2026 FAIR ARTISTS

Deep Ellum is home! The outdoor market is where we got our start! And we still attend from time to time. It’s where we connect with the community and are so thankful to have assisted in our growth.

Having lived in Dallas since 2001, 13 years of which were in Little Forest Hills in East Dallas and 1 year in Deep Ellum, and working full time as a gigging musician for much of that time, I have spent countless hours in Deep Ellum making music and maneuvering that scene, Deep Ellum had a lot to do with my development as an artist.

Deep Ellum is a corridor of fun, a place to let loose and grab a bite to eat before a show. I pass through there weekly when I go get groceries and it’s impossible not to look at the people lining the block, wondering what band is in town. Before I even moved down here I went to see shows here, like the Dandy Warhols, and was thankful that I got to see J. Roddy Waldron & the Business at trees before they broke up. It’s a continuous source of cultural expression and is a sorely needed voice in the metroplex.

I live in the area and was invited to exhibit at the 2023 Deep Ellum Festival. Lots of fun and hope to do it again!

Deep Ellum is one of the first places I started sharing my work. I started sharing my work for the first time at local markets last year and the Deep Ellum market was one of my favorites. It was so fun to share my work with such a lively and art appreciative community.

I'm originally from South Louisiana and am excited to revisit the vibrant southern culture that made me who I am today.

Its the place I got to see alot of my favorite bands for the 1st time. Trees will always be the best spot for a show.

Deep Ellum is one of the few islands of sanity in a more and more complex world. A sanctuary in a more and more divided world. To me it is a place that shows the world that there can be communion, tolerance and peace. A place where everyone can feel welcome. As the world changes so too Deep Ellum changes but at the heart it will always be an oasis of peace.

When I was younger, Deep Ellum showed me that if I worked hard enough, I could make a career in drawing, just like the amazing artists I saw at the very 1st Deep Ellum Art Festival I attended.

As somebody who was raised in rural area over an hour away from Dallas, Deep Ellum has always been a place that I, as a young artist, admired from afar. Every rare chance I got to visit was like a trip for me. It is always incredibly meaningful, even if for a brief moment, to be surrounded by a community of like-minded people who value the arts as much as I do, and the fleeting time makes it all the more precious to me.

A wonderful arts community, funky, creative, and full of energy. I've been a previous artist many years.

Deep Ellum is the part of Dallas I fell in love with. After living in the burbs, I met my husband, who introduced me to the music scene in Deep Ellum back in 2002. It reminded me of New York, where I studied art at Pratt Institute. Eclectic and wonderful.

Unity. Come one, come all. Deep Ellum has always been a safe zone for flying my creative spirit. It is a place that embraces and encourages everyone to step a little out of their day to day comfort zones and support each others art. From a young age I enjoyed concerts, art festivals, and great food in Deep Ellum! It is the CULTURE of Dallas, Texas to me.

I worked in downtown Dallas back in the eighties when Deep Ellum was experiencing its "rebirth" and enjoyed dining experiences there. 25 years later my kids would go to concerts there!! Eclectic, artistic and fun!

Community and support of all things i love

To be honest I’m not sure what Deep Ellum means to me…but it’s how I see it. I see Deep Ellum as this new and “otherworldly” place that has grown and re-grown again and again from a historical time in Dallas. And that has developed and embraced creativity and individuality in its ever so evolving surroundings. What I see is a very important thing happening here, to the arts and to art culture…and that can mean…well, a lot to creatives like myself.

Its a place where alternative art is valued and appreciated

It's part of my life, I attend the Deep Ellum Outdoor Market every weekend. I love Deep Ellum, I've met a lot of people there and been influenced by a lot of artists.

Deep Ellum is bringing people together to connect over artistic expression, not just the mediums, but the motives and the stories that brought us to where we are today and where we will go tomorrow.

The town/city of Deep Ellum means (to me) a great sense of hand made, punk-rock, colorful, do it yourself art community with deep roots of a do it yourself funky style.