1st Fridays Art Walk’s
3rd Annual Gingerbread Extravaganza

Be part of Iowa's largest display of gingerbread creations!

All entries will be displayed throughout the holiday season in store windows all around the Fairfield Town Square from the Holiday Lighting Ceremony November 24 until December 29th.

Prizes

Awarded at 5 different levels on the December 1st art walk:

1) Kindergarten – 5th grade
2) 6th grade – 12th grade
3) Adults
4) Commercial
5) Organization or Group Project

Drop-Off Details for Entries

Entries may be dropped off at the Civic Center Cooperative Gallery at 55 South Main, on the square, on these dates and times:

Mon – Wednesday before Thanksgiving, November 20-22 -- 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Tuesday, Nov 21-- 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Friday-after-Thanksgiving, November 24 -- 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
November 27 – December 1 -- 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Entry Requirements

All entries must:
1) Have a hard surface foundation such as wood, stiff plastic, masonite, etc.
2) Include an entry form with identifying info, available at drop off
3) Be picked up by January 3rd or be disposed of
4) Be “family friendly” subject matter

Suggestion: Interior support structures are encouraged, such as cardboard, styrofoam, dowels, etc. We will be placing them in a store window, so make sure they can withstand some moving around, once you have dropped then off at the gallery.

Ideas from last year:

Last year we had gingerbread in the form of the Fairfield Library, Jefferson County Courthouse, the Eiffel Tower, the FFA building at FHS, an airplane and landing strip, a log cabin, a castle, Harry Potter’s Hagrid’s abode, Everybody’s Whole Foods, a circus, and many, many houses of all shapes and sizes! THE SKY IS THE LIMIT!

Check out last year's entries in our Gingerbread Image Gallery [1]

See the Gingerbread Tips [2] page for ideas and recipes.

And check out our Playground Page [3] for more information.