Evergreen Fine Arts Festival 2025

This is the 59th Annual Evergreen Fine Arts Festival, held on August 23rd & 24th, 2025 at the Buchanan Recreation Center (Evergreen Parkway and Ellingwood Trail/Squaw Pass) in Evergreen, Colorado. The original fine arts event for the Evergreen area, this high quality arts festival provides the affluent bedroom community of Denver the best of the best in art. An estimated 6,000-8,000 collectors from the front range, Ft. Collins to Colorado Springs, and all over Colorado find their way to this free event nestled in the heart of the foothills west of Denver.

The Evergreen Fine Arts Festival is run by artists, for artists through the Evergreen Artists Association, a non-profit organization that has provided the mountain community with cultural events for over fifty years. Proceeds from the Festival provide yearly grants to support art departments in area schools, grants to local artists, and a yearly scholarship to a graduating high school senior planning to continue studying the visual arts. Application fee is $45.00 (non-refundable). Five high quality images are required for each individual media category entered, with four images of individual pieces of work and one mandatory booth shot showing overall continuity and presentation. Artists may apply in multiple categories (max 2) but must complete a separate application for each medium.

Accepted media includes Clay, Digital Art, Drawing and Pastel, Fiber and Textiles, Functional Art, Glass, Jewelry, Leather, Metal, Mixed Media 2D and 3D, Painting (Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor), Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture 3D, and Wood. The festival features an Emerging Artist category for early career Colorado residents with reduced booth fees and provided display equipment. Awards include Best in Show, category awards for 2D, 3D, Clay/Wood/Glass, Fiber/Functional/Leather, Jewelry, Photography, and People's Choice, presented at the Saturday evening artist dinner. Show hours are 10am to 5pm on both Saturday and Sunday. Artist amenities include free catered dinner for artist and one guest, booth sitters, overnight security, free parking, and artist-only restrooms.