Earth's largest art event!
The Sunday after Thanksgiving is Artists Sunday® when consumers are encouraged to shop with local artists, creators and performers.
“A gift of art is a gift of emotion.”
Supporting local artists nationwide
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What and Where is Artists Sunday?
Artists Sunday is a nationwide art-shopping event the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Participants include professional artists, non-profit art organizations and municipalities across the country, including hundreds of local communities, including arts agencies, cities, counties, state agencies, chambers of commerce, and organizations and thousands of individual artists.
View Artists Sunday locations in the directories below:
Individual
Artists and Creators
Not-for-Profit
Organizations
Commercial
Galleries and Businesses
“Cities with high local artist participation in Artists Sunday — an art-shopping event held every November in cities across America — ranked high, along with those with many craft meet-up groups.” –March 10, 2022 – The Mercury News
Featured Events and Activities
Highlighted Sales, Specials, Events and Promotions offered by Artists Sunday members. Events / promotions are added as they are submitted, so check back frequently. View the recent additions here. If your favorite artist or art organization isn’t listed be sure to check our locations page and visit their website directly.
Featured Partners
500 art organizations and economic development agencies across the country promote and champion artists in their communities. Participating organizations include: local arts agencies, state agencies, counties, chambers of commerce, national organizations, associations, municipalities, and community groups across the country. View the Partner Directory to search all of partners. Partner sign up is here.
View the entire list of 500 partners on our Partner Directory.
Media Coverage
Media across the country covered the artists, art organizations and local communities participating in Artists Sunday. Visit our Press Room for press releases and links to coverage.
Visit our Press Room for press releases and links to coverage.
What People are Saying About Artists Sunday
The American Craft Council is proud to be a partner of Artists Sunday. The promotion of Artists Sunday helped increase our sales by 5x the normal amount for the American Craft Council online gift marketplace called Craft Bash that runs through December 6 and features handmade products from nearly 100 artists. We appreciate the support that the initiative had for artists and we look forward to growing the movement to shop on Artists Sunday to show your support for artists again next year.
“Artists Sunday is tucked in between the big box Black Friday and Cyber Monday to create a meaningful opportunity on the meaningful day. As a shopper, you can buy something handmade that has purpose – the kind of gift that can fill a home much better than something mass produced in a far-away factory.”
"Colorado is proud to be a part of this nationwide effort to support the creative class. Artists Sunday is a great way to support local artists, celebrate creativity and find unique, meaningful gifts for everyone who appreciates the arts.”
“Artists Sunday is a great platform to help artists while also getting consumers focused on how art can make a unique and wonderful gift. But while it centers on one day in November, the benefits for artists becoming part of this network are year-round. Artists Sunday is providing so many great resources and tools that help artists navigate the business side of being an artist. It’s something that is desperately needed at a time in which a lot of artists are struggling.”
"As a visual artist I’m grateful for Artists Sunday’s Promotion ability and enthusiasm. I spend a lot of time marketing and responding to artists’ calls. It’s exciting that Artists Sunday makes my work visible far and wide, and I’m relieved to have this great tool to help me get the word out there. Even as a new organization it’s done so much already to let the world know what we artists offer and they’ve done it professionally! Thankful for the energy and follow through of Artists Sunday."
“Artists Sunday is just a great idea. Most of the artists we work with have had no place to show their work recently. Artists Sunday gives them a nationwide platform to promote their work while getting the public focused on purchasing art to enrich the lives of their family and friends.”
“OneRedmond is proud to be a part of Artists Sunday. Our artists are such a valuable part of our community, our culture, and our economy. It is important that we support our artists every day, but especially on Artists Sunday.”
"I found out about Artists Sunday from a fellow artist in Houston. Opening my studio during our pandemic has been challenging, so I decided to submit a video. Cynthia was very encouraging when she gave her honest feedback and that's when I decided it was time to create a more professional welcoming video into La Donna Foto new studio in Art District Houston. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in a national effort that will help all artists!"
How We All Work Together
Artists Sunday is a national marketing campaign encouraging shoppers to purchase from artists, and give unique, original items as gifts for the holiday season. We provide a free comprehensive Artists Sunday Marketing Toolkit to Artists, Partners, and Patrons. Participants use the elements in the Toolkit that work best for them, generating buzz and excitement with consumers. Participation is free.
serving artists nationwide
We are focused on individual artisans and craftsmen creating physical works of art:
painting, sketching, photography, sculpture, music, glass, wood working, jewelry, clothing and much more….
We also support artists creating experiential works of art:
dance, music, theater, film and more….
Artists Sunday is free to all artists:
Sign up and use the Artists Sunday brand and marketing materials to promote your work during the holiday season. Whether you sell your work online, at events, or from a physical location – or all three – Artists Sunday is designed to help you promote. We amplify your message, providing a turnkey marketing kit and a national media campaign.
Artists Sunday City Map
The pins show cities where there are Artists Sunday artists or partners. We have participants in all 50 states and several international locations. Zoom in and play around. However, it does not show multiple Artists Sunday participants in a single city.
Short url of this map in Google Maps is: http://bit.ly/ArtistsSundayCities
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