

THE OCTAGON ART FESTIVAL
Main Street Cultural District in Downtown Ames, IA
10 am - 5 pm Sunday, September 23, 2012
FREE ADMISSION!
Artist Entry Deadline: June 15, 2012
Click HERE for artists' jury admission form in PDF format
Click HERE for artists' jury admission form in WORD format
Click HERE for a pdf of the 2011 festival map
For a list of the 2011 festival artists click HERE
We hope you are able to join us for the 42nd Annual Octagon Art Festival. Visual arts, children’s art areas and performing arts form the foundation of the Octagon Art Festival. More than 14,000 people attend our festival. You will be in good company with more than 100 artists from all over the Midwest who sell and display high-quality original artwork in a wide variety of media. The festival is held outdoors on pavement, rain or shine, in the Main Street Cultural District in downtown Ames.
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Man-Ho Cho, Clay Jennifer Lawler, jewelry Cecilia McKenzie, glass