2013 OFCA Title Sponsor

Old Florida Celebration of the Arts
Featuring award-winning artists in a family-friendly setting.

Make a date with Cedar Key to saunter down Historic 2nd Street while enjoying fine art from a select group of incredibly talented artists; featuring award-winning fine art: paintings, sculptures, jewelry, crafts, ceramics, textiles, photography, and more. Plan on indulging your senses on home-made goodies from local vendors and fresh local seafood from our casual and fine dining seaside restaurants, topped off by beautiful coastal scenery in this astounding Old Florida setting. See you there for an unforgettable experience!

Photo by Laura Matson Hahn

This, and the rest of the photos on this page, by Bill Kilborn

Sponsors: Take advantage of new advertising opportunities and support the arts in Cedar Key! Event sponsorships offer a unique opportunity to showcase your business through advertising and on-site exposure. Old Florida Celebration of the Arts is offering extensive advertising benefits with local and regional media outlets. Event sponsorships can be tailored to fit your company's wants and needs. See Sponsorship Page for details and the new We Heart Art level of sponsorship.

2013 Design Winner

We are pleased to announce the winner for the OFCA 2013 Festival Design. After a through review process with the pool of 2012 OFCA winners, three finalists were presented to the OFCA Committee - resulting in the selection of Shell Mound, - a mosaic made from hand-shaped ceramic tile by award winning Mosaic Artist, and Cedar Key resident, Valerie Bretl.

Valerie is thrilled and we are all looking forward to incorporating such a heart felt, Cedar Key inspired image for the 2013 festival.

"Shell Mound" is an expression of my love for Cedar Key. The islands long history is represented by a Seminole Indian ancestor on the shell mound his people created over centuries of time. His surroundings depict spring wildflowers, tall pines, gorgeous sunsets, migrant birds and rippling gulf waters beyond the sawgrass. I hope my mosaic design conveys the tranquil beauty of Cedar Key and the joy of being in it's presence."
Valerie Bretl.

Valerie has graciously donated the 21.5 x 17.5 mosaic to OFCA fundraising. We feel very honored to be working with such an inspired image as the focal point of the 2013 Festival.

Click HERE for an article about Valerie's work - by Sandra Buckingham

From FloridaRambler.com

Cedar Key Art Festival, April 13-14, 2013: $2 crab cakes in a cool small town
Posted by Bonnie Gross

In the ’80s, you could go to the Cedar Key Art Festival and you’d find Thelma McCain selling her homemade crab cakes for $2 each in the park to benefit the Lioness club.

Thirty years later, Thelma is still at it. And the crab cakes are still $2.

“We keep telling her to raise her prices — everything else has gone up ,” says Cedar Key Art Festival event coordinator Mandy Cassiano. Fortunately for us, Thelma continues to offer a real deal.

The Cedar Key Garden Club will sell fresh-squeezed lemonade. The Cedar Key Future Farmers of America will sell fresh-fried grouper. “You’ll see tons of school kids and their teachers volunteering,” Cassiano said.

That’s the sort of place Cedar Key is, and the result is the Cedar Key Art Festival, April 13 and 14, 2013, is not your cookie-cutter commercial art fair, filled with the same old food vendors and the same old bad art.
Cedar Key art festival

Officially called the Old Florida Celebration of the Arts, the Cedar Key Art Festival is celebrating its 49th year, making it one of the oldest art fairs in Florida. It’s a juried fine art fair, which means it attracts 120 serious artists vying for $16,000 in prize money.

Like Cedar Key itself, the Cedar Key Art Festival is a slice of authentic Old Florida. This historic small town is located on an island on Florida’s Gulf coast, about 60 miles west of Ocala. It’s not near any city, and that is part of what has preserved its small-town flavor and historic buildings.

Cedar Key is worth a visit any weekend — it’s especially great for kayaking and its beaches. Here’s a brief guide to visiting Cedar Key and a look at its history.

The Cedar Key Art Festival is free. Booths for the 120 artists line the quaint historic main street. At the beach-front city park, only local non-profit vendors are allowed to sell food. As a result, little old church ladies, high school kids and the town’s leaders are all there selling foods you won’t find anywhere else.

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Click here for some photos and videos of past festivals
See what it's really all about and why you will want to be part of it in 2013

For more information, please contact us.
Show address: P.O. Box 298, Cedar Key, FL, 32625 (Email)

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