Indiana Artisan is developing a brand that gives meaning and recognition to high-quality Indiana-made art and food.  To accomplish that, Indiana Artisan is:

• promoting art, hand-crafted and value-added food products made in Indiana, telling the stories of local artisans who produce them;

• encouraging artisans to leverage the Indiana Artisan logo and branding;

• providing access to entrepreneurial support and technical assistance;

• providing Internet representation via the Indiana Artisan website;

• helping artisans increase revenue and market growth through trade shows, retail displays and outlets, online representation, and collaborative statewide promotion efforts; and

• aiding and promoting local efforts to develop artisan-related, tourism-focused trail development throughout the state.

For your work to be part of the organization, artisans need successfully complete the jurying process.  Applicants can be for-profit or not-for-profit corporations, as well as unincorporated individual artisans.  Participants will include any artisan who, or business that:

• produces a visual arts product, hand-crafted by the applicant, or under the direct supervision of the applicant, that can be purchased and taken by, or shipped to, the buyer (commissioned or made-to-order work, nor candles, nor soaps/bath/body products are eligible at this time);

• creates works that contribute to the positive reputation of the artisan's business and to the brand development of quality Indiana-made/produced arts and food;

• desires their art to be part of a set of locally produced goods branded as made in Indiana and carried in retail outlets, as well as sold via the Internet;

• creates their art in Indiana and has been located in Indiana for at least one year prior to the date of application;

• would benefit from entrepreneurial support - education, workshops, and on-site assessment;

• will participate in locally developed artisan trails promoted to in- and out-of-state travelers interested in place-based arts experiences; and

• seeks to reach the retail market through participation in trade shows/marketplaces.

Launched in 2008 by the Office of Community and Rural Affairs, the Indiana Arts Commission, Indiana Office of Tourism Development, and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, Indiana Artisan today is a non-profit corporation that continues its mission of helping Hoosier artisans who produce fine art, crafts and value-added foods expand their businesses.  It does this by leveraging the resources of partners statewide, as well as the four state agency partners and their statewide networks.

Questions?

Eric Freeman
Indiana Artisan
PO Box 40777
Indianapolis, IN  46240
T: (317) 607-8715
E: Eric@IndianaArtisan.org