Artist Alley

The Kumoricon Artist Alley welcomes amateur and professional artists to showcase their work and original merchandise. Artist Alley merchandise traditionally includes fan art prints, manga, models, paintings, and novelty crafts, but is limited only by your imagination.

Applications for the Kumoricon 2024 Artist Alley have not yet opened.

Application jury process

Application details have not been finalized for Kumoricon 2024. All details are subject to change.

Kumoricon's Artist Alley utilizes a jury process to accept applications. Applications received by the closure date will be chosen based on the jury process without regard to when they were submitted. The jury process will begin following the close of Artist Alley applications with notifications of status being sent to all applicants. The jury process will be based on (in order of importance):

  1. Adhering to the Artist Alley rules and guidelines based on information in the application (incomplete applications are disqualified)
  2. Variety of products/offerings/artwork (categories of many types)
  3. Professionalism and completeness of portfolio

Artists should be ready to provide:

  • Basic contact information, including an up-to-date email address
  • Examples of work through photos of booths at prior events (this is highly preferred), DeviantArt/YouTube tutorial/websites with example art, or any online link that gives examples of at least 10 pieces of work.*

*Note: If your examples display violations described in the Artist Alley contract (linked below once applications open), your application will be denied, unless you mention in the "additional information" field that that piece is excluded.

Pricing and applications: Full Artist Alley spaces typically include 2 full weekend memberships. Costs for Kumoricon 2024 Artist Alley are to be announced.

Artist Alley tables are typically 6-foot tables with a 2-foot width and two chairs. Each artist table typically includes 2 weekend memberships to the convention.

Artists seeking to participate in Artist Alley should not register as attendees at this time, but instead, apply to Artist Alley using the form below (once applications open).

Please see our updated Artist Alley Application FAQ for answers to frequent questions. If you have any additional requests, please email artists@kumoricon.org and we will be happy to assist you.