The 2025 Nature Makers Markets will take place on Saturday, May 3rd and Saturday, November 8th from 9am-3pm.
The 2025 Spring Nature Makers Market application is OPEN until February 4th, 2025!
Our biannual Nature Makers Markets are celebrations of quality craftsmanship and artisan-made goods, inspired by nature and/or made of natural materials. These one-day markets take place in May and November and feature approximately 30 Michigan artists. Items for sale may include art prints, textiles, jewelry, watercolor paintings, stationery, ceramics, glassworks, wool goods, stickers, pins, wood items, botanical skin care, succulent planters, dried flowers, resin crafts, and more.
Artists are chosen by a jury of Blandford board + staff with the goal of exhibiting a variety of high-quality goods of differing materials and aesthetics. The criteria used to jury the market include: interpretation of the theme (goods inspired by nature and/or made of natural materials); craftsmanship, detail and complexity; and creativity and originality.
If you’ve vended at our market before, you are already on our mailing list and will be contacted to fill out a digital interest form that will be emailed to you five months prior to the next market. You will be considered for the upcoming market only if you complete that form by the deadline below. We will contact you either way if you’ve been accepted into the market.
If you are interested in becoming a vendor at our market, please read our Nature Markers Market Guidelines. Then, fill out the application form linked below to be considered for the upcoming market, which includes submitting photos of your work. Each new artist submission is juried. If your work is a match with our markets, you will be considered for the upcoming market for which you have applied, and you will also remain on our mailing list for future markets. We will contact you either way if you’ve been accepted into the market.
The New Artist Application is only open twice per year, so check back during the open application times if the form is closed.
Please note that consideration is given first to artists who have participated with us before. Therefore, we usually have very limited spots available to new artists at each market.
As a reminder, participation in one market does not guarantee participation in future markets. This allows opportunities for new artists to participate in each market, making the markets unique each time.
Please note: We do NOT communicate with artists via Facebook Messenger or Instagram, and we will never ask you to submit payment for a market electronically.
Nature Makers Market Guidelines
