from December 5 to 8 and is being called “a
sophisticated boutique art fair.”
With its home base in Florida, Palm Beach Show
Group produces fine art, antique and jewelry shows
that feature contemporary and historic works
of art. From February 13 to 18 at the Palm Beach
Convention Center is the annual Palm Beach Show,
while happening concurrently at the same venue
is the Palm Beach Fine Craft Show, February 14 to
- The company also produces the Naples Art,
Antique & Jewelry Show, taking place at the Naples
Exhibition Center February 21 through 25.
Another event to look forward to in the state is
Sarasota’s monthly Palm Avenue’s First Friday Art
Walk, featuring members of the Palm Avenue Arts
Alliance welcoming visitors to their storefronts
from 6 to 9 p.m. The Towles Court Arts District in
the same city hosts a Third Friday Art Walk, 5 to 9
p.m. each month. Sarasota is also home to the Light
Chasers organization of artists that host yearly
events for its members at the Edson Keith Mansion
and Phillippi Estate Park.
In Naples is the famed Gallery Row, located at
Broad Street South and Third Street South, that
includes a number of the city’s more than 100
galleries, while others are located along Fifth
Avenue South. They boast both historic and
contemporary artwork and are walkable, which
allows collectors to move from space to space.
The Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture
Gardens’ annual Winter Park Paint Out, April 9
through 25, is another draw, while the Lighthouse
ArtCenter in Tequesta hosts its seventh Plein Air
Festival March 7 to 15. The Bradenton Area has a
number of organizations and schools dedicated to
the arts including its Village of the Arts and Artists’
Guild of Anna Maria Island.
Some of the artists who call the state home are
Arturo Samaniego, Carmelo Blandino, Hernan
Miranda, Linda Apriletti, Mary Garrish, Roni Lynn
Doppelt, Terry Arroyo Mulrooney and Weldon
Ryan. Galleries located in the state include Cutter
& Cutter Fine Art with showrooms in St. Augustine
and Ponte Verde Beach; Palm Beach Gardens-
based Onessimo Fine Art; and the artist-owned
Woodfield Fine Art Gallery in St. Petersburg.1
A view of South Miami
Beach. Courtesy Greater
Miami Convention &
Visitors Bureau.2
Arts abound in Sarasota.
Courtesy Adam Cellini /
Visit Sarasota County.3
Fifth Avenue South in
Naples. ©Naples Marco
Island Everglades CVB.32093