Application Process & Deadlines
October 28, 2024: Zapplication jury applications open. APPLY TODAY.
December 20, 2024: Zapplication jury application will close.
January 22, 2025: Jury results will be emailed to artists.
January 22, 2025 – February 10, 2025: Zapplication booth applications will be available for invited artists.
February 17, 2025: Waitlist artists will be notified of booth openings (if available).
March 17, 2025: Booth refund deadline. Artists must submit a written request (via email or mail) for a booth refund. An artist requesting a booth refund, for any reason, before the stated refund date will receive a 75% refund of their booth fee. Refunds due to COVID will be on an individual basis.
May 16, 2025: Booth set up. Time varies according to booth location.
May 17 & 18, 2025: Springfield Old Capitol Art Fair weekend.
Jury Process
SOCAF has partnered with Zapplication for our jury and booth applications. The SOCAF jury is a blind jury done in December, with anonymous volunteer judges who have a master’s level or higher art degree and/or hands on experience in the field.
ALL artists are to complete a Zapplication jury application and be juried into the Fair each year. Award winners (excluding Civic Purchase) from the previous year’s Fair must also complete a Zapplication jury application for the Fair, but these artists will be exempt from jury and will receive an automatic booth invitation into the next year’s Fair.
