Festival Hours
The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival is open Friday and Saturday from 9am to 6pm and Sunday from 9am to 5pm.
Art Categories
The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival provides a wide variety of outstanding artwork. Categories include, Clay, Drawing and Graphics, Fiber, Leather, Wood, Digital Art, Photography, Mixed Media, Painting, Metal, Jewelry, Sculpture, Watercolor and Glass. Some categories are combined for judging.
Prizes
All artists compete for $67,500 in cash prizes and awards. This includes Best of Show ($10,000) and the Morse Museum Award ($2,500). The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival Committee purchases the Best of Show winner and donates it to the City of Winter Park. All previous Best of Show winners are on permanent display at the Winter Park Public Library. There are also Awards of Excellence, each totaling $2000; 20 Awards of Distinction, each $1000; and 30 Awards of Merit, each $500. In addition, a $2,500 Award for a Distinguished Work of Art is presented through the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art.
Merchandise
The 51st annual Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival posters are $30 each. Merchandise sales tents are located at the north (Park Ave. & New England Ave.) and south (Park Ave. & Garfield Ave.) entrances and at the Festival’s main tent (north-west corner of Park Ave. & Morse Blvd.). A limited number of Festival posters from previous years are available at the main tent for $30 each. You can also order merchandise online.
Fun for the Entire Family
Girls and boys can create their own pieces of artwork at the Children’s Workshop. Easel painting is among the most popular activities. Seven local museums feature a variety of fun, hands-on, art making activities for Children. Admission is free and kids can keep what they make. Children’s Workshop hours are 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
For more information on the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, visit
www.wpsaf.org