EVENT INFORMATION
The 2026 Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival will mark the grand opening of Arts Landing—the transformative outdoor civic space in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District, envisioned and operated by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, that will serve as the iconic Festival’s new long-term home.
Visitors and artists will discover a vibrant new festival atmosphere at Arts Landing, featuring a great lawn and permanent stage, beautiful landscaping and lighting, newly unveiled public art, a play area for families, public restrooms, and more. The Festival’s full lineup of local, national, and international performing and visual artists will be announced in the spring of 2026.
Along with the new location, the Cultural Trust has updated the schedule for the 2026 Festival. The free event will run for seven days, June 5–7 (Friday-Sunday) and 11–14 (Thursday-Sunday), spanning two weekends with a short midweek pause. The updated schedule welcomes visitors on historically popular festival days while providing logistical solutions in the downtown site.
Complimentary Jury Coupon Codes for Eligible Artists:
AW2025 - 2025 Award Winners
EA2026 - 2026 Emerging Artist Applicants (must live within 150 miles of the festival and have never done an outdoor festival before)
EA2 - Emerging Artist II Applicants (only eligible to the eight 2025 Emerging Artists)
AB2026 - Advisory Board Members
GENERAL INFORMATION
Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival is a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
RULES/REGULATIONS
Conditions of the Festival
Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival upholds high standards of quality as a fine art and fine craft market. The following ‘Conditions of the Festival’ help to ensure that these standards of quality are consistently met and help to make the Market a good environment for artists to display and sell their work. Failure to comply to the Conditions of the Festival may result in expulsion from this year’s and/or future festivals.
- The artist must be present during the entire festival. No commercial agents, dealers or salespeople may operate the artist’s booth. Collaborations/ partnerships are permitted, however all artists must be listed and accepted through one application. If you operate a multi-artist studio, you must represent this to the Festival and the public. Commercial studios involved in volume production will not be considered for inclusion in the show. Artists may not display or sell work by apprentices or employees.
- No booth sharing between independent artists will be permitted. Partners must collaborate in their creative process.
- The artist’s booth must be set up and open for business from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. each day of the Festival.
- The work sold in the Market must be of the same nature and quality as the images submitted for jurying. The Festival reserves the right to request the removal of any work that differs from images submitted and accepted, as well as any inappropriate work or display.
- A site qualifying committee will examine each booth and may question artists about the authenticity of artists’ work to ensure that all work is original and made by the artist present, and that the rules and conditions of the Festival are adhered to by each participating artist.
- All work must be original, designed and crafted by the applicant. We do not accept work made from commercial molds, kits or patterns, or other commercial methods. Copyrighted designs not owned by the artist are not permitted. No factory-made items, including commercially produced boxes, furniture, dishware, stemware, etc.; decoupage; candles; plants; manufactured belts or handbags; etc. regardless of enhancements.
- Any reproductions may not exceed 25% of the work offered for sale and must be clearly marked as reproductions.
- No pets are permitted on the Artist Market grounds.
- No storage beyond the 10×10 booth space.
- All exhibitors agree to comply with Festival policy in regards to booth rental and weight requirements.
Medium Categories
- Ceramic: original clay work other than jewelry
- Drawing: two-dimensional works in pencil, chalk, pastel, charcoal, pen & ink
- Computer Graphics & Digital Art: original computer generated art, photographs that are artistically manipulated using a computer
- Wearable Fiber: any wearable work crafted from fiber, excluding leather and jewelry
- Non-wearable Fiber: non-wearable work crafted from fiber including fabric and paper
- Glass: glass work that has been hand-crafted by glass blowing, molding, casting or kiln-forming
- Precious Jewelry: any jewelry crafted from precious metals (gold, silver, gemstones, etc.)
- Non-Precious Jewelry: any jewelry crafted from non-precious materials (wood, clay, glass, etc.)
- Leather: any work crafted leather other than jewelry
- Metal: any work crafted from metal other than jewelry
- Mixed Media/Two-Dimensional: two-dimensional work that incorporates more than one type of physical material in their production (ceramic, fiber; wood/metal; assemblage, collage, etc.) These may include handmade books as well as wall art. If work submitted is created in more than one medium, please choose a category that represents the majority of the medium you use.
- Mixed Media/Three-Dimensional: three-dimensional work that incorporates more than one type of physical material in their production (ceramic, fiber; wood/metal; assemblage, collage, etc.) If work submitted is created in more than one medium, please choose a category that represents the majority of the medium you use.
- Musical Instruments: original, hand-crafted, functional musical instruments
- Painting: two-dimensional works in paint
- Photography: prints created from the artist’s original negative processed by the artist or under direct supervision of the artist
- Printmaking & Graphics: original works created using traditional printmaking methods including screenpriting, block, lithograph, serigraph, etc.
- Sculpture: three-dimensional original work created in any medium
- Wood: original works in wood that are hand-tooled, machine-worked, turned or carved
JURY DETAILS
Average number of applications submitted each year:
550
Average number of artists selected from the jury to participate in the event:
300
Average number of exempt from jury artists who are invited to participate in the event:
22
How returning artists are selected:
Received an award
How images are viewed by jurors:
Computer monitor
Within a medium category, applications are sorted and viewed by:
Application ID (number generated when application is started by artist)
Jurors score applications using the following scale:
1 - 10
Number of jurors scoring applications:
4
The show organizes the jurors for a:
Single jury panel that scores applications for all medium categories
Jurors score
Separately from various locations
Am I allowed to observe the jury process?
Jury process is closed
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Arts Landing, 9th St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, United States
