MacNider Outdoor Art Market

Calling all artists!

The 2024 MacNider Outdoor Art Market will be on Sat., June 8 and we are now taking artist applications! Please contact Lindsay at lthompson@masoncity.net if you have questions or would like to be added to our artist list.

View the rules and download the application PDF here.

Go to the online application here.

Pay your artist fees online here.


The MacNider Outdoor Art Market will be open from 9 am – 4 pm on June 8, 2024 with fine artists and crafts persons. This is your opportunity to purchase one-of-a-kind pottery, jewelry, sculptures, glass, and much more. By purchasing work from these artists you are not only supporting local talent, you are purchasing quality unique art. 

The Outdoor Art Market is held on the lawns of the Museum and the adjacent Mason City Public Library at 303 2nd Street SE in Mason City, Iowa during MacNider Arts Festival on Sat., June 8, 2024 from 9 am- 4 pm.


2023 Participating artists were: Art Ciccotti (glass) of Ames, TC Dakin (glass) of Kensett, Bruce Gordon (painting/drawing) of Grundy Center, Rich Herrmann (photography) of Mount Vernon, Shelly Laffe (jewelry) of Charles City, Bruce Litterer (painting/drawing) of Shell Rock, Elizabeth Long (jewelry) of Central City, Bill Mateer (ceramics) of Sheffield, Dean Schwarz (ceramics) of Decorah, Meagan Steinberg (jewelry) of St. Ansgar, Megan Wassom (mixed media) of Davenport, Chris White (glass) of Clear Lake, *Andrew Wroble (painting/drawing) of Harpers Ferry, both Dan & Mickey Johnson (mixed media) and Candida Deree (glass) of Waterloo, Jenny Levernier (jewelry) of Minneapolis, Minn., Julie Petit-Thomsen (jewelry) of Austin, Minn., *Susan Roskens (jewelry) of Albert Lea, Minn.; and hometown artists from Mason City are: Peggy Cornick (ceramics), *Jaquelyn Hanson (painting/drawing), Tonja Ihlenfeldt (painting/drawing), Alexis Mulkey (jewelry), Zoie Papouchis (painting/drawing), Mariah Piippo (painting/other), Janelle Schiltz (ceramics), and Andreas Soemadi (painting/drawing).

*indicates 2023 booth winners