Winter Park, Florida
Central Park and along Park Avenue
Friday-Saturday 9am-6pm & Sunday 9am-5pm
215 Artists
Deadline: September 25, 2023
Application fee: $45/Booth fee: $575
The 65th 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 #10 in Art Fair SourceBook's 2022 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.
The Festival debuted in March 1960 as a community project and is still produced by an all-volunteer board that puts an emphasis on meeting the needs of the artists. Here are a few comments from 2023 exhibiting artists:
- The Artist Care Team volunteers were beyond amazing.
- Excellent service with water and snacks. It was nice not to have to leave the booth.
- So well-run, well juried and fun!
- A nice high-end fair. I liked the community support, awards and art purchases.
- Thank you for the fabulous and profitable experience.
92% said they would plan to apply to attend the next year.
ARTISTS' AMENITIES
- Extensive media promotions
- Artists retain all sales proceeds
- Artists' Hospitality Center with refreshments
- Artists' Gallery on website
- Security patrol after hours
- Artist Housing Program
- Booth sitting by volunteers on call
- Artist Care Team - several times day with water & snacks
- Saturday Night Artists' Party (Dinner & Awards Presentation)
- Art Festival Magazine (distributed at event & on the website)
- Limited free artists' parking near the Park
AWARDS - TOTAL OF $76,500
- Best of Show: Purchase Award, $12,000
- Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation Art of Philanthropy: Purchase Award, $5,000
- Morse Museum Award for Distinguished Work of Art: $2,500
- The Monte Livermore Celebration of Nature Award: $2,000
- Ten Awards of Excellence: $2,000 each
- Twenty Awards of Distinction: $1,000 each
- Thirty Awards of Merit: $500 each
In addition, Patron Program purchases are estimated to exceed $90,000 this year.
