Poster Design Contest for the 54th Mountain Fair is Now Open!

2024 winner, Kirsten Hix (photo credit: Mark Burrows)

The 54th Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair poster design contest is now open! Our theme this year is “LET'S DANCE! ¡BAILEMOS!”, an inclusive invitation to celebrate our vibrant community's creativity, connection, and expression.

Interested artists should:
• Interpret this theme however you are called to, remembering that the spirit of The Carbondale Mountain Fair is a celebration of who we all are together in community.
• Submit a well-developed concept (vertical or square format preferred over horizontal) along with at least 3 work samples that show a similar style to how you would plan to finish the final design.
• Handmade and digital entries are welcome; any non-digital entries submitted should have the artist's name and contact info on the back.

Here are some helpful tips:
1) Be sure your entry uses well defined lines and shapes so that the jury can easily see the artwork and how it might transfer to a digital design
2) We recommend your entry be designed in color as it helps the jury to envision the poster and shirt
3) Consider avoiding very tiny details which may not read well on a screen printed shirt
4)  Designs that perform best are at least 75% complete (quick, incomplete sketches have not performed well over the last several years)

Artists who have won in the past may enter the contest again after 5 years have passed (ie: if you won in 2020, you can enter again in 2025).

A jury selects the winning design and our team works with the finalist to create the poster and t-shirt. Winner will be announced in April and receives $750 and five Mountain Fair t-shirts!

Send your images and questions to Brian Colley: brian@carbondalearts.com by end of day, Tuesday, April 1, 2025.