Application as an Artist Vendor:

A booth, (10' x 10'), reservation as an Artist Vendor for 2010 may be confirmed for our SANTA FE DAYS event once we receive the following to the address below:
 

• Completed Application Form
   
• Official Tribal Documentation (CDIB Documentation, Other Membership Documentation approved by Tribe or Certification as a non-member Indian artisan)
   
• Description of art works on display and 2 or 3 pictures if possible.
   
• ½ Booth Fee by September 1st made out to “Santa Fe Days“. The remaining balance due by September 15th.

We appreciate your consideration and participation.

For any further information, please contact us via our website, email, fax or telephone.

Website – www.santafedays.com
Fax 972-446-1875

Bob Entrican      2709 Wagonwheel Dr    Carrollton, TX 75006
972-418-9411

Dave Oldfield
972-242-6453

We will have rooms blocked at a local motel for you if needed at :
America’s Best Value Inn
13333 N. Stemmons Frwy (I-35-E)
Dallas, TX 75234
Call 972-241-8521 for reservations.
The room rate will be $ 42.00 plus taxes. Be sure to advise them that you are with the “Santa Fe Days Event”.
You will need to contact them personally to arraign for the deposit to hold the room.
You will need to use of your own equipment for set up, ie. tents, tables and chairs.

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Application Form * Send to Bob Entrican at 2709 Wagonwheel Dr Carrollton, TX 75006
NORMAL BOOTH FEE will be $ 175.00, --- $ 160 if reserved by June 1st.
THERE WILL BE A JUDGING FOR “BEST BOOTH PRESENTATION“. THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE A BOOTH FREE IN 2011 AS THE PRIZE.
DATE ________________________
NAME _______________________________________________________
ADDRESS _______________________________________________________
CITY / STATE / ZIP CODE ________________________________________
PHONE ___________________________E-MAIL ADDRESS__________________________________________
TRIBE / PUEBLO ______________________________________________________
Enclosed is my deposit for ____ Booth(s)
Signature ______________________________________________________

Please Note: To Artist Vendor applicants- beginning 2010 only authentic Indian items (as defined by Public Law 101-644 and the Indian Arts and Crafts Board rules 25 CFR Part 309 found in the Federal Register: June 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 113) will be acceptable. We reserve the right to reject any items judged to be inappropriate for our event and will ask all Artist Vendor booths to have their items available for review by the committee prior to the beginning of the show, Saturday October 9 at 9am.
We request a donated item, (approximate retail value = $50.00), that will be raffled off during the VIP Dinner.

We would like to invite you to join us as a vendor or sponsor for our 7th annual Santa Fe Days on the Square event. As we plan for the 7th year, we hope to incorporate much of the feedback we have received from our vendors and attendees into our vision.

As you know, Santa Fe Days on the Square is a unique cultural event. It is not a Pow Wow or a Juried Art Market. Because our cultural event is different than other events in the DFW area, it has been a growing experience for the committee to develop the event in the areas of sponsorship, entertainment, advertisement, and increased participation by the community. Our goal has always been to offer the general public an awareness of some of the Traditional and Contemporary ways of Indigenus life. This was our first year to have local Native American volunteers to help us on the event. We are continuing to learn so that we can have a better sensitivity to the issues facing Indigenous people. Although the cultural event is not an Art Market or Juried Event, we continue to want to provide a venue for Artisans to highlight their work to the general public. Also, as a non-profit group, we face the same financial challenges that other events are facing in this economy.

Overall the feedback we received from vendors and patrons of the event were positive. We had an increase in audience from previous years and many of the vendors said they did well in sales. As a result of this year’s feedback on the event, we are going to make more efforts to communicate our goals and expectations for participants of the event. We want to make a more clear distinction between the 3 participants we have in this event.

1. Our Artist Vendors have always been Native American and we will continue to ask for the appropriate documentation so that participants registering in the Artist Vendor category will meet the standards of their tribe or nation. What will be different this year is an agreement with all Artist Vendors that the committee will be reviewing their items before the event starts for authenticity and appropriateness to the event. We have never specified this in our paperwork or on our website but we want to be clearer in the future to avoid concerns. We believe Native people have been first to create unique, beautiful, whimsical as well as practical items out of available resources. We continue to want to show the public that side of the culture. The tools used to make the handmade items do not have to be made by the craftsman but in the future we will not allow Artist Vendors to sell any items which appear to be purchased elsewhere and then resold in its original manner.

2. Our Food Vendors will continue to be open to all groups that meet the health codes of the City of Carrollton. Our traditional Native American food booths will continue to be Native American Food Vendors but as it is a cultural event to attract the general public we want to offer a variety of foods, soft drinks and water. Our attempt will be to provide variety and hope that more Native American Food Vendors who provide a variety of foods will contact us for next year.

3. Our Sponsors also are not required to be Native American but we were very excited this year to have the sponsorship of four Native American groups: United Indian Methodist Women’s group, Indigenous Institute of the Americas, the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Texas, and the Intertribal Center of Dallas TX. For any sponsors who provide in-kind or direct financial donations of a significant level, they are provided a free booth for their organization. We had several sponsors such as WFAA Channel 8 who did not have the volunteers to man their booth this year.

In our 7th year, our goal is to make clearer to the participants and public the difference between our Artist Vendors and our Sponsors. We can do this through the location of the booths, signage, etc. We will also be working this year to keep the website up to date with our plans for 2010 as well as build our Sponsors so we an continue to offer entertainment next year. As previously mentioned, we will develop a written agreement with our committee and all Artist Vendors regarding our expectations of items displayed t the event. Again, thank you for your support and feedback this year so that we can work toward an even better and bigger event.

Santa Fe Days on the Square Committee