It is when our year round store in Downcity Providence expands to accommodate more artists through the holiday shopping season. The store features eclectic arts and crafts from artists in New England and across the country. Participants are selected through a jury process.

The application will go live on our website sometime in August. The best way to find out is to follow us on instagram.

Craftland is currently open seven days a week. The Holiday Extravaganza takes over the shop for the month of December. We are located at 212 Westminster Street in the heart of Historic Downtown, Providence.

The Craftland Shop is our 11 months of the year incarnation which features the work of about 150 artists. The Holiday Extravaganza is our annual month-long holiday celebration which began in 2002 - and takes over the whole Craftland Shop and expands to feature the work of about 180 incredible artists.

We feature unique handmade jewelry, prints, greeting cards, ornaments, housewares, onesies, t.shirts, accessories, plush creatures and more fabulous handmade everything. People visit Craftland to buy gifts in all price ranges. Some artists make limited-edition goods specifically for Craftland; we've found these sell really well!

More than 170 artists participated last year - teenagers to grandparents, and professionals to first-timers.

Nope! Craftland is a retail shop that operates on a consignment basis. Artists drop off their work at Craftland (or mail it if they live out of town), and the amazing Craftland staff operate the shop. We are always happy to see you when you visit!

The applications will be available during the summer on our website. The deadline will be in September. Craftland juries in 20-30 new artists each year from anywhere between 60 to 200 applicants. Our job is hard! Please note that your NON REFUNDABLE $20 application fee must be received before the application deadline for your submission to be considered. Craftland is curated by a team of notable crafty jurors from a variety of media, with different guest judges each year. They hand pick the freshest work from artists near and far!

Jewelry and Prints are currently the popular categories seen most in the applications to Craftland! The competition is fierce. That said, it makes no difference to the jury if a crafter is a newbie or a seasoned professional. But what helps the jury make their decisions are high-quality photographs depicting interesting, well-crafted designs that fit with the aesthetic and price points of Craftland. Clever packaging helps too! For some super duper tips, read up on "How to Make It Through The Jury Process" at indiemade.com.

You do not need to fill out the application if your work is currently for sale at Craftland. Feel free to e-mail us and ask for your current inventory count so that you can restock us. The earlier the better! If you make holiday themed items, we might even have some left over inventory of yours from last year!

Only 3 images are able to be uploaded to our application. However, if the jurors decide they need to see more, they will refer to the links you provide in your application. And yes, if you are accepted, you can send work that is different than your uploaded images - HOWEVER, the images should be indicative of the kind of products that you would be sending overall. Craftland reserves the right not to display work that they think doesn't fit their standards. If you have questions about something specific, you can always ask, the Craftland team is happy to help!

If accepted to Craftland, you will receive detailed information specific to what you make. This year, work will be due in the shop by November 1st, 2024. Craftland is a retail shop so we display as much inventory as fits with our aesthetics, remaining inventory is kept as back-stock. Keep in mind that it is difficult to create a proper display if the stock we have on hand is very limited in quantity. You'll want to send enough to make an impact, and have enough for us to be able to replace what sells. If your work sells well, you may be asked to send more inventory.

Postcards, posters, press releases, ads in local magazines, partnerships with area and national businesses, our website; www.craftlandshow.com, e-mail newsletters, Facebook, Instagram, blogs, extra-sensory perception, and mind-control. And you, our artists!

There is a $20 non-refundable application fee. Artists receive 50% of the suggested retail price they set for their work after it sells.

Refund Policy:
The application fee is not refundable, and will not be returned to artists who are not accepted.

Checks will be sent out after December 20th for work sold in November and checks will be sent after January 20th for work sold in December.

Those questions will most likely be answered by our informational e-mails sent to those who are accepted. Those e-mails will contain information on how participants should price and package their products, how to deliver their items to Craftland, how unsold items will be sent back, and much, much more! Once you are accepted, you will have a chance to e-mail us if we haven't covered everything in the e-mails we send to you.

Yes, yes you can. We will be reviewing new artist applications once a month. Notification times will be dependent on when we are able to meet so please be patient. Don't forget to check your spam folder.

The Application fee is non-refundable. We really appreciate everyone who takes the time to apply to Craftland. We are a very small business with less than a handful of employees who all work part time and are also artists ourselves. We take the time to review each application and while you may think your work would fit in at Craftland, we have been here for over 22 years and we know there are many things for us to consider. Is it handmade by you, is it your original art/ design, if so, is it reproduced/printed in the US? Is it licensed and reproduced by someone else. How would we display the work, do we have room to display it, do we have room to store backstock, is it similar to anything we currently have, would it appeal to our customers, is it the right price point, would the design and style sell in our location, region, demographic. Would the work be able to sell itself without the artist present to explain it. Does it present well in packaging? Can the artist make more of the same design for a restock. These are just a few of the things for us to consider. Sometimes it just comes down to the fact that we might have too many prints, too many t.shirts or too many stickers and we just don't have the space for more of these products at the time you apply. We know rejection is hard, we've been through it too. We would never want to discourage anyone from creating! We may not be the right fit right now. There are so many other venues to sell your work and we wish you the best. 💖

Please don't do that. We are a very small business with less than a handful of employees. No one working on any given day can review your work and accept or reject you on the spot. All work is reviewed by committee. We don't have the space to store samples that are left or mailed. We really prefer that you fill out our online application so we have all our applications neatly organized in one place. Thanks!

Go to the APPLY tab at the top of our website and click 'Apply to sell at Craftland' then click the button 'APPLY NOW'