ArtsQuest main page:
http://www.culturalartsassociation.org/aqdetailsnew.html
Main brochure pdf:
http://www.culturalartsassociation.org/artsquest05/AQ05%20Calendar%20of%20Events%20brochure.pdf
Champagne tour pdf brochure:
http://www.culturalartsassociation.org/artsquest05/AQ05%20Champ%20Tour%20Brochure.pdf
Walton County , FL ? ArtsQuest is a Week-long Celebration of the Arts presented by the Cultural Arts Association. Thousands of area residents and visitors will participate in a profusion of cultural activities taking place every day from May 2 ? 8 along the beautiful Beaches of South Walton. The cultural week culminates with the 17 th ArtsQuest Fine Arts Festival, a juried show, featuring over 100 regional and national artists on Mother?s Day weekend, May 7 - 8.
One of the largest art shows in NW Florida, the Fine Arts Festival will once again be held along the shores of the Choctawhatchee Bay at the picturesque pedestrian Village of Baytowne Wharf at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort. The architecturally unique Village is an exciting waterfront hub boasting an events plaza and pedestrian friendly streets. The Village is also home to a collection of specialty merchants with quaint boutiques and charming eateries.
Ranked as one of the top 200 fine art shows in the country, as well as named the Gulf Coast?s best art show by
Birmingham Magazine, ArtsQuest Fine Arts Festival offers a memorable experience for all.
The Village of Baytowne Wharf and the green lawns of the Grand Sandestin will be dotted with white tents of over 100 juried artists from all over the country. They are on hand to meet and greet the public and display their art in all mediums from oil, to acrylic, fiber, jewelry, pastel, mixed media, photography, digital art, metal, sculpture, pottery, glass and wood. Continuous live entertainment, a CAA member art exhibit, and children?s art activities are also offered at the Festival.
Festival attendees will be shuttled to The Village in air-conditioned buses that depart from two locations - Silver Sands Factory Stores on Highway 98, and a central Sandestin location on the north side of Highway 98, just east of Sandestin?s main entrance and Applebee?s Restaurant. Festival hours are 10 a.m. ? 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, May 7 and 8. Admission/Donation: $3 Adults ? Children Under 12 Free.
The many activities of ArtsQuest Week include a classical music performance by the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra on May 2; the Fine Art of Looking Good Fashion Show & Luncheon at prestigious Caf? Thirty-A on May 3; a Champagne Shopping Tour on May 5 featuring more than thirty art galleries and shops along Scenic Highway 30-A in South Walton County; demonstrations throughout the week; and a gala Art Preview Party on May 6, the eve of the Fine Arts Festival at the Baytowne Conference Center, where guests can preview art and purchase art ahead of the public Festival weekend which will be May 7-8.
ArtsQuest is one of the major annual undertakings of the Cultural Arts Association and its members. The mission of the CAA, a not-for-profit 501 (C) 3 corporation, is to provide life-long learning through arts education and appreciation by promoting the fine Arts, performing arts, the humanities and showcasing the works of artists. Proceeds raised from this event go back into the community through their CAA Educational Giving Program.
For further information and a detailed schedule of events, visit on-line at
www.CulturalArtsAssociation.org, or call the CAA Message Center at (850) 231-0885.