For Artists
Visual artists - we are taking interest.
ZAOstock is a one-day outdoor festival in Ellsworth Maine on October 3, 2026. We are not locking specifics for the visual side yet. If you do work that could fit - posters, signage, photography, motion, on-site - reach out and we will talk about how to participate.
What you get
If you plug in
- 01A conversation with the ZAO team about how your work could fit into ZAOstock.
- 02Named credit if your work makes it into the build.
- 03Part of the ZAO Festivals lineage if it lands - ZAO-PALOOZA NYC and ZAO-CHELLA Miami came before.
What we ask
In return
- 01Show us what you make. Portfolio, links, samples - whatever lives where.
- 02Anything printed follows the ZAOstock 26 identity by Samantha "Candy" of CandyToyBox: the badge, the palette, the poster hand.
- 03Be patient. We are working out what we can actually offer before we commit to anything.
- 04Be honest about what you want in return so we can be honest about what we can do.
How to plug in
Pick a door.
We are not promising compensation, crew perks, or specific deliverables yet. We are taking interest from artists who want to participate and working out the details case by case. If this sounds like an opportunity, write us.
Questions: info@thezao.com. ZAOstock is one chapter in the ZAO Festivals series: ZAO-PALOOZA, ZAO-CHELLA, ZAOville.