Bloomington Handmade Market

Applications for the spring Bloomington Handmade Market are open now through February 21! Go to www.bloomingtonhandmademarket.com to apply!

BHM is a juried show, meaning that participating artists are selected from a pool of applicants and notified a few months in advance of the show. In selecting artists, we look for artists and crafters that are creating quality, unusual work of a type that we don't often see in more traditional craft fairs.

Artists come from both Bloomington and around the midwest to participate, and we are always looking for new artists to apply!

We hold BHM twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring. Admission to the show is always free and open to the public. The first BHM, in November of 2009 was held at the John Waldron Center for the Arts. With an unexpectedly high turnout of just over 1000 people, we knew the next one would have to be in a larger venue, so the Spring 2010 Market was held at KRC Banquets and Catering. Our third event was held at the Bloomington Convention Center, with over 1,600 patrons and 46 artists and crafters. Future BHM events will continue to be held at the Convention Center.