Art in the Park Rules
9AM to 4PM – Saturday July 18th, 2026
Shorey Park, Bridgton Maine
Gallery 302 will sponsor Art in the Park in Shorey Park, Bridgton. You are invited to apply to be one of many artists exhibiting at this event. Our spaces are available for 10’ x10’ booths and 4 nonprofit demonstration spaces. The Gallery will promote the show extensively. The show is held on the 3rd Saturday in July, rain date is the next day on Sunday. Exhibiting fees for Art in the Park will be $90. If you cancel before March 31 you will receive a refund minus a $25 processing fee. After March 31, no refund will be issued. If the show is cancelled on Saturday and moved to Sunday due to weather, you will receive an email Friday after 6pm.
1. The exhibiting fee for Art in the Park is $90. The fee for a nonprofit demonstration space is $35.The fee for two artists sharing a space is $50 each with separate applications.
2. Applications will be accepted starting in January. Spaces will be awarded in the order that your application is received. Please list a few choices on your application.
3. You will receive your acceptance into the show and your space assignment by email. Keep all the paperwork and note your space.
Rules (failure to follow the rules will result in exclusion from future shows):
• All artwork must be an original or reproduction work of the artist, fine art and fine craft only. The name of your website or a photo of a typical work in each medium for sale is required to accompany your application if you did not yet exhibit in that medium, or if you are a new applicant.
• Artists may begin to set up at 6:30AM and must be set up for business by 9:00AM. Artists cannot break down until after 4PM. The artist or the assistant must be present in your booth until closing.
• Final registration deadline to have your name on the park brochure is June 25th. Once we are full, applicants will be placed on a waiting list.
• Sharing a space by two artists is permitted as long as both artists fill out their own application. Each of the two artists must fill out a separate online application and each submit $50. Two artists is the limit for sharing a space.
• Each booth must be no larger than 10’ x 10’. Plan on adapting your booth to some slope. Artists must leave nothing behind when they depart
• Submit your online application with a payment of $90. Applications without payment will not be accepted.