Artist Application – LIVE!

2025 Festival Information:

The annual Chain of Parks Art Festival is a multi-day Fine Art event that includes this two-day outdoor artist exhibit. The festival has been ranked in the Top 100 Fine Art Festivals by Sunshine Artist Magazine for 10 straight years. Awarding over $10,000 in cash prizes with approximately 160 juried artists accepted to participate. 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 35,000+ 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 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.

ARTIST AMENITIES

• Artist Awards of over $10,000
• Artists retain 100% of sales of artworks sold
• Artist hospitality area with complimentary refreshments and reserved portable toilets
• Welcome Reception for attending artists and guests on Friday evening
• Quality style event T-shirt
• Volunteer booth sitters
• Combined artist sales of over ½ Million
• 24-hour on-site security provided by uniformed Police Officers (Tallahassee Police Dept.)
• Festival website includes artist image and a live link to the artist’s website
• High-quality printed program with sample images and website information for each artist
• Digital marketing opportunities provided
• Social media sharing available for a nominal fee
• Complimentary reserved parking
• Limited, first-come-first-served basis, complimentary RV parking located close by
• Friday set-up beginning as early as 8:00 am
• Top award winners automatically juried into next year’s Festival
• Cover artists selected from participating festival artists

BOOTH FEES

• Application Fee: $35.00 (non-refundable)
• Booth Fees: A standard 11×11 booth is $360.00.
• A limited number of Double, Corner, and Priority Placement booths are available for additional charge. Layout map to be provided to accepted artists before the purchasing process.

JURY PROCESS

Participation is determined by a 3-5-person blind jury in that jurors will not see the artist’s name. The jurors will only see the artist ID, price, three required images, booth image, and artist statement. Your name or business should not appear in your application images. Jurors are keenly interested in the processes and techniques used to make your work so please describe in detail. This statement is often critical in determining the originality and hand-crafted nature of the presented work. We allow 500 characters in the application Artist Process Statement for this purpose. Jurors evaluate work based on originality, concepts, execution, and consistency of style & presentation.

Jurors also consider artist pricing for suitability to achieve success at this event with a positive selling experience, which generally includes artists whose works fall between the range of $250-$1,500.

Note: If selected to participate in the Festival, Image #1 will be used to represent your art in the printed program. 

GENERAL SHOW POLICIES

• Open to all artists 18 years or older and are accepted for participation by a blind jury.
• Artists are REQUIRED to present and sell their own work. Absolutely NO agents, dealers, or sales representatives may work the booth in place of the artist.
• Images submitted for jury acceptance must be of artwork created within the last 3 years and consistent with the work to be displayed in your booth.
• Booth exhibit to show at least 50% artist-created original art. Signed and limited edition/numbered reproductions of original artwork are eligible for presentation in conjunction with original works. Work not in numbered limited editions may be displayed in bins.
• The Chain of Parks Art Festival is a family-oriented event, and exhibits must be in keeping with this atmosphere.
• THE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH ITS COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING A HIGH-QUALITY FINE ART EVENT. Dealers, buy-sell products, and other infringements on this core mission will be addressed on an individual basis.
• SALES & TAXES: Each artist is responsible for collecting and reporting 6% Florida sales tax + 1.5% local sales tax and remitting it to the Florida Department of Revenue (FDoR). We are required to provide the FDoR with your name and contact information only as record that you participated in the event.

For additional information on our cancellation policy, rules & regulations, security, and more, please read the full Artist Guidelines.