Jury Process

Each application is juried by our in-house art + design team. Each application is reviewed thoughtfully to align with our vision for beautiful, cohesive, and intentionally-curated Fairs. Our Jurors have 10-15+ years experience jurying and curating Renegade Craft Fairs, striving to select artists that will appeal to our audience.

Applications are juried according to the jury criteria listed below, related to the aesthetics we strive for, having a variety of product categories, diversity of both upcoming and established artists, and the size of the event.

Jury Criteria

QUALITY
You use high quality materials and techniques to make your work durable, sustainable, and market-ready. We have seen an uptick in vendors sourcing from websites with discounted lower-quality goods. If you are attempting to resell premade products from sites like these, Renegade isn’t the event for you.

ORIGINALITY
Your work, branding, and packaging are thoughtful, intentional, and unquestionably by your own design.

PRODUCTION
Your work is designed and/or handmade by you, and materials are sourced in an ethical and sustainable way. If you outsource your work in any way, please describe your supply chain, including your relationship with the makers in your application.

Other Notes

Our recent acceptance rates have been around 50% on average. Some of our larger events have higher acceptance rates, while our smaller fairs have lower acceptance rates.

The timing of when you submit your application does not affect your grade; we jury all applications once the application window closes.

Whether or not you have participated in Renegade before does not impact your application. At each event, we have about 60% returning and 40% new artists.

Depending on the size of the event space, we are able to accommodate more or less artists, which may (or may not) determine your application result. Typically, our holiday events have a smaller acceptance rate due to smaller indoor venues.

Please see the Booth Sizes + Prices grid to compare the size of each event.

Whether you are accepted or not, or waitlisted, you will receive an email on the notification date listed below. If you didn’t receive an email from us, please check your spam folder.

If you applied for a Grant, you will receive news a few days after notifications are released.

Please don’t make any travel arrangements until you have received an email acceptance from us.