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APPLY NOW - DEADLINE: 10/31/2025
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Celebrating 26 Years, LeMoyne's Art Festival Returns!
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LeMoyne’s Annual Chain of Parks Art Festival is a multi-day Fine Art event that includes a two-day outdoor artist exhibit. The festival has been ranked in the Top 100 Fine Art Festivals by Sunshine Artist Magazine for 11 straight years and accepts approximately 160 juried artists to participate, who qualify for cash awards of over $10,000.
Held in a group of city parks known as the ‘Chain of Parks’ in downtown Tallahassee, Florida, the Chain of Parks Art Festival has been recognized as a Legacy Event by Visit Tallahassee due to the 42,000+ visitors and patrons it attracts. All proceeds from this juried Fine Art festival benefit LeMoyne Arts, a non-profit community-based art center.
The Chain of Parks Art Festival is designed for exhibiting artists who create and execute their own original, professional-quality art. All work displayed MUST be produced by the exhibiting artist or a two-person team collaboration and consistent with the images submitted to the jury. Categories are outlined and developed as a tool to organize works into logical, related groups for judging competitions. The Festival reserves the right to add media categories or change an artist category.
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CASH AWARDS – $10,000+ TOTAL
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Best of Show – $2,000.00
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Award of Excellence – $1,000.00
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Recycle Art Award – $300 – Open to all artists in all mediums.
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Heritage Arts Award – $300 (Specially awarded to a heritage artist of merit)
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Additional Awards – The Festival will use a weighted award system for the balance of award prize monies to be divided among mediums based on the number of artists in each, up to the total prize money amount.
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Artist Awards of over $10,000
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Artists retain 100% of sales of artworks sold
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Artist hospitality area with complimentary refreshments and reserved portable toilets
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Welcome Reception for attending artists and guests on Friday evening
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Quality style event T-shirt
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Volunteer booth sitters
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Combined artist sales of over ½ Million
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24-hour on-site security provided by uniformed Police Officers (Tallahassee Police Dept.)
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Festival website includes artist image and live link to artist website
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High quality printed program with sample image and website information for each artist
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Digital marketing opportunities provided
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Social media sharing available for a nominal fee
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Complimentary reserved parking
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Limited, first-come-first-served basis, complimentary RV parking located close by
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Friday set-up beginning as early as 8:00 am
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Top award winners automatically juried into next year’s Festival
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Cover artist selected from participating festival artists
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Sunshine Artist Magazine, Fine Art & Design Show Artist Survey – Ranked in top 100 Fine Art Festivals for 11 years in a row.
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Attendance of 35,000 visitors and patrons
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Over $50K in Marketing & PR throughout North Florida & South Georgia
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The Festival kicks off on Thursday evening with a performance through a partnership with the festival and Florida State University’s Opening Nights program. The public is invited to attend
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Award announcements made available Saturday evening via social media
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Children’s art workshops and community partners to promote art education
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Festival hosted by non-profit art center
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On-site festival staff
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Volunteer committee with 25 members who work year-round to produce festival experience for artists, patrons, sponsors and attendee
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Application Fee: $35.00 (non-refundable)
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Booth Fees: A standard 11×11 booth is 375.00.
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A limited number of Double, Corner and Priority Placement booths are available for an additional charge. Layout map to be provided to accepted artists prior to the purchasing process.
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QUICK LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION
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THE HERITAGE & FOLK ART ADDITION...
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A special category & section of the Festival focused on the traditions of Folk Art and Fine Craft (a.k.a Heritage Art) was introduced. Traditionally featuring fine art, the Festival celebrates all of the arts including music, dance, culinary art, street art, and now, heritage art! This special featured section along the festival’s Tunnicliff Lane leads to the latest exhibit at the LeMoyne Arts Gallery and was a highly successful option for Folk & Fine Craft artists wanting an opportunity to participate.
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WHAT DO OTHER ARTISTS HAVE TO SAY...
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"Great weather, good crowd, lots of buyers. I was impressed by your long list of sponsors. Good job!"
Photography, Robert G.
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"People ask me about this show at other Florida shows and I tell them how great it is!"
Painting, Kelly R.
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"I loved the atmosphere, artists are recognized and treated right."
Fiber Art, Judith D.
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Chain of Parks Art Festival
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