Brevard County & Central Florida Art Shows

Melbourne Art Festival - www.melbournearts.org

For over a decade, Sunshine Artist Magazine has ranked the Melbourne Art Festival in the Top 100 best fine art shows in the nation. The backbone of this two-day, outdoor festival is the juried fine art show featuring over 250 artists from around the country. The festival also presents free concerts by national recording artists as well as regional and local acts. Other weekend events include KidsWorld (an arts and entertainment center for children), a 5K Run, Student Art Competition, free art workshops, food, refreshments and a complimentary Park & Ride service. The Festival is a nationally recognized event held each year on the fourth full weekend in April in historic downtown Melbourne, Florida. This year, it will be held on April 26th to 28th 2008 and, as usual, admission is free. Please note that due to the popularity and high attendance of this event, no pets, skateboards, roller blades, or coolers are allowed.

Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival - www.wpsaf.org

The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival is one of the nation's most prestigious outdoor art festivals, consistently rated among the top shows by Sunshine Artist and American Style magazines. Each year more than 350,000 visitors enjoy the show. This year about 1,100 artists from around the world applied for entry and an independent panel of judges selected 225 national and international artists to attend the show. The National Endowment for the Arts, The White House, Congress and many others have lauded the Festival for promoting art and art education in Central Florida. An all volunteer board of directors runs the annual Festival, which will be celebrating its 50th year on March 20, 21 & 22, 2009.

Indialantic Art Festival

The quaint, oceanfront town of Indialantic is the backdrop for this Annual Art Festival held along the Atlantic Ocean off A1A. More than 100 of the nation's finest artists, blending a perfect balance of well-known favorites and the latest names in the contemporary art scene, converge on Nance Park at Wavecrest & the Boardwalk for two memorable days. Stroll among life-size sculptures, spectacular paintings, one-of-a-kind jewels, photography, ceramics and much, much, more.

Indialantic Craft Festival

Indialantic, a picturesque oceanfront community just east of Melbourne on Florida's central Atlantic coast, has launched a new fall tradition with the Annual Indialantic Craft Festival, bringing contemporary crafts from more than 100 of the nation's most talented artisans. A variety of jewelry, pottery, ceramics, photography, painting, clothing and much more (all handmade in America) will be on display, ranging from $15 to $3,000.