Riverside’s 2026 Holiday Art Fair
Riverside Arts Center’s holiday art fair returns to Ypsilanti This November
Join us Saturday, November 21st from 11am – 6 pm, & Sunday, November 22nd from 11 am – 4 pm.
Entry Fee: $1 suggested donation.
Riverside Arts Center’s Holiday Art Fair returns to Ypsi for its fourth year, bringing together more than 60 vendors for a weekend of shopping local artisans as the winter holiday season begins. Get a head start on your holiday shopping, stock up on upcoming birthday gifts, or treat yourself.
Held at Riverside Arts Center (76 N Huron St., Ypsilanti), the fair offers a festive environment for attendees to shop local artisans selling handmade art, vintage goods, self-care products, and more, all while supporting Riverside’s year-round programming. Corned Beef Queen and Rite Spice will serve food in the plaza, and PUTT-R-Round will offer mini golf in the theater lobby.
Ypsilanti Mayor Nicole Brown serves as this year’s vendor juror, selecting Best in Show and Runner-Up. Guests are encouraged to vote for the People’s Choice award. Winning vendors will receive a monetary prize. Award results will be announced by 2 p.m. Sunday.
Help Us Make the Holiday Art Fair A Success!
You can help make this year’s Holiday Art Fair a success by volunteering your time! Help greet and count attendees at the door, serve coffee and snacks at our coffee stand, vendor sit, and more! Click the button below to sign up.
Stay connected with all things Holiday Art Fair
You can stay connected with all things Holiday Art Fair by RSVP’ing to the event on Facebook! Vendor highlights will be posted daily. Invite your friends and prepare for a weekend of festive fun.
Here’s what folks Are saying about Riverside’s Holiday Art Fair!
“Riverside’s Holiday Art Fair gets better each year. You’ll find amazing art and great, affordable gifts. Plus, to keep your energy up, there’s a food truck and delicious baked goods for sale. It’s a truly fun time!”
“This past year I wanted to get something really nice and locally made for my family for the holidays. The Holiday Art Fair at Riverside Arts Center had so much to choose from – laser-cut art, paintings, scents, prints and more. It’s head and shoulders above other holiday crafty fairs I’ve been to.
I finally chose a hand-crocheted scarf for my mother, made here in Ypsi, and my mother loved it. Can’t wait for this year’s edition.
Explore all of the 2026 Holiday Art Fair Vendors!
A Place Called Here
Taylor’s minutely detailed watercolor paintings capture moments in the landscapes and cityscapes she passes through: from Detroit streets to the Scottish Highlands.
Amanda Cullin
Amanda Cullin is an artist born and raised in Michigan, with a deep love for the natural world. She studied Environmental Studies and Sustainability in college, which continues to shape both her lifestyle and her creative work. By day, she works on a small-scale organic vegetable farm; by night, she creates whimsical, colorful worlds with colored pencil—a practice she began in 2022 and hasn’t put down since.
Ambit Studio
Dan creates magnets and posters through screen printing methods. Magnets represent objects of interest, and posters are experimental images exploring the possibilities of screen printing.
Andrea Blohm Milinery
Andrea Blohm Millinery creates one-of-a-kind handmade hats using traditional techniques and tools. Using an expansive collection of antique and modern hat blocks (used to shape the hat), each design is unique. Andrea has been making hats for nearly 20 years.
Angel Manson Art
Angel Manson makes children’s and YA stories that center on marginalized protagonists in fantastical situations—including a dragon-fighting Black schoolgirl, a shapeshifting non-binary lesbian, and a time-travelling drag queen. I create my work digitally in Clip Studio Paint and Procreate.
Anica Rose
Anica Rose is a painter whose illustrative style embraces whimsy, reminding us to hang on to a childlike sense of play and not take ourselves too seriously. Her work celebrates the joy and courage of colorful play even as violence and injustice threaten to dampen our light.
Apple & Thistle Press
Mady Chen creates fun, whimsical prints with a wide range of subject matter: cats, nature, ghosts, and happy critters tend to feature heavily in her work. Her prints are lovingly sketched, carved, and printed by hand.
Artistriey Shop
Paige Deon is a ceramicist who hand-builds her functional forms from slabs and also hand-paints all her retro designs.
Big Mitten Linocuts
Betsy Stecker of Big Mitten Linocuts is a naturalist and printmaker, inspired by the woods, waters, and wildlife of the Midwest. A blockprinter, she sketches original designs onto linoleum blocks and hand-prints in limited, numbered editions.
Bijoux de Terre
Bijoux de Terre, founded in 2017, is the name of Kristi’s creative studio – French for “Jewelry of Earth”. Kristi’s work blends natural elements like crystals, dried botanicals, and ethically sourced bones to create wearable art and terrariums. Bijoux de Terre is also a haven for rare houseplants, each one patiently nurtured and grown by Kristi.
Boho Haze Clay
Alexandria’s work showcases intricate patterns, with plenty of depth, dimension, and an emphasis on simple, organic shapes and bold colors. Her work is also lightweight and sensitive-ear friendly.
Bookend Candle Co
Bookend Candle Co. is an indie home fragrance brand focused on creating nostalgic, realistic scents that feel intentional and comforting in your space.
Cousins Vintage
Cousins Vintage is an eclectic and curated selection of vintage clothing and housewares, specializing in the 1970s/80s. Along with handmade jewelry and bag charms from artist Lindsey Leyland
Decoupage Collage
Practicing “The Art of Recycling”, Laura A. Johnson (aka Découpage Collage) creates functional and aesthetic art from discarded materials, hand-cutting images without computer or AI manipulation. Her Michigan hands-on reclaimed wood showcase local natural scenes, while her light switch plates and mirrors add a pop of color to any room.
Donum Ex Machina
Donum Ex Machina offers a wide variety of things! From cool articulated dragons and animals to fidget and sensory objects, to functional items like containers and other things. Everything they make has a lot of time put into it to make sure it comes out great.
Earthenwood Studio
Melanie from Earthenwood Studio creates mixed media pieces inspired by folklore, witchy, and esoteric themes. Her pieces are filled with little goblin treasures, creativity, and even a little bit of magic!
Em Art Mart
Emily is a queer, quirky gal who loves her community and loves creating funky stuff! Pins and stickers are the most popular items, but this year check out her new prints too!
Eastern Michigan University
Founded in 1849 in Ypsilanti, EMU is Michigan’s second-oldest public university and among its most diverse. Driven by a student-first philosophy, Eastern builds on a culture of heart, grit, and action to empower learners while driving economic, educational, and cultural growth across Michigan.
The Garage Sale: 1990's edition
It’s like raiding the coolest garage sale of the mid 1990’s. Vintage finds and retro collectibles. “Oh wow, I remember that!” moments.
Girl Scout Troops 4003 & 40825
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Glass by Iman
Glass by Iman creates 1 of 1 stained glass artworks from her original designs, often focusing on the landscapes of women of color and the objects of their power. The goal of all her work in this medium is to create art that encourages the viewer to make space and time throughout the day for rest while spending more time in front of a window absorbing light.
Goldeluxe Jewelry
Goldeluxe jewelry is a woman-run, sustainability-focused jewelry brand founded by Libby Trajkovski. This collection centers primarily on cast brass and sterling silver jewelry and draws inspiration from art history, graphic shapes, and ancient lore.
Goobleverse
Chris Ciccone is a painter who plays with Play-Doh! They make incredibly detailed work of incredibly weird little characters.
Goose Chase Soaps
Goose Chase Soaps is an artisanal soaps and self-care business owned and operated by two lovebirds who have a passion for good, clean products. We pride ourselves on carefully crafted recipes that benefit the skin without polluting our environment. You’ll only find natural ingredients, blended to create products that leave your skin honking with joy.
Hann of the Wood
Hannah’s work ranges from whimsical children’s book illustrations to abstract imaginings, celebrating shape, pattern and color. She paints mostly with watercolor and also enjoys experimenting with simple printmaking, fabric dyeing and sewing.
Happy Little Whales
Stacie Benison is the artist and owner of Happy Little Whales, a handmade crochet business in which she creates handmade crochet marine animals. Happy Little Whales donates 10% of each purchase to the Marine Conservation Institute, a non-profit organization working to protect vulnerable ocean ecosystems across the world. Stacie feels fulfilled in being able to support marine conservation efforts and create crocheted animals that make people smile through her business, Happy Little Whales.
Henyard Creative
Ryan Henyard’s art and photography capture stunning images of the wildlife and nature found in Washtenaw County, and, combined with his social justice work, bring a unique window to the great outdoors.
Honeydew
Honeydew is all about curating book bundles featuring a diverse range of authors, along with a colorful collection of bookish accessories and quilted pieces.
Honeydew Moon Studio
Honeydew Moon Studio is a small-batch ceramics studio that creates functional wares and decorative pieces, making a space for curiosity (as well as a bit of magic). Each piece is unique and represents a dedication to detail and a love of whimsy.
Jaci Riley Jewelry
Jaci’s work is fabricated by hand from high-quality materials, is made to be long-lasting, is affordable, and is sure to make you smile!
Jason Oti
Are you doomed? Are you blessed? Well, the answer’s always ‘Yes’! Jason Oti invites you to experience spiritual delight through his sentimentally absurd art.
JLC Pottery
JLC Pottery creates handmade, functional ceramics that blend Scandinavian design and global folk motifs with current social justice imagery. The work focuses on ergonomics and function to slow down daily moments.
JWWarren Brand
Locally sourced or reclaimed utilitarian wood products. Jewelry, furniture, and kitchen utensils.
Karma Wellness Kitchen
Karma Wellness Kitchen is a Michigan-based, women-owned maker of small-batch gluten-free snacks and organic teas inspired by Indian roots. They give a modern twist to popped water lily seeds, a beloved Indian snack. They have created light, crunchy snacks with simple ingredients, bold flavors, and globally inspired twists.
Kate Remias Ceramics
Kate Remias’ work explores the intersection of classic ceramic forms with modern design. Her pieces are based primarily on wheel-thrown forms which are altered off of the wheel through various modifications — for example, removed sections of clay, attached elements, or mixed media additions — to create pieces that feel both familiar and unexpected.
Kiku Creative
Kelsey Kiku loves finding creative ways to upcycle materials and combine different media to create a synergistic effect in her jewelry.
Kumihimo by Sue
Original designs of beaded kumihimo jewelry, with an emphasis on texture and color that add a unique flair to any outfit.
Lorraine Kolasa Studios
Lorraine Kolasa’s work is a combination of textiles and metalsmithing, often (though not always!) achieved by casting handmade lace into solid sterling silver. It’s the transformation of fiber crafts into metal, and the recontextualization of them as jewelry and wearable objects, that fascinates her—how something so soft, delicate, and often overlooked can turn into something hard, durable, and precious.
Luxury Knits
Cozy up in style with my beautiful handknit shawls, scarves, and head warmers, all lovingly crafted with soft, luxurious alpaca wool acrylic chunky yarn. Each piece is warm, unique, and perfect for adding a special touch to your fall and winter wardrobe. With a variety of colors and styles to choose from, there’s something for everyone—or the perfect gift for someone special! Best of all, everything is thoughtfully made and reasonably priced.
Nat Van Roth
Nat Van Roth creates fantastical linocut prints inspired by medieval history, magic, queer love, horror movies, and everything fantastical. Everything is original- drawn, carved, and printed by hand- which makes each print, shirt, patch, or card one of a kind.
Nora Myers
Nora Myers is a multidisciplinary abstract artist who creates notebooks, stationery, and art prints. All her creations are one-of-a-kind and celebrate the “imperfect” nature of handmade art.
Original Moxie
Original Moxie grew from Founder & Formulator Rachel Blistein’s quest to accept, understand, and ultimately nourish her naturally curly hair. Her handcrafted natural hair care products are packed with nourishing, plant-based ingredients, and each formulation is carefully crafted to ensure it is free from potentially toxic chemicals to help keep your hair and the planet healthy.
Outer Peace by Anusree Sattaluri
Outer Peace by Anusree Sattaluri is a collection of paintings & ceramics depicting romanticized everyday scenes to bring warmth and calm to the viewer.
Photo Greminger
We look out at the world thousands of times every day, but we often don’t really see what we’re looking at. When Brian photographs, he tries to feel what in the space moves him, without trying to categorize it or box it in with words or thought. Hopefully it moves you, too.
Pottery by Amy
Amy hand-builds decorative bowls, vases, plates, and wall pieces. Each piece is unique, using various shapes, techniques, glazes, and/or other media, such as cord, leather stripping, or jewelry
Pooka Queen
Brianna incorporates unique natural stones into her earrings and necklaces. Using gold fill and solid sterling silver, she creates sculptural geometric forms that enhance the stones.
Rose and Perry Co.
Rose & Perry Co is a company that specializes in small-batch, handmade, hand-poured products using ingredients you can pronounce. We make coconut wax massage oil candles, four butter body butter, body oil, body wash, lotion bars, butter balms, goat milk soap, cold-process soap, massage bar soaps, tattoo balms, and so much more. We love using ingredients you can pronounce in products that are skin-loving and nourishing. In our category, we are a one-stop shop for your bath and body needs. We are #1 for our goat’s milk soaps, due to their ability to be great for eczema and psoriasis.
Sable and Slate
Sable & Slate brings functional art to your everyday life with a unique collection of laser-cut stationery, jewelry, and home decor items. Discover the vibrant world of funky acrylic earrings, colorful sun catchers, and playful light switch covers; each piece is crafted from our original designs and hand-finished, perfect for adding a personalized touch to your space.
Saving Throw Pillows
Saving Throw Pillows makes D&D accessories for humans and their cats. From pillows to cat toys to dice trays and boxes, we have something for you and yours.
Sawdust Soldier
Artist Mark Crowl makes all different types of woodcrafts: segmented bowls, tulips in a vase, and bandsaw boxes.
Scarlet Crane
Scarlet Crane is a Detroit-based studio focusing on modern, screen-printed textiles for eco-conscious consumers seeking modern, handcrafted home decor and accessories that bring art into everyday living. Patterns and prints start from paintings inspired by the local Detroit landscape and are screen-printed onto sustainable fabrics using natural dyes and water-based inks.
Seven Magpies Pottery
Emily’s work explores themes of magical realism, folklore, and medieval symbolism, as well as her own personal fascination with decay in natural ecosystems, to evoke a sense of otherworldliness.
Small Good Things Whimsy & Prints
Small Good Things is about helping people notice goodness — it celebrates kindness, encouragement, hope, imperfection, and the odd little things that make life feel worth paying attention to. The work lives somewhere between humor and tenderness: a little strange, a little scrappy, sometimes ridiculous, sometimes deeply sincere.
Spare Pots
Spare Pots is where pop culture, nature’s colors, and pure whimsy collide. Working in a community studio, Rebecca hand-builds clay pieces and paints them with vibrant, playful illustrations. Each work feels like a little burst of joy in ceramic form.
Steve-O-Lution Studios
Steve-O-Lution Studios is your one-stop shopping place for all things Ypsi this holiday season. Featuring original artwork prints, stickers, greeting cards, buttons, and postcards festooned with local architecture. Stop by and say hi to the artist Steve. He’ll be so, ho, ho, happy that you did!
Stretten Ceramics
Stretten Ceramics functional creations are intended for everyday use, with a focus on color, surface texture, and playful designs.
Sunny Beach Design
Sunny creates unique housewares—designed for daily use. A functional and decorative assortment of pieces is available, including spoons, spatulas, spoon rests, and more.
Sweet Molasses Time
Sweet Molasses Time is an Ann Arbor cottage bakery where bold flavor meets careful craft — think Masala Chai babka, Sweet Potato challah, and gluten-free Sunflower Cinnamon Chocolate Chip cookies made in small batches with ingredients that earn their place in the dough. Every item is baked to bring something worth slowing down for.
Taneko Says Hello
Taneko Says Hello encourages you to play with your food… and words, and animals! Through handmade plush toys and art, the Taneko brand seeks to share a moment of joy (or multiple moments, an extra-large helping of a moment, ideally, several significant scoops) with you!
The Mighty Mitten
Inspired by his abundant affection for the beauty and character of the state of Michigan, Brian Walline illustrates cities, scenes, and landmarks from all across the Great Lakes State, digitally hand-drawn in a modern take on the classic WPA national parks and “See America” tourism posters of the 1930s and 40s.
The Still Bar
The Still Bar crafts zero-proof cocktails for people who care about what’s in their glass as much as what isn’t. Inspired by Michigan’s seasons and made with real, whole ingredients, their drinks are bold, balanced, and deliver the full cocktail experience without the consequences.
Whipped Up Cosmetics
Whipped Up Cosmetics offers plant-based skincare products that will hydrate dry skin and leave you smelling amazing. Whipped Up Cosmetics originated when its founder, Tiffany, created a product to treat her daughter’s eczema.
Wonderfull Art & Designs
Wonderfool Art & Designs makes art inspired by the textures and patterns of the natural world. Working with reclaimed laser-engraved wood, colorful acrylics & resin, the goal is to mix structure with a little bit of chaos. Creating uniquely whimsical, three-dimensional pieces that invite viewers to pause and take a closer look.
Works Forty One
Rescued treasures reimagined into one-of-a-kind robots. Bolts, nuts, screws, fasteners, and Letter Blocks all come together to become delightful characters guaranteed to brighten up your day.
Ypsi Clay House
Ypsi Clay House is a community clay space as well as the home studio of local potter Anna Schwartz. Inspired by personified forms, blending organic shapes with human-like qualities, Anna strives to make ceramic pieces that bring a grounded sense of joy to objects of daily ritual.
