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Midsummer Festival of the Arts

Dates of Event: 
July 15, 2023 to July 16, 2023
Place: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, WI
Conditions for Exhibitors: 
Juried (exhibitors or artwork screened by panel)

Now in its fifty-third year, the Midsummer Festival of the Arts has been a Sheboygan tradition for finding special works of art and meeting their makers. Artist booths will feature paintings, photographs, jewelry, wearables, wood carvings, ceramics, glass, leather goods, textiles, and more.

This event also offers live music and performances, hands-on art making, demonstrations, food, and fun on the grounds of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center and Sheboygan’s City Green.

Interested in being an artist at the Midsummer Festival of the Arts?

Applications are now being accepted from December 15, 2022, through March 1, 2023. Acceptance notifications will be sent to artists April 4, 2023.

Artists must apply through ZAPPlication.

The event will feature up to 100 juried artists including returning award winners from last year. The Arts Center will also host an emerging artist area for up to five artists, offering an opportunity for collegiate and rising artists to learn about business in the arts. In response to the exhibition on view during the festival, Cloth as Land: Hmong Indigeneity, and in celebration of the Sheboygan Hmong Summer Festival happening the same weekend, an additional minimum of five artists of Hmong heritage  will be selected to be featured inside the Arts Center.