TASTE THE ARTS
Tulare County's Largest Art Festival!
ABOUT TASTE THE ARTS
Taste The Arts is an annual festival presented by the Arts Consortium — the official arts council of Tulare County. This annual event in downtown Visalia is a celebration of the rich cultural and artistic heritage of our community.
The Central Valley is known for the diverse crops grown in our area. This diversity also attracts a broad spectrum of cultures to our region, each with its own distinctive arts and traditions. Taste The Arts celebrates this multi-cultural background with an event just as unique!
Taste the Arts offers a full day of free activities for the community. Check out more than 70 regional visual artists and their paintings, sculptures, steel work, photographs, gourds, and jewelry. Enjoy entertainment on our Garden Street Plaza stage featuring musical acts, dance troupes, and cultural performers. Participate in printmaking workshops or showcase your creativity in the My Voice Media Center and Visalia Wellness Center Art Cafe letting your imagination run wild. Take advantage of numerous youth activities and much, much more. ALL FOR FREE!
Location: Intersection of Center Ave and Garden Street, between Main Street and School Avenue, Downtown Visalia
Be part of Taste The Arts! Artists, performers, food vendors, volunteers, and those who sponsor are what make Taste The Arts a great festival.
Below you will find all the available applications, click on each application’s corresponding button to view more information, guidelines, and to access its application.
Paper applications are available for pick up at the Arts Consortium: 340 E. Oak Ave, Ste 112, Visalia.
If you have any questions regarding any of the applications please contact us via email at hello@artsconsortium.org or give us a call at 559-772-0001.
ARTIST BOOTH REGISTRATION
To apply as an artist for the upcoming 2024 Taste The Arts Festival, please click on the button below. You will be directed to the registration application on Eventbrite.
*Marketing Deadline: August 28, 2024
Final Deadline: October 13, 2024
*submit your application and three work samples by August 28, 2024 to receive the marketing benefits for artists. This includes:
- Being promoted on the Arts Consortium’s Instagram and Facebook social media accounts.
- The opportunity to be included in the Booth Experience Contest that has a prize of $200!
- A secret jury will judge your booth the day of the event at an unspecified time. The winner is judged on booth presentation that draw our event attendees in and vendors who interact with and educate our festival goers about their artwork.
- The winner of the 2024 Taste The Arts Booth Experience Contest will also be invited to our 2025 celebration at no additional cost – however, this will disqualify the winner from entering into the 2025 Booth Experience Contest. The winner may choose to not accept the free booth and may compete once again in 2025.
PERFORMER APPLICATION
The Arts Consortium is seeking Central Valley performers to showcase diverse musical, dance, theatrical, and cultural talents with the public. Click on button below to view and download the application.
Deadline: August 28, 2024
FOOD VENDOR APPLICATION
If you are a food vendor and would like to help us feed over 7,000 people, please click on the button below to view and download the application.
Application updated 6/18/24. If you submitted one before this date it will still be accepted.
Deadline: August 28, 2024
INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY PROPOSAL
Submit a proposal for a Taste The Arts interactive activity and become a part of the wide range of interactive activities available at our annual festival!
Previously accepted activities: interactive ceramics, interactive mural, printintmaking/steamroller blockprints, japanse tea ceremony, instrument petting zoo, painting zoo, interactive art cafe, fun with food.
At the discretion of the Arts Consortium, selected interactive activities may receive supporting funds ranging from $250 to $1,000, depending on complexity, cost of materials, or number of audience members served. While the Arts Consortium will attempt to provide support to all interactive activities, supporting funds are not guaranteed for any interactive activity.
Deadline: July 31, 2024
QUICKDRAW ARTIST REGISTRATION
We are looking for five (5) artists to draw live at Taste The Arts! This exciting competition takes place on the Garden Street Plaza stage. The competing artists are given 45 minutes to draw a work of art based on a predetermined prompt. Table, chair, easel, and canvas provided; artists supplies their own art making supplies. Prize to be awarded and the winner is chosen by audience applause.
Deadline: October 13, 2024
MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES
Do you represent a local or national business; or are an artist or individual who wants to support the arts? Become a sponsor for Taste The Arts! Click on the button below to view and download the marketing opportunities application.
Deadline: July 31, 2024
VOLUNTEERS
If you are interested in being part of the team that makes Taste The Arts happen, be a volunteer! Please fill out and submit the form that is provided by clicking on the button below.
Deadline: October 13, 2024
Submit a proposal for a Taste The Arts interactive activity and become a part of the wide range of interactive activities available at our annual festival!
- Interactive Ceramics
- Interactive Mural
- Printmaking/Steamroller Blockprints
- Japanese Tea Ceremony
- Instrument Petting Zoo
- Painting Zoo
- Interactive Art Cafe
- Fun With Food
At the discretion of the Arts Consortium, selected interactive activities may receive supporting funds ranging from $250 to $1,000, depending on complexity, cost of materials, or number of audience members served. While the Arts Consortium will attempt to provide support to all interactive activities, supporting funds are not guaranteed for any interactive activity.
Thank you to everyone who came out and visited our 2023 Taste The Arts festival! We could not have made this successful event without you and we loved seeing the big crowds all day!
We want to thank all the artists, performers, food vendors, volunteers, partners, and staff who made this all possible. Thank you for all your hard work!
We would like to hear from you! How was your experience?
Please click on the button below to submit a brief guest survey. Your input helps us to keep bringing a great art festival to the community.
Steven Finney
Amie Rangel
2023
Help keep Taste The Arts 100% free for the community of Tulare County.
Click the image below to donate:
The Arts Consortium brings together artists, organizations and art enthusiasts to advocate, promote and provide opportunities to create and celebrate the arts for all Tulare County residents and visitors.
To learn more about becoming a sponsor give us a call at 559-772-0001 or send us an email at hello@artsconsortium.org