🌈 Why Apply to Colourful Minds Artist Market?
Colourful Minds Artist Market is more than just an event—
it’s a community built on inclusion, accessibility, and support. We believe in celebrating diverse creative voices, especially those who have traditionally been underrepresented in the arts. Whether you’re disabled, chronically ill, neurodivergent, living with mental health conditions, we want to provide a platform for you to showcase your work in a safe, supportive space.
This is your opportunity to:
- Share your unique creative perspective
- Engage with a welcoming audience
- Join a community that values mutual respect and support
🖌️ What We Offer
- Accessible event spaces designed to accommodate a range of physical, sensory, and cognitive needs.
- Affordable booth fees
- Supportive event team to assist you prior to the market as well as during the day. We also provide online group getting things done sessions, access to a Instagram group chat for support and connection, and a market buddys if required for support along the way.
- Optional Disability Pride Buddy Badges to foster solidarity and openness about sharing lived experience among fellow artists and attendees.
- A platform to showcase your work alongside other talented, like-minded creators.
🎨 Who Should Apply?
We welcome applications from:
- Artists of all mediums.
- Disabled, chronically ill, neurodivergent, and mental health-conscious artists.
- We support established artists as well as new and emerging creatives who appreciate the tailored support and accessible environment.
- Artists wanting to make the invisible visible and help to reduce the stigma around these lived experiences.
- Fill out the online application form
- Submit images of your work (or a portfolio link)
- Provide a brief artist statement or description of your work
- Wait for confirmation—our team will review applications and notify successful applicants by the 25th of July.
- Pay booth fee (details will be provided after your application is accepted)