march 17 - 19 - Blog - Art Fair Insiders2024-03-29T11:46:54Zhttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/march+17+-+19Call for Artists: 64th Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festivalhttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/profiles/blogs/call-for-artists-64th-winter-park-sidewalk-art-festival2022-09-21T10:00:00.000Z2022-09-21T10:00:00.000ZMeg Mettlerhttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/members/MegMettler766<div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.artfairinsiders.com/" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10814113675,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="250" alt="10814113675?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a>March 17, 18, & 19, 2023</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Winter Park, Florida</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">Central Park and along Park Avenue</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">Friday & Saturday 9am-6pm & Sunday 9am-5pm</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">Deadline: September 25, 2022</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">Application fee: $45 Booth fee: $500</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">The 64th Annual Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival is one of the nation's oldest, largest, and most prestigious juried fine art festivals. It's also one of the nation's most profitable for artists, positioned at #3 in Art Fair SourceBook's 2020 festival rankings and #6 in Sunshine Artist's Top 200 from 2010-2020, a 10-year ranking of the nation's most profitable art shows. In ArtFairCalendar's ranking of Best Art Fairs, we rank #6 in America and #1 in the South.</span></div>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">The Festival debuted in March 1960 as a community project and is still produced today by an all-volunteer board that puts an emphasis on meeting the needs of the artists.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Set in a beautiful, historic downtown setting, the festival draws approximatey 300,000 art-loving visitors. Over 1000 fine artists from around the world apply yearly to this highly competitive and very popular show. An independent panel of three judges will select the 210 fine artists and three emerging artists invited to exhibit their works.</span></p>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="https://www.artfairinsiders.com/" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10814116680,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="400" alt="10814116680?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a><strong>ARTISTS' AMENITIES</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● Artists' Hospitality Center with refreshments</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● Artists' Gallery on website</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● Security patrol after hours</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● Artist Housing Program</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● Booth sitting by volunteers on call</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● Artist Care Team - several times day</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● Saturday Night Artists' Party (Dinner & Awards Presentation)</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● Art Festival Magazine (distributed at event)</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">●Limited free artists' parking near the Park</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● Extensive media promotions throughout Central Florida</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● Artists retain all sales proceeds</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>AWARDS - TOTAL OF $74,500</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● Best of Show: Purchase Award, $12,000</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation Art of Philanthropy: Purchase Award, $5,000</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● Morse Museum Award for Distinguished Work of Art: $2,500</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● Ten Awards of Excellence: $2,000 each</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● Twenty Awards of Distinction: $1,000 each</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● Thirty Awards of Merit: $500 each</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">● In addition, Patron Program purchases are estimated to exceed $80,000 this year</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">Apply: <a href="https://www.wpsaf.org/artists-info/index" target="_blank">https://www.wpsaf.org/artists-info/index</a></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">More info: <a href="https://www.wpsaf.org/" target="_blank">https://www.wpsaf.org/</a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">Contact: Alice Moulton <a href="mailto:ajmwpfl@earthlink.net" target="_blank">ajmwpfl@earthlink.net</a></span></div>
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