The Lodi Art Hop is a free community event presented by the Lodi Arts Foundation in partnership with the Lodi Arts Commission & City of Lodi. The Art Hop occurs every other month from April until October. Our mission with the Lodi Art Hop is to create & cultivate more opportunities for artists in our area to connect & thrive.

The April Art Hop is always a bright and fun start to our season, but remember grass can be wet! There will be 10 artists featured in Veterans Park, live music, free face painting sponsored by LAF, and a Cyanotype printing activity led by LAF President Kelli Perrault.

The Lodi Art Hop includes Veterans Park, Double Dip Gallery, Ruby's Bakery, and the Lodi Community Art Center. Participants who stop at all locations and mark off their Art Hop Passport are entered to win a $25 Art Hop Voucher to be used at a future Art Hop toward the purchase of local art. If you're presented with a voucher, the Lodi Arts Foundation will compensate you immediately in cash!

Information for Participating Artists:

Artist Guidelines:

- Each artist showing (& selling) work at the Art Hop will receive $75 as compensation for contributing (with the exception of performers/musicians who will receive $200. Artists are required to stay set up until the end of the event to receive compensation.

- Artists are responsible for bringing their own tent (recommended), tables, chairs, easels, and anything necessary for your station.

- The event will be held outdoors and on grass (April/June/October) or asphalt (August), plan accordingly for weather. Don’t forget your chair! A tent is highly recommended.

- Call time for Artists on the day of the event is 9:15am (April/June/October), & 4:15pm (August) unless otherwise noted in communications. Artists are required to participate in the entire event.

- An LAF volunteer can be made available if you need to leave your station to use the restroom.

- The Lodi Arts Foundation will supply Art Hop branded templates & graphics for social media marketing via Canva for your event date.

- The Lodi Arts Foundation will promote & tag artists in post leading up to their Art Hop date. 

- Artists are responsible for promoting the Art Hop on their social media a minimum of 1x per week leading up to the event and should tag @lodiartsfoundation on Instagram so that we can share your posts as well.

- The Lodi Art Hop is an all-ages event, so please make sure the work you present is appropriate for an all-ages audience.

- Artists are responsible for any art sales and agree to leave large sold pieces on display until the end of the event. This does not include prints or other merch.

Thank you for your contribution to Arts & Culture in Lodi!