Two festival marketplaces will host up to 50 traditional artists from across Montana offering a variety of handmade arts and crafts for sale.

 

Montana Arts Marketplace

The Montana Arts Marketplace will offer festivalgoers the opportunity to purchase works by the region's best traditional artisans.The marketplace will feature the work of the region’s finest artisans who are creating handmade objects in both traditional and contemporary styles.

For more information visit the Montana Arts Marketplace area of this site.

 

First Peoples' Marketplace

The First Peoples’ Marketplace will offer for sale the work of Montana's finest American Indian artists and craftspeople, and include both deeply traditional crafts and more contemporary artistic expressions rooted in American Indian experience. The First Peoples’ Marketplace will be a unique feature of the National Folk Festival in Montana that is made possible by a generous sponsorship from Seacast, Inc., a Seattle-based corporation with deep Butte roots. For more information visit the First Peoples' Marketplace area of this site.

 

While the artists for both the Montana Arts Marketplace and the First Peoples' Marketplace have been selected for 2008, artists who would like to be considered for the Montana Arts Marketplace for the 2009 and 2010 National Folk Festivals can contact us for more information about those upcoming festivals. Read More.