2025 CALL FOR CRAFT ARTISTS to Apply for Guild Membership & Annual Craft Fair Pied­mont Craftsmen

Pied­mont Crafts­men invites unique, creative voices making well-crafted, hand­made work, in all craft media, whether in tradi­tional or contem­po­rary styles, to apply for Guild Member­ship. Craft media includes clay, metals, fiber, print­mak­ing, book arts, glass, jewelry, leather, photog­ra­phy, wood, and mixed-media. Submit appli­ca­tions for consid­er­a­tion via Zappli­ca­tion by May 12, 2025. 

Pied­mont Crafts­men, a 501(c)(3) arts orga­ni­za­tion, advo­cates for the excel­lence of fine craft and promotes its value. By apply­ing, you’re seeking life­time Exhibit­ing Member­ship in one of the nation’s top craft guilds, not just a beau­ti­ful, annual, indoor show. Founded in 1963, Pied­mont Crafts­men repre­sents approx­i­mately 300 active members, all of whom are inno­va­tors in mate­ri­als, tech­niques, processes, or creative expression. 

The appli­ca­tion process has two parts. First, submit a small port­fo­lio of images for the Image Review via zappli​ca​tion​.org by May 12, 2025. An annu­ally rotat­ing panel of Guild Members and arts profes­sion­als will review these images and select appli­cants for the second round, the Object Review, held in person during the annual Crafts Fair in November. 

Bene­fits of Guild Member­ship include the ability to take part and sell your work in our annual Craft Fair; the ability to consign your work, year-round, in our Gallery; show your work in our Exhi­bi­tions Program; paid oppor­tu­ni­ties to teach in our Educa­tion Program; as well as other bene­fits that include reci­p­ro­cal part­ner­ships with other guilds, network­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties and more. Our annual Craft Fair is consid­ered one of the finest in the south­east­ern United States, while Pied­mont Craftsmen’s Gallery anchors the Arts District of down­town Winston-Salem, NC. A complete list of bene­fits is avail­able upon request. 

Complete details about the appli­ca­tion process and be found at zappli​ca​tion​.org.

Visit pied​mont​crafts​men​.org for infor­ma­tion about our orga­ni­za­tion, the appli­ca­tion process, and more.

Ques­tions? Contact our Fair & Member­ship Direc­tor at members@​piedmontcraftsmen.​org or (336) 725‑1516.

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State­ment on Improving Diversity:

Pied­mont Crafts­men is devoted to repre­sent­ing artists from all back­grounds, includ­ing all sexual and gender orien­ta­tions and all racial, ethnic, and cultural iden­ti­ties. Since 2018, the orga­ni­za­tion has been seeking to improve the demo­graphic health and diver­sity within our struc­ture at every level, as spec­i­fied in a detailed and thor­ough DEI Imple­men­ta­tion Plan designed by our Direc­tor of Devel­op­ment and approved by our Board or Direc­tors, and avail­able at your request. 

As such, we strongly wish to appeal to artists from any or all back­grounds to consider apply­ing. As the guild contin­ues our work to improve the way we cham­pion and serve the rich and diverse world of craft artists, we can assure that the pres­ence of these artists goes beyond repre­sen­ta­tion, but creates an authen­tic­ity to our mission of being the Nation’s finest fine arts guild. For ques­tions or more infor­ma­tion, please contact our President/​CEO at director@​piedmontcraftsmen.​org