Fairs/Festivals
Lake Nona Art Festival 2027
Orlando, Florida
Application Fee: $35
Contact Information
Requirement Overview
- Eligible Applicant Types: Artist
- Emerging Artists: Emerging artists may apply.
- Submission Limit: 2
Media Requirements
- Images | Min: 5, Max: 5
- Total | Max: 5
Opportunity Summary
Experience Lake Nona, a juried event of 100 fine artists set up to show and sell as well as compete for $25,000 in cash awards. The event targets a high income, highly educated demographic. Encompassing 17-square-miles and located adjacent to the Orlando International Airport, Lake Nona is a modern mecca for technology companies, hospitals, and innovation. With autonomous town vehicles, robotic restaurants, and a world class Sculpture Garden, Lake Nona is considered the “Community of the Future”. Marketing for the event includes print, billboards, radio and social media campaigns.
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General Information
SHOW DATES - FEBRUARY 20 & 21, 2027
Location: Outdoors. All booth spaces level, on pavement. GPS use 6100 Wave Hotel Dr. Orlando, FL
Approximately 100 artists will be accepted to exhibit at the 2027 event.
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
ARTISTS AMENITIES
Sunday breakfast during the Artist Award ceremony, Artist Bathroom, coffee, water, and snack area, Artist hotel discounts, Area for RV’s and trailers, Direct unload to booth space. Parking nearby.
ARTISTS AWARDS
Best of Show - $10,000 purchase / $5000 cash award
Judges Choice 2D - $2000
Judges Choice 3D - $2000
22 Awards of Excellence- $500 each
Advent Health will also be on site to select possible artwork and award commission work for their new facility.
Sales: Artists retain all revenue from the sale of their work and are responsible for state and local sales tax
Images: 4 images of work + 1 booth image
Multiple Applications: If an artist has work in different media categories or distinctly separate bodies of work within one category they may apply with multiple applications
Electricity: A limited amount of electricity is provided in designated areas
Security: 24 Hour
Application fee: $35
IMAGES
- Five images are to be submitted for each application entered by the artist. Four images must be of individual pieces of work. The fifth image must be of a booth or display of the artist's work.
- Images must accurately represent the body of the artist's work to be exhibited at the Art Festival.
Media Categories
Ceramics: All original clay and porcelain work other than jewelry is accepted in this category. No machine-made or mass-produced work is permitted.
Digital Art: This category includes any original work for which the original image, or the manipulation of other source material, was executed by the artist using a computer. Artwork must be in signed and numbered limited editions, on archival quality materials. Traditional photographs taken through digital media should apply in the photography category. Work generated by Artificial Intelligence is prohibited.
Drawing: Works created using dry media including chalk, charcoal, pastels, pencil, wax crayon, etc. or from the fluid medium of inks and washes applied by pen are to be entered in this category.
Fiber: All work crafted from fibers including basketry, embroidery, weaving, leatherwork, tapestry and papermaking. This can be wearable or non-wearable. No machine tooling, machine-screened patterns or other forms of mass production are permitted. No factory-produced wearable items, regardless of additional modification or enhancement by the artist, may be exhibited.
Glass: No forms of mass production are permitted.
Jewelry: All jewelry whether the work is produced from metal, glass, clay, fiber, paper, plastic or other materials must be entered in this category. No commercial casts, molds or production studio work is allowed.
Metalworks: Includes all non-sculptural, non-jewelry works crafted from metals. No production studio work is allowed.
Mixed Media: This category includes works, both 2 and 3-dimensional, that incorporate more than one type of physical material to produce.
Painting: Works created in oils, acrylics, watercolor, etc. are in this category.
Photography: Photographic prints made from the artist’s original image, which have been processed by that artist, or under his or her direct supervision, are included in this category. Photographers are required to disclose both their creative and printing processes.
Printmaking: Printed works which have been properly signed and numbered as a limited edition may be entered in this category. Printmakers are required to disclose both their creative and printmaking processes.
Sculpture: Three-dimensional original work done in any medium.
Wood: Original works in wood that are hand-tooled, machine-worked, turned or carved are accepted in the wood category.
Location: Outdoors. All booth spaces level, on pavement. GPS use 6100 Wave Hotel Dr. Orlando, FL
Approximately 100 artists will be accepted to exhibit at the 2027 event.
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
- APPLICATION DEADLINE - DECEMBER 1, 2026
- JURY PROCESS - DECEMBER 2-6, 2026
- INVITATION TO SHOW - DECEMBER 7, 2026
- DEADLINE TO ACCEPT AND PAY - DECEMBER 17, 2026
- DEADLINE TO CANCEL - DECEMBER 21, 2026
- NO REFUNDS after DECEMBER 21, 2026
ARTISTS AMENITIES
Sunday breakfast during the Artist Award ceremony, Artist Bathroom, coffee, water, and snack area, Artist hotel discounts, Area for RV’s and trailers, Direct unload to booth space. Parking nearby.
ARTISTS AWARDS
Best of Show - $10,000 purchase / $5000 cash award
Judges Choice 2D - $2000
Judges Choice 3D - $2000
22 Awards of Excellence- $500 each
Advent Health will also be on site to select possible artwork and award commission work for their new facility.
Sales: Artists retain all revenue from the sale of their work and are responsible for state and local sales tax
Images: 4 images of work + 1 booth image
Multiple Applications: If an artist has work in different media categories or distinctly separate bodies of work within one category they may apply with multiple applications
Electricity: A limited amount of electricity is provided in designated areas
Security: 24 Hour
Application fee: $35
IMAGES
- Five images are to be submitted for each application entered by the artist. Four images must be of individual pieces of work. The fifth image must be of a booth or display of the artist's work.
- Images must accurately represent the body of the artist's work to be exhibited at the Art Festival.
Media Categories
Ceramics: All original clay and porcelain work other than jewelry is accepted in this category. No machine-made or mass-produced work is permitted.
Digital Art: This category includes any original work for which the original image, or the manipulation of other source material, was executed by the artist using a computer. Artwork must be in signed and numbered limited editions, on archival quality materials. Traditional photographs taken through digital media should apply in the photography category. Work generated by Artificial Intelligence is prohibited.
Drawing: Works created using dry media including chalk, charcoal, pastels, pencil, wax crayon, etc. or from the fluid medium of inks and washes applied by pen are to be entered in this category.
Fiber: All work crafted from fibers including basketry, embroidery, weaving, leatherwork, tapestry and papermaking. This can be wearable or non-wearable. No machine tooling, machine-screened patterns or other forms of mass production are permitted. No factory-produced wearable items, regardless of additional modification or enhancement by the artist, may be exhibited.
Glass: No forms of mass production are permitted.
Jewelry: All jewelry whether the work is produced from metal, glass, clay, fiber, paper, plastic or other materials must be entered in this category. No commercial casts, molds or production studio work is allowed.
Metalworks: Includes all non-sculptural, non-jewelry works crafted from metals. No production studio work is allowed.
Mixed Media: This category includes works, both 2 and 3-dimensional, that incorporate more than one type of physical material to produce.
Painting: Works created in oils, acrylics, watercolor, etc. are in this category.
Photography: Photographic prints made from the artist’s original image, which have been processed by that artist, or under his or her direct supervision, are included in this category. Photographers are required to disclose both their creative and printing processes.
Printmaking: Printed works which have been properly signed and numbered as a limited edition may be entered in this category. Printmakers are required to disclose both their creative and printmaking processes.
Sculpture: Three-dimensional original work done in any medium.
Wood: Original works in wood that are hand-tooled, machine-worked, turned or carved are accepted in the wood category.
Application Requirements
- Acceptable work is limited to original art created and presented by the creating artist.
- Reproductions must be signed and numbered. This notice must appear on the front of each item. Reproductions MUST be clearly labeled and may not be more than 30% of displayed artwork. Photography excluded.
- Objects assembled from kits, pre-carved or pre-molded reproductions, manufactured parts, buy-sell, commercial displays and the like are not acceptable. Final interpretation of commercial status will be made by WTDI. WTDI shall have the sole, exclusive and final authority to determine a work & acceptability for display within the Lake Nona Fine Arts Festival. A work determined to be unacceptable must be removed and may not be displayed to the public within the Festival.
- Only artists selected by WTDI may exhibit work within the Lake Nona Fine Arts Festival. The artist listed on the application must be present, oversee their exhibit at all times and display their work for the duration of the show. Assistants (including family members) are welcome, but NOT in place of the artist.
- The work of one exhibitor may be displayed in each assigned space. Booth sharing is not permitted with the exception of collaborating teams. Collaborations must be artistic rather than business. A team producing a single product may qualify as a single exhibitor; however, teams may consist of no more than two persons, both names must be on the application, and both persons named must be present. Only works produced by the team may be shown. BOTH artists must sign all forms.
- Images and booth shot submitted for consideration must be representative of the works that will be exhibited in the Lake Nona Art Festival.. Our committee will view booths with images in hand several times during the show. If exhibited work or booth display differs significantly from the images submitted, the artist will be asked to remove unacceptable work and/or rework booth display. Continued infraction of this policy will result in the artist being asked to leave and forfeit fees. The artist will not be invited back to the Lake Nona Art Festival..
- Artists may enter more than one category for jurying; however; an artist may not jury in two categories using images of the same work. SEPARATE application forms, checks, and images must be submitted for EACH category entered. Artists may apply for more than 1 category with separate applications.
- Artist set-up (including inventory and personal materials) must be contained in this space. Booth/Display set-up must be completed by 9:00 A.M. both days of the Festival. You are required to display the official Booth Card provided by WTDI in the FRONT of your booth. NO EXCEPTIONS. Artists are encouraged to display an informational statement concerning their work and process.
- Tents must be white and have 50 lb weights per leg to sustain 40mph winds.
- Artists are responsible for their own insurance and the collection and reporting of any applicable taxes.
- There is a non refundable application fee of $35
- Artists that are Waitlisted can be called up to the weekend of the show. Declining a Waitlist invitation is not a mark against an artist. We understand that artists need to keep their calendars full.
- Do NOT Break down early before the published end time or you risk denial from participation in future events.
Jury Details
Average number of applications submitted each year
250
Average number of artists selected from the jury to participate in the event
100
Average number of exempt from jury artists who are invited to participate in the event
3
Booth Information
Booth Fees:
Upon acceptance, artists may purchase:
Regular row 10 x 10 $400
Double booth 10 x 20 $750
Premium Corner $200
All will be sold on a first-come, first served basis.
Load-In: Unload directly at booth space on Friday
All spaces are level and on pavement.
Upon acceptance, artists may purchase:
Regular row 10 x 10 $400
Double booth 10 x 20 $750
Premium Corner $200
All will be sold on a first-come, first served basis.
Load-In: Unload directly at booth space on Friday
All spaces are level and on pavement.
Refund Policy
December 21, 2026 is the last day to cancel participation and receive 100% booth fee refund. Cancellation Refund Requests MUST be in writing before December 21, 2026.
Additional Fees
10x20 row: $750
10x10 row: $400
Electric: $100
Corner/Open on one side: $200