Beaux Arts 2026 Spring Fair at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds -- May 9 and 10.
Saturday, May 9, and Sunday, May 10
Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, 2815 West Locust Street, Davenport IA
An eagerly awaited springtime event taking place over Mother's Day weekend in Davenport's spacious Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, the Beaux Arts 2026 Spring Fair will treat visitors to an outdoor celebration of visual arts and fine crafts on May 9 and 10,, with the annual event featuring food, live music, children's activities, and works for sale by dozens of artists and Midwestern vendors.
The Spring Beaux Arts Fair has become a Mother’s Day tradition that draws daily crowds of around 8,000, and this year marks the 72nd anniversary of the Beaux Arts Fundraising Committee. The committee was incorporated in 1953 to support the Davenport Art Gallery on 12th Street. The Beaux Arts Costume Balls were used as a fundraising event for many years, and many well-known area artists were listed as initial members, including Isabel Bloom and her husband John, both students of Grant Wood. The fair was established in 1967, making the Beaux Arts Fair one of the longest-running art fairs in the Midwest. Fair attendance and artist participation expanded on a yearly basis. In 1970, to celebrate the new Wiese addition, the Beaux Arts Fundraising Committee started a second fair, making them one of the few bi-annual art fairs. The fairs are held annually on Mother's Day weekend, kicking off the season of outdoor summer events.
Presenting finely detailed artworks and gift options in mediums including painting, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, wood, mixed media, fiber, and more, this year's scheduled Beaux Arts artisans and art retailers include: Dan & Deb Fenn; Leonard & Carylon Wilson (The Glass Haus); Val Neumann (Stoneware Pottery by Val); Chris Abigt (Chris Abigt Art); Carrol Brandt (Glass Mosaics on Natural Stone); Denise Fournier (Bedangled); Denise Fournier (Bedangled); Melanie Brown (Beadazzle); Paul Bonushkin (Love for Pottery); Jean Simonsen (Ming's Studio); Jay Wennersten (Wennerstens Etchings); Sloane Wolfe Sulouff; (Creative Wolfe); Doug Adams (Twisted Tree Gallery); Eric Beauchamp (Beau Bois Studios); Mary Campbell (517 Design Studio); Erica Gooding (Artisan Jewelry by Erica Gooding); Steve & Sandy Gerry (Gerrys); Dale Cantrell; Dan Gordon (Iowa Awesome); Robert & Barbara Hale (Creations by Hand); Steve Wolfe & Bobbi Cole (Wolf Cole Photography); Kevin Johnson (7 on the Line Woodworks); John Kreider (Luna Leatherworks); Pat Halverson; Tom Hempel; Cindy Pippert; Christina Greenfield (Whimsy Garden Decor); Nancy Lindholm (Soleil Designs); and Glen Lowry (Glen Arthur Lowry),
Also selling and displaying their works at the Beaux Arts 2026 Spring Fair are: Lynn Roeger (Summer Snow); Ken Nickels (Kelevtom Studios); Linda Reese (Added Touch); Doug Schmidt (Schmidt-Marken Designs Pottery); Jamie Smisek (Dream Chimes); Suter Tom (Toms Foolery); Jon Walton; Tanya Wilhite (TWilhite Art Studio); Kay Wood & Lois Smith (Art by Lois and Kay); May Xiong; Christina Ziegler (Ziegler Designs, LLC); Lynne Majestic (Majestiglass Designs); James and Angela Thibault (Golden Spiral Jewelry); Zanetta Hoehle (Tumbled Wire Designs); Cora Leonard (Cora's Creative Arts); Rodney Minter (Rod's Metalworks); Clark McFerren (Watercolors by Mick ); Elizabeth Robertson (Cricket Hill Pottery); Joshua Steele (Joshua Steele Photography); Vahan Bedeian (Blue Grass Gold & Silver); Alex Moen (Moen Jewelry); Hannah Gebhart (CinoCat Studio); Patrick Rebecca and Gordon (Iowa Awesome); Robin Gustison (RG Metal Arts); Michael Blankenship (Turning Blind); Tina Jones (Hanai Designs); Sharon Lianas (Lianas Sewn Creations); Rhonda Otting (Bluff Spring Artistry); Kyle Shatek; Barbara Weets (Barbara A. Weets Watercolors); Maggie Joynt; Dave Clevenger (Puzzles by Dave); and Treva Olsen (Treva's Artistic Glass).
The May 9 and 10 Beaux Arts 2026 Spring Fair will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, admission is free, and more information is available by calling (309)706-1434 and visiting BeauxArtsFair.com.
