Definition of Recycled Art
All work displayed must be original, at least 75% recycled/re-used, produced by the exhibitor, and the artist must be present during the entire market. Our criteria for recycled is using elements that were originally manufactured and would be thrown away or recycled, if it were not for your creativity to reformat it in a manner different from its intended original use. A good criterion is that the materials you use are considered junk, or would have ended up in the landfill or recycling center if you hadn’t rescued them for art. For our purposes, materials from nature such as rocks, sticks, leaves, bones, dirt, water, etc. are not recycled.
Art Market
The Art Market consists of 80-90 vendor booths with artists selling their original recycled art. Booth fees range from $275 to $375. The 2019 dates are Nov 15-17. The applications for 2019 are NOW AVAILABLE. Applications are due September 20, 2019. Download the 2019 Art Market vendor application HERE
You can see a layout of the ballroom here.
Adult Juried Art Exhibition
We're excited to have Recycled Material Artists Bill Skrips from Cerrillos leading the charge to help coordinate the adult juried art exhibit. To submit a 2019 application, please click HERE. It is $25 to submit up to three entries into the exhibit.The entry is an online submission and a check must be mailed to Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival, PO Box 4244, Santa Fe, NM 87502 for your submission to be complete. If you prefer a paper submissions, you can download the form to mail in along with your check HERE
Trash Fashion & Costume Contest
Recycled fashions must be made of at least 75% recycled or reused materials that otherwise would be thrown away or recycled. Vintage clothes & clothes made out of trash bags will not be accepted. Complete outfits are recommended. Only one prize per designer.
Student Juried Art Exhibition
Calling All Student Artists! The Student Juried Art Exhibit takes shows recycled art made by Santa Fe area pre-schoolers through high-schoolers and will be on exhibit in the main lobby of the Santa Fe Community Convention Center during the festival. It is free to enter, but classrooms must register in the fall.
Recycled Art Waste Exchange
Please click here if you have discarded items that you think a recycled-material artist would be interested in or if you are a recycled-material artist and you are looking for source materials for your art. We'll work to connect donors and artists and to keep items out of the landfill.