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Current Open Calls

Crete Creative hosts various exhibitions and Art Markets each year where we invite artists to get involved and show us your best work!

2025 Art Markets

During each Opening Reception at Crete Library, we invite local artists to apply for a complementary table to sell your handmade art and mingle with fellow creative minds!

This is a juried series of events and table spaces are limited, so not all applications will be accepted. Other limitations apply, see form below!

Image by Anna Zakharova
Painters Palette

In search of teaching artists...

Crete Creative is expanding our class offerings! Are you an artist who's looking to enrich the community by sharing your art and knowledge? We'd love to connect with you!

"Feline Splenor"

This Open Call for Art is the "purr-fect" opportunity to show off your creative side by showcasing the fun, funky, and fantastic personalities of the felines in your life!

More details coming soon!

Exhibiting from August 22nd to October 5th, 2025.

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Clouds
Image by Jennie Razumnaya

9th Annual Community Showcase

Our largest exhibit of each year returns! Celebrate all things artistic by showing off your best work with a wide variety of local artists within a 20-mile radius of Crete.

Submissions will open: October 1st, 2025

2025 - Myaamia Artists

Curated by Kathy Carter-Young, this exhibition of contemporary Myaamia artists highlights the "Awakening" of their native culture and language after centuries of dormancy

Image by Edwin Hooper
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What will come next?

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@cretecreative  #cretecreative

Crete Creative Gallery & School

Exhibiting Addresses:

Crete Public Library District

2nd Floor

1177 Main St

Crete, IL 60417

Mailing Address:

PO BOX 182

Crete, IL 60417

Email: cretecreative.official@gmail.com

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