Jasper, TN, LN15
Erica Stankwytch Bailey, Jewelry, Arden, NC, GN37
Audrey Stirling, Emerging Iowa Artist, Runnells, IA, EIA4
Gregory Story, Clay, Chicago, IL, LS10C
Mark Sudduth, Glass, Cleveland Heights, OH, GN11C
Julie Sutter-Blair, Printmaking, Belleville, WI, LS22
Marina Terauds, Printmaking, North Branch, MI, GS28 & GS29
Craig Terry, Mixed Media, Orem, UT, GS32
Sharon Tesser, Fiber - Non-Wearable, Cape Coral, FL, GN30C
Lou Ann Townsend, Painting, Albuquerque, NM, GN14
Kimberly Tschida Petters, Painting, Minneapolis, MN, LS2
Thomas Tyers, Wood, Omro, WI, GN23
Chris Vance, Painting, Bondurant, IA, LS18C
Balbi Varela, Mixed Media, Lexington, KY, GS52
Alicia Velasquez, Jewelry, Iowa City, IA, GN9
Jeri Vitello, Fiber-Wearable, Bremen, IN, LS17
Thomas Wargin, Sculpture, Menomonee Falls, WI, GN28C
Robin L. Washburn, Metalworks, Marion, IL, GS7C
Hannah Wave Flower, Emerging Artist, Glenshaw, PA, GN4
Angela Welti, Jewelry, Okemos, MI, GS46
James Whitbeck, Montague, MA, LN30
Colleen Williams, Clay, Chattanooga, TN, LS34
Rob Williams, Painting, Windsor, CO, GN16C
Richard Wilson, Drawing, Greenville, NC, GN41C
Claudia Winter, Jewelry, Long Grove, IL, GN3
Glenn Woods & Keith Herbrand, Clay, Palm Harbor, FL, LS6C
Zitong Yin, Emerging Artist, Ankeny, IA, GN47C
Kreg Yingst, Printmaking, Pensacola, FL, LN32
Emerging Artists presented by Principal
The Emerging Iowa Artist (EIA) Program presented by Principal® is a juried showcase of promising visual artists that delivers a pathway into the established competitive career within the visual art industry. It aims to foster professional and artistic development while nurturing creative skills.
The program was launched in 2003 when G. David Hurd, Chairman and CEO of Principal Financial Group (now Principal), envisioned the next generation of artistry and artists. The program has provided opportunity for over 200 pre-professional artists. Some of our past artists include Ben Schuh (painter and muralist), Stephanie Brunia (photography, Iowa Arts Council Fellow), Katie Waugh (photography, sculpture, video). The EIA program is made possible by Principal. Principal is a global financial investment management and insurance company headquartered in Des Moines.
To qualify for the program, applicants must be Iowa residents currently enrolled in or recently graduated (within one year) from a university, college or art school anywhere in the country. Individuals can participate in the EIA program for two years (either consecutively or non-consecutively). Because of financial support from Principal, this program is free to qualified artists. There is no charge to submit images for consideration. If you are interested in being considered for the exhibition, contact Stephen King via email at sking@desmoinesartsfestival.org.
