This past week, from the 17th to the 19th of March, art of all kinds came to the Winter Park, Park Avenue area for the 64th Winter Park Art Festival. With 64 years of art festival background, Winter Park has this down to a science. This annual event is always full of some of the most mesmerizing artwork you could ever want to see. This year, they had over 2oo tents with artists that were hand selected from over 1000 different entries. Each entry is competing for award recognition and monetary awards. It is interesting to see which ones get ribbons, which you can see as you are walking along the event paths.
Hours and Address for this year: Where: Central Park and along Park Avenue in Winter Park! When: March 17, 18, 19, 2023, Opening Concert on March 11! Hours: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday; 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sunday!
Website for information: https://www.wpsaf.org/
Parking: There is free parking along the streets if you get to the event early enough, but once it is full, paid parking is your only real option. We saw parking from $5, $10, to $20 dollars. All were within a few blocks of the event, but some were further to walk than others.
Along with the art booths throughout the area, you also can eat at a number of food vendors, shop the sidewalk sales across along the Park Avenue shops, listen to music at the park stage, check out the kid’s creative area where little ones get to make their own art, or check out the middle and high school art entries in the school exhibits!
What is at the Festival?
Portraits, Canvas Work, and Paintings
I admit to not taking a lot of pictures during the festival. Some of this is because I was just in awe of everything there was to look at, but a lot of the artists had signs up asking for their work to NOT be photographed. If they had a sign, I respected their wishes! Below are some of my favorite works of “flat” art that I could show you photos of. If I had a neverending source of income, all of the below pieces would have been harder to walk away from.
Sculpture, Woodwork, Abstract 3D Art, and More
Sculpture, Woodwork, Abstract 3D Art, and More pictures are below. Again, these are the pieces I didn’t see “no picture” signs up. All of these were so beautifully created and obviously took hours of meticulous work to create. The sign for AudioWood is part of the collection of photos I took, simply because I was SO in LOVE with their pieces that I didn’t even think to take a picture. Visit their site if you love the idea of music coming from speakers inside a wooden structure. The artist had a piece that was built to look exactly like the Lafitte blacksmith shop in New Orleans… And it was PERFECT. I can’t, in words, describe how completely on point it was. If I could have packed it up and brought it home, I would have. I am envious of the person that does get to call it theirs eventually.
