Moseley Arts Market

The Moseley Arts Market is organised by the Moseley Creative Forum and is held alongside the Farmers Market on the fourth Saturday of every month along Alcester Road.

Moseley is one of Birmingham's artistic hotbeds, home to many creative people and the Arts Market is its showcase for local talent. Held alongside the monthly Farmer's Market you'll find a range of original artworks, traditional and contemporary crafts and handmade jewellery from professional and semi professional Designer/Makers who will be pleased to talk to you about their work or discuss bespoke commissions. Everything sold at Moseley Arts Market must be produced by the stallholder - we do not allow any bought in or imported crafts.

From small beginnings as an additional six stalls at the end of the Farmer's Market the Arts Market has grown to host twenty to thirty traders on fifteen stalls on the other side of the Alcester Road, helping to make Moseley even more of an attraction on market day. There is also a Christmas Special in November boasting over 40 traders.

Market dates for 2009:

• 28 March
• 25 April
• 23 May
• 27 June also Moseley Festival Street Fair
• 25 July
• 22 August
• 26 September
• 24 October
• 28 November Extended Christmas Special
• 19 December

Selection Criteria

There is a lengthy waiting list to trade at Moseley Arts Market. It should be noted that jewellery is already sufficiently represented. Successful application does not guarantee a place at Moseley Arts Market immediately or regularly and selection is at the discretion of the Market Coordinator. Stall prices for 2009 will be £35 for a full stall or £18 for a half.

To be accepted onto our trader list we will consider the following factors;

1. Your location We aim to accommodate artists from Moseley where possible, though guest artists based in surrounding areas will be considered should their work be under represented or of considerable quality and interest.
2. Suitability of your work Priority is given to professional or semi professional designer makers creating items from raw materials. This will include (as example only) artists and photographers creating original pieces of art and related prints, metal workers (including silversmiths) forming jewellery, home accessories and sculptures from unshaped metal, textile artists creating their own fabrics (including weavers, knitters, spinners and feltmakers etc), potters throwing clay, and woodworker turning or carving blocks of wood. Provided that materials are of a high quality and considerable knowledge and expertise is demonstrated we will also consider; jewellers who assemble beads, gems, chains, threads etc; Textile artists designing and sewing accessories, toys etc; makers of original cards. No bought in or imported crafts are traded at Moseley Arts Market and commission based agents are not accepted.
3. Prices It is expected that products are priced confidently and that both time and materials are accounted for even if either come at no cost to you and any deliberate under cutting of existing traders will not be tolerated.
4. Your existing opportunities Priority will be given to those it is believed will benefit the most from the opportunity.
5. Public Liability Insurance Your application will only be considered if you provide evidence that you are insured for third party public liability to the value of £2,000,000.

Terms and Conditions:

Trading

You may only trade in products described above, which have been made by yourself. Your stall should be attractively presented, at the very least the wooden board should be covered with a sheet. Trading will be from 9am until 3pm and you should arrive in plenty of time to set up. Should you be delayed, we will hold your space until 9:30 am after which we will ask neighbouring traders to fill the space at no cost to them. You are responsible for taking payment for your goods, and manning your stall and Moseley CDT cannot be responsible for any damage or losses you incur. The stalls are covered for public liability but anything that happens between you, a third party and you products is not. You must be covered by public liability insurance at each market you trade at. It is your responsibility to maintain this and no liability will be accepted by Moseley CDT. (If you plan to trade regularly at a market then join the National Market Traders Federation, which includes insurance and is recognised by all market operators)Products must be priced to reflect the quality and skill required to create them and not to deliberately undercut other traders.

Payments

Payment for each market must be received by the 1st of the month you are booked to trade. ie a stall on the 4th Saturday of August must be paid for by 1st August. Unfortunately, once you have paid we will only be able to refund your rent if we can find somebody else to take your space. Please let the Market Coordinator know by email as soon as you know you need to cancel a booking and efforts will be made to fill your space. We will not fill spaces with any trader not already on our trader list so please do not offer your space to a friend. We cannot refund due to poor weather on the day. We can only refund payments should any situation arise whereby the stall suppliers are obliged to refund Moseley CDT.

Market Coordination

Moseley CDT and the Market Coordinator will enforce selection criteria to maintain a high standard of work. The Market Coordinator will ensure all stalls are booked and paid for 1 month prior to market date and that no direct competition is allocated a space on your block of stalls. This may involve moving traders from their usual space. The Market Coordinator will attempt to fill your cancelled spaces via the existing waiting list or group emails depending on the urgency but does not guarantee that a replacement will be found. After 9am on market day the Market Coordinators priority is his own stall.

The market is coordinated voluntarily by Jamie Lewis, a regular trader for over 3 years. To check availability or to find our more email or phone him on 07974 747 510.

Alternatively, contact Tony Thapar at Moseley Community Development Trust on 0121 449 6060 or email

You can also download a copy of the Arts Market application form