ARTIST 4th Friday Application 2024

Welcome to 4th Friday! What is the 4th Friday event?On the 4th Friday of every month, March - October, The District features the best of Fayetteville visual and performing arts, live music, and street performers. Folks of all ages get a taste of Downtown Fayetteville's dynamic arts and entertainment district while supporting local independent galleries, bistros, and shops full of unique goods and gifts. From July through October, we turn up the heat with The District Vibe @ 4th Friday. A live performance stage and beer garden invites visitors to make the most of the glorious North Carolina weather and dance the night away! APPLICATION: Browse through our applications and let us know if you have any questions. This is an electronic agreement and by selecting the booths, you are validating and approving this agreement electronically. Categories: Artists may apply in up to 3 categories. You must submit a separate application for each category.If you sell jewelry, you may apply in a category other than Jewelry if jewelry is less than 10% of your items for sale. Otherwise, you must apply in Jewelry. All work displayed in the booth must be for sale.  Clay: Original clay and porcelain work, functional or sculptural.Fiber: Includes wearable and non-wearable. No machine-tooled, machine-screen printing, or other forms of mass production are accepted.Glass: Functional and sculptural work is accepted. Kiln forming, blowing, molding, or casting, as well as all cold working processes are permitted.Jewelry: Only those artists accepted in the jewelry category may display or sell jewelry. Items made from commercial parts may not be exhibited.Metal: Sculptural or decorative work made from metal. No jewelry will be accepted in this category.Mixed Media: Work which combines materials from two or more mediums in one piece. Musical Instruments: Handmade instruments.Natural Materials: This includes basket weaving, chair caning, brooms, gourds, and other works made from materials found in nature.Photography: Includes traditional film photography, hand-colored images, emulsion transfers, and digital photography. Only artist’s original source material is acceptable. 
Printmaking: Only hand-pulled original prints are allowed. Prints must be in limited editions, signed, and numbered.Sculpture: Three-dimensional work using additive or subtractive processes in a single medium.Two-Dimensional: Drawing, painting, and digital works. Reproduction prints are not allowed.Wood: Original works that are hand tooled, machine-worked, turned or carved. VENDOR SPACE: Booth Space: We will provide a 10x10 space for your setup. Tent: You are allowed to bring a tent but we will not permit tents over 10x10 feet. Amplified Sound/Electricity: We will not provide electricity. You are required to use your own amplification system for your space. Parking: We now have paid parking for Downtown Fayetteville. We suggest that you park in the Franklin Street parking deck (208 Franklin Street) so you will not have to worry about moving your car. On-street parking will not be available in all areas due to the Road Closures. On-Street Parking will be limited but the closest parking spots to your location are:

• Franklin Street: 100-300 Hay Street, Gillespie Street Locations
• Old Street: 100-300 Hay Street locations and Person St
• Bow St: 100 Hay St, Person Street, Green Street Locations 
• Maiden Lane: All locations
• Franklin Street Parking Deck: All Locations 

 

On the 4th Friday of every month, March - October, The District features the best of Fayetteville visual and performing arts, live music, and street performers. Folks of all ages get a taste of Downtown Fayetteville's dynamic arts and entertainment district while supporting local independent galleries, bistros, and shops full of unique goods and gifts.

Cool Spring Downtown District, its volunteers, the City of Fayetteville, or its representatives, and/or employees are not responsible for any damages arising out of the sales of my products or from my presence during 4th Friday. Vendors agree to sell only those items approved by the Cool Spring Downtown District as noted.  Vendor Age Requirements: Children under the age of 18 participating in the 4th Friday should be always supervised by an adult onsite. Attendance: If you miss more than 2, 4th Friday events without notice, you will no longer be able to participate in our 4th Friday events.  If you cannot make the 4th Friday event, please let me know as soon as possible.  Inclement Weather: 4th Friday is a rain-or-shine event. If the event is not canceled by Cool Spring Downtown District, an absence will be counted against you. Every effort will be made by the Cool Spring Downtown District staff to host the 4th Friday event. The Cool Spring Downtown District staff will closely monitor weather conditions before and during events. Amplified Sound Electricity: We will not provide electricity. You are required to use your own amplification system for your space.  Assigned Locations: Cool Spring Downtown District (CSDD) may, from time to time, be required to reassign locations.  CSDD does not provide tables or other equipment. Please contact the CSDD office in writing (info@coolspringfay.org) if you have any special requirements.    PRODUCTS / SERVICESVendors are required to submit product photos and/or services with this application. List must be attached as a .doc, .jpeg, or .pdf files. The Cool Spring Downtown District reserves the right to deny vendors, the sale of certain products and/or merchandise. Applications must include a photograph clearly showing the entire booth setup or photos of products.  First Amendment: Please understand that the organizer of the 4th Fridays event in downtown Fayetteville is Cool Spring Downtown District, a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, and not the City of Fayetteville or any other state actor.  As such, we are incapable of infringing upon any of your First Amendment rights, and the § 1983 case you reference below is inapposite.  We certainly honor and respect all political and religious affiliations, but, as a community non-profit organization dedicated to supporting artistic, cultural, civic, and commercial activity in downtown Fayetteville, we have determined, and it is entirely within our purview to do so, that, in order to remain a place that is welcoming to all, we must remain neutral on political and religious matters.  For us, that means no partisan political or religious groups will be approved to table at our events. This is a policy applied equally to all political and religious groups.  Our purpose for having these booths, like the purpose of the 4th Friday event in general, is to promote downtown Fayetteville’s dynamic arts and entertainment district while supporting local independent galleries, bistros, artisans, shops, and the like.  It is a secular event designed to foster civic pride and awareness, not to provide an advocacy forum for those who wish to put their message, whether political, religious, ideological, or otherwise, before the public.  These issues, as important as they may be, simply are not consistent with the purpose of 4th Fridays.  For these reasons, our table/booth spaces, which are in high demand, are reserved for vendors from sectors such as the arts, entertainment, food, etc. that align with the nature of the event.