Exhibiting at Art in the Park
Save the Dates
Art in the Park Saturday, September 5, and Sunday, September 6, 2026
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March 14, 2026. Online Registrations Begin for Art in the Park 2026
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May 14, 2026. For returning exhibitors: Last day to request the same site as 2025
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August 15, 2026. The last day to register for Art in the Park
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August 20, 2026. Artists’ site assignments go out for Art in the Park
REGISTRATION OPENS MARCH 14, 2026
Requirements for Participants
If you have not previously participated in Art in the Park, please fill out the contact form. We will get back to you asking for 3-4 sample images of your work (or photographs of your display from another event). A link to a website is also acceptable. Media accepted for Display: Water Media, Acrylic, Oil, Pastel, Colored Pencil, Charcoal, Pen & Ink, Printmaking, Photography/Digital Art, Collage / Mixed Media, and Sculpture.
Requirement for 3-D artists: Art in the Park welcomes non-utilitarian artwork that is primarily to-be-looked-at, not functional. Each year the Art in the Park Committee revisits this rule because potters, glassmakers and woodworkers request applications. Although we welcome artists in these media, we require that most of your work (75%) be visual and not functional (up to 25%). The intent is to preserve the fine art character of Art in the Park and let other events offer craft fair opportunities.The Art in the Park Committee will review new applications to ensure that artwork meets guidelines.
CURRENT MEMBERS: If you are a member of MAAA, you earn a $50 discount off your registration. Please join or renew before proceeding to be sure your discount applies.
To get a MAAA membership discount, your membership must be up-to-date. Update your membership.
BECOME A MEMBER: Join now.
NON-MEMBERS: We welcome non-members to Art in the Park but there is an increase in the booth fee for non-members.
RETURNING EXHIBITORS/SAME SITE REQUESTS: If you participated last year, you may request the same site again in the online form but you must complete the application and request BEFORE MAY 14. After this date, your site may be reassigned. If you are a returning member and have a special request about your site location, we will try to accommodate your needs. Please include this information when you apply.
Fees
Monadnock Area Artists Association members, $100. Non-members, $150. For artists interested in sharing a booth, fees are listed in the application.
After you complete the online REGISTRATION, you will receive an automatic confirmation email which contains a PAYMENT link. Payments are processed through Stripe. Your application is complete after you complete the online form and make your payment by credit card through the link. Please note: Fees are non-refundable.
Important Details
All exhibitors are required to have their work on display for both days from 10am – 4pm, rain or shine. Artists or a representative must be present at their booth during show hours.
Exhibitors provide: tents, weights, display systems, and original artwork. Your booth should be at least 75% hangable fine art/photography, or sculpture and only 25% additional products such as note cards, calendars or gift items. No nudes are allowed due to the City of Keene regulations for Art in the Park.
Site dimensions are approximately 10′ X 10′.
Security will be provided in the park overnight on Saturday evening – Sunday morning, tents and furnishing may be left up, but all artworks on display should be taken home and re-installed Sunday morning before 10 am.
Awards
Artists may choose to register to participate in judging in six categories.
- Watermedia (watercolor, acrylic, gouache)
- Oil
- Pastel and Charcoal,
- Pen and Ink, Printmaking, Colored Pencil
- Sculpture, Mixed Media, Collage
- Photography
2025 Art in the Park Judges’ Awards
Student art: Catharine Kamphuis
Oil:
1st Sterling Vanderhoof
2nd Stephen Previte
3rd Sara Rae
Water Media:
1st Joan Szkil
2nd Sumiyo Taribe
3rd Jeanne Thieme
Photography, Digital Media:
1st Chelsea Bangert
2nd Jeffrey Newcomer
3rd Deb Wiseman
Sculpture, Mixed Media:
1st Ryan Curtis
2nd Peter Zimmerman
3rd Wendi Hulslander
Pen & Ink, Printmaking, Colored Pencil:
1st Susan Beetle
2nd Liz Winchester-Larson
3rd Michael Robie
Pastel, Charcoal:
1st Veronica Dewester
2nd Kate Beetle
3rd Lisa Nelson
Oil
1 Mary Iselin
2 Nancy Christopher
3 Liane Whittum
Pen & Ink, Colored Pencil
1 Tina Gagnon
2 Liz Winchester-Larson
3 Michael Robie
Water Media
1 Sue Ann Hum
2 Bill Whyte
3 Jeanne Maguire Thieme
Sculpture, Mixed Media
1 Brendan Lada
2 Thom Cassotta
3 Deb Mathews
Photography
1 Samuel Elliott
2 Sarah Oak
3 David Olmstead
Student Work
1. Ben Etzweiler
Honorable Mention
Briana Moody
Oil
1 Phil Bean
2 Luci Lesmerises
3 Kate Beetle
Pen & Ink, Colored Pencil
1 Bob Askey
2 Liz Winchester-Larson
3 Tina S, Gagnon
Water Media
1 Jeanne Maguire Thieme
2 Wendi Hulslander
3 Richard Brown
Sculpture, Mixed Media
1 Ryan Curtis
2 Jackie Griswold
3 Thom Cassotta
Photography
1 Sarah Oak
2 Samuel Elliott
3 Lugene Spalding