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Award-winning visual artists in record numbers will transform Downtown Disney into a vast
outdoor gallery during the 30th annual Festival of the Masters Nov. 11-13. More than 200
honorees from art festivals around the country will showcase painting, photography,
glass works, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, jewelry and, for the first time, digital art.
Live entertainment and children's activities also will be a part of the weekend-long event.
Festival guests can also experience culinary offerings and dance to live music.
Pleasure Island will feature live bands on the West End and Hub Stages.
Other highlights include:
- House of Blues Folk Art Festival.
Seventh annual "Where the Art Meets the Soul" festival features 45 local and national folk
artists, live music, children's activities and a silent auction benefiting the
International House of Blues Foundation.
- Performance Artists.
In two shows, Disney Fine Art Group artists Trevor Carlton and Stephen Reis create original
masterpieces. During their performances, the duo transforms a blank canvas into a work of art
in about 30 minutes, taking inspiration from and painting in time to music.
Shows are 10 a.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday in front of Virgin Megastore.
Both paintings will be up for silent auction with bidding closing at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.
- Central Florida Chalk Artists Association.
More than 6,000 square feet of sidewalk becomes the canvas for more than 50 chalk artists at
Downtown Disney Marketplace. Kids can also create their own chalk art.
- Children’s Activities.
Artists teach children how to draw some of their favorite Disney characters at DisneyQuest
Animation Academy at the West Side and Marketplace. Families can enjoy other art-related
activities hosted by Cirque du Soleil La Nouba, Planet Hollywood, LEGO Imagination Center,
Fulton's Crab House, Portobello Yacht Club, Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop and
Disney Family Fun magazine at locations throughout Downtown Disney. Kids can also get down
to the groove at a special DJ Dance Party at the Marketplace Dock Stage each afternoon of
the festival.
- Student Art Exhibition.
Students from five area high schools will exhibit their works. Participating high schools are
Apopka, Freedom, University, Olympia and Oak Ridge.
- Additional Live Entertainment.
Musical performances throughout the weekend take place at Virgin Megastore, Bongos Cuban Cafe,
House of Blues and Pleasure Island. There are also live appearances by performers from
Cirque du Soliel La Nouba.
Judging this year's Festival of the Masters entries are:
David A. Edgar, a sculptor who administers the Master of Arts in arts administration program at
the University of North Carolina in Charlotte;
Marcia Goldstein, a painter and mixed media artist who is also a Professor of Art at the
University of Tennessee in Knoxville;
Richard Stout, a painter, printmaker and sculptor with more than 35 years of one-person
exhibitions to his credit, and a former professor of Fine Arts at the University of Houston.
Hours for Festival of the Masters are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily, Nov. 11-13.
There is no charge for admission or parking.
For more information, call 407/824-4321 or visit
disneyworld.com/art.
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