The 66th Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival will be held March 21 - 23, 2025.

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR INVITED ARTISTS: The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival 2025

 

HOW TO RESPOND TO YOUR INVITATION

1. Go to zapplication.org and log in to your ZAPP account.
2. From the “My ZAPPlication” page, please find “The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival” and choose “Accept” or “Decline”.
3. If you choose to Accept, go to the “ZAPP^® Shop” in your ZAPP account. Select the booth fee payment of $575.00 (which includes $37.38 FL Sales Tax of 6.5%). Payment is required by midnight, Monday, December 9, 2024 EST. Your application status will be listed as "Confirmed" once you have paid your booth fee.
4. While in your ZAPP account, please go to the “My Profile” section and verify your contact and website information for accuracy. This information will be used to update our show database and for your Booth ID Card, the Website, the Festival programs and other Festival-related media and advertising. It is important for you to maintain the accuracy of your contact information between your acceptance and our show dates in March. For publication use, proper capitalization in your application is appreciated.
5. If you choose to Decline, you may archive your application by going to your “MyZAPPlications” page at zapplication.org and under the “Options” column, click on the green “Archive” link. If you choose to Accept, do not archive your application until after the Festival.

 

HOW TO REQUEST A SPACE

You may begin submitting your booth requests tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday, November 5th at 12pm EST). At this time, the form to submit your requests will open. Please refrain from emailing requests before this date/time because you will be asked to resubmit. Early requests will not be accepted. Booth requests will be processed in the order in which they are received. You may preview the questions on the booth request form by clicking HERE.

All artists, including returning artists and award winners from last year should submit a booth request. You will not automatically be reassigned to the same booth space. Emerging Artists will have their space automatically assigned in the designated Emerging Artists’ area but should still answer the other questions on the booth request form. If you have been accepted in multiple categories or need any special accommodations, please indicate this on the booth request form. Provide all relevant information on your booth request because once booths are assigned, it will be difficult to make adjustments.

Please use only the current park map on our website, as we have made changes from previous years' layouts and the booth numbers may be different. A printable map of Central Park is available on our website. Click on the “Info for Artists” tab at the top, and then scroll to “Jury & Space Information” on the menu on the left. Please note that power is not available at any booth locations for artists’ use during the show.

The deadline to submit your booth preferences is Monday, December 9, 2024 Midnight, EST. Our Policies Regarding Space Assignments are also contained on  our website under “Jury & Space Information”.

To request a space, please complete the Google Form linked below (Option 1) OR if you are unable to use the Google Form, you may submit your request via email (Option 2). You may request up to five (5) spaces for your booth placement. As always, we will do our best to honor your request, but cannot guarantee a particular space.

Option 1 (preferred):
Please complete this Google Form with your booth preferences. Requests will be processed in the order in which they are received.

https://forms.gle/D4Hg2ZmsjsyFrCxw8

 

Option 2:
Please send an email to artistinfo@wpsaf.org with your choices and let us know if any of the following special requirements apply to you. Requests will be processed in the order in which they are received.

• You are accepted in two categories and your spaces need to be contiguous.
• Your space needs to be adjacent to your participating partner's space.
• Your exhibit includes large artwork (e.g. tall sculptures) or your artwork requires that your exhibit face a certain direction (e.g. encaustic wax).
• Your exhibit includes a particularly tall tent.
• You have physical limitations or something else that requires special accommodations.

 

HOW TO PROVIDE VEHICLE INFORMATION FOR PARKING

Parking near the Festival is limited, but we do our best to allow all artists to park their vehicles as close to Central Park as possible. Our scheduled unloading program will be provided again this year. You will be sent additional information about the unloading program closer to the Festival.

 

To assist us in planning for parking, please provide the following information to artistinfo@wpsaf.org at the time of your acceptance regarding the vehicle you will be bringing to the Festival:

1. Type of vehicle
   1. STANDARD car, truck, or van
   2. EXTENDED van or truck
   3. RV
2. Length of vehicle (if over 19' long)
3. Length of trailer (if any)
4. Will you be overnighting in your vehicle?
5. Do you intend to park in our lots, or will you make other arrangements?

 

NOTE: Pedestrian walkways from the artists' parking areas across the tracks are available at the crossings on Morse Boulevard, New England Avenue, and Canton Avenue. Please see the current map on our website.

 

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HOME HOSTING PROGRAM

Housing for artists will be provided in local homes on an as needed and as available basis. Please indicate your interest in the home hosting program, when completing your booth request form and you will be contacted with additional information. The information is also available on our website. Click on the “Info for Artists” tab at the top, and then scroll to “Lodging” on the menu on the left.

Alternatively, information about hotel blocks and special room rates will be sent out as it becomes available.

 

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

DEADLINE:  Midnight, December 9, 2024 (EST)

• Acceptance and Exhibitor Fee due to ZAPP.
• Contact and website information verified and corrected in ZAPP.
• Space Requests (3), with "special requirements" information and Vehicle Parking information submitted via Google Form or artistinfo@wpsaf.org.

 

NOTE: No request for Exhibitor Fee refunds can be accepted after Midnight, December 31, 2024 (EST). Exhibitor fee refunds are subject to a ZAPP processing.