2026 SUMMER ArtFest
August 29-30, 2026: 11 am-5 pm
MillHouse and the Cotton Mill Partners, Ltd. invite you to our juried indoor Art Festival, held in the Cotton Mill event facility on Saturday and Sunday, August 29-30, 2026 from 11 am to 5 pm.
Patrons: Make plans to spend your weekend with us at our SUMMER INDOOR ArtFest featuring fine artists, jewelers, potters, woodworkers, photographers, and fiber artists showcased against the gorgeous century-old architecture of the Cotton Mill facility, built in 1910.
Make sure you explore artists in the Grand Hallway, Event venue, and Atrium Hallway outside our MillHouse suites. During the festival, you'll enjoy coffee, tea, pastries, sandwiches, and snacks for sale at White Box Roastery. wine and beer will be available for purchase, and tge award-winning Sophia’s Authentic Homemade Haitian Cuisine food truck. Enjoy music by The Retrofits in the Atrium Hallway on Sunday from noon-3 pm.
You can park in Cotton Mill Lot A & B. You can also park across the street. It's a short walk. Multiple ADA parking spaces are located in Lot A. One ADA space is located in Lot B.
ARTISTS: APPLY NOW for ArtFest.
FUTURE DATES:
Winter ArtFest February 27-28, 2027
Summer ArtFest August 28-29, 2027
STAY for the WEEKEND. Book your hotel NOW.
Festival Hosts
MillHouse Foundation partners with the Cotton Mill Partners to offer art festivals to showcase local and regional talent, and to bring art patrons to historic McKinney to shop, eat, and enjoy our marvelous city. Sister nonprofits, MillHouse Foundation and MillHouse McKinney, operate out of the Cotton Mill to lift up micro-business women in creative fields. The McKinney Cotton Mill is a century-old property that has played a vital role in the McKinney community.
Funding and in-kind support for our art festivals: Cotton Mill Partners, Texas Commission on the Arts, McKinney Arts Commission, McKinney Community Development Corporation, and HEB Helping Here.
Food Truck at ArtFest
Sophia’s Authentic Homemade Haitian Cuisine
Haitian Roots to Texas Routes. Sophia's offers Fritay, Haitian fried street foods, Pâtés (empanadas), fusion food (hot dogs topped with tangy pikliz), and more.
Food & Drink Providers
Music at ArtFest
The Retrofits Band
Come enjoy the Retrofits perform in the Atrium Hallway on Sunday from noon-3 pm.
Funding and In-kind Support Provided by
ARTFEST Sponsor Opportunities
All Tax-Deductible DONATIONS support MillHouse Foundation festivals.
SPONSOR LEVELS: Famous Artists
$5000 Georgia O'Keeffe Modernism
$2500 Mary Cassatt Impressionism
$1000 Hilma of Klint Abstraction
$500 Cindy Sherman Self-Portraiture
CLICK on the map to locate your favorite artists.
August 29-30: 11 am-5 pm
Make plans to spend your weekend with us at our SUMMER INDOOR ArtFest featuring fine artists, jewelers, potters, woodworkers, photographers, and fiber artists showcased against the gorgeous century-old architecture of the Cotton Mill facility.