Contact: Sharon McAllister
239-768-3602
email: info@ArtFestFortMyers.com
www.ArtFestFortMyers.com
WHAT: A juried fine art festival featuring 200 national artists, a high school art competition, interactive arts, children’s crafts, fine food and entertainment
WHEN: February 5 & 6, 2011, Saturday and Sunday, from 10 am to 5 pm
Friday Night Party, February 4th from 5 – 10 PM (one block – free to public)
WHERE: Downtown Fort Myers on Edwards Drive between Heitman and Lee
COST: Free Admission
PARKING: Adjacent parking lots, street parking, and City Garages. Look for directional signs to convenient parking with free trolley service.
Over seven hundred and seventy artists, from across the U.S, and Canada sent in applications to be a part of ArtFest Fort Myers, Lee County’s premier fine art festival. In late September, a panel of five art professionals met at Edison State College to review all the applicants’ images and choose the top two hundred artists who will be exhibiting at ArtFest Fort Myers in February 2011. State of the art technology, generously made available by Edison State College, provided “larger than life” viewing of all the spectacular artwork images.
Representing 34 states and Canada, the highest scoring artists create work that reflects the excellence that had become a hallmark of this event.
“This February, fifty-nine percent of the exhibiting artists will be brand new to our festival,” Sharon McAllister, Festival Director, explains. “We are very excited to have such a diverse and exciting group of talented artists joining us at ArtFest Fort Myers 2011.”
