75th annual beaux arts festival of art
The 75th Annual Beaux Arts Festival of Art will take place in Coral Gables, Florida on January 17th and 18th, 2026. Each year, thousands of patrons visit the festival to view and to purchase original artwork from over 220 juried exhibitors. Cash awards totaling over $20,000will be presented to juried artists across ten categories. The Festival of Art is free to the public and offers live music, children's art experiences, fabulous dining options, and free admission all weekend to the Lowe Art Museum on the University of Miami campus.
The Beaux Arts Festival of Art is run entirely by Beaux Arts Miami, a volunteer support organization of the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami. The first festival, originally called the Clothesline Sale, was held in the spring of 1952 in order to give young artists a chance to meet the buying public. The festival became an annual project, and is now a juried show recognized as one of the leading art shows in the country. Proceeds from the Beaux Arts Festival of Art go to the Lowe Art Museum for the purpose of funding exhibitions, capital improvements, children's programming (including art camps and Hands On Community Outreach), as well as acquisitions for the museum's collection.
Beaux Arts is proud to host South Florida's oldest juried art festival, the Beaux Arts Festival of Art, on January 17th and 18th, 2026.
The Beaux Arts Festival of Art committee works hard to ensure that your experience with the festival will be as enjoyable as possible. Artist services include:
- Cash awards over $20,000 across 10 categories including Ceramics, Works on Paper, Jewelry, 2D Mixed Media, Oil & Acrylics, Photography, Fiber, Printmaking, Wood, and 3D Sculpture.
- Complimentary artist breakfast buffet on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
- Snacks and water delivered to booths daily.
- Booth sitting available daily to allow artists to take a quick break.
- Automatic acceptance for Best in Show and 1st Place Winners the following year.
Categories Accepted:
- 2-D Mixed Media: Work created using more than one media
- Works on Paper: Work created using dry media such as pencil, charcoal, pastels, or chalk or made using fluid materials such as ink or washes that are applied by pen or brush. Work created with watercolor or gouache.
- Acrylic & Oil Painting: Work created using acrylic or oil paint.
- Printmaking: Works created using traditional printmaking techniques that involve plates, stones, and/or screens. Artist produces each print as part of a limited edition series, using archival quality materials. Artist must sign and number each print.
- Photography: Work created using an artist's original photographic negative or digital image, directly processed or supervised by the artist. Artist must use archival quality materials and print images in limited edition series, signing and numbering each image.
- Ceramics: Functional, decorative, and/or sculptural work created using clay and/or porcelain.
- Jewelry: Functional, decorative, and/or sculptural work created using precious and/or non-precious materials. Precious materials include but are not limited to 14K gold, sterling silver, precious stones, and enamels. Nonprecious materials include but are not limited to glass, ceramics, paper, fiber, wood, leather, polymer clay, and semi-precious stones.
- 3D Sculpture: Functional, decorative, and/or sculptural three-dimensional work created by assembling, firing, welding, blowing, molding, casting, carving, or shaping singular or mixed media including as plastic, resin, stone, marble, metal, or glass.
- Wood: Functional, decorative, and/or sculptural work created using wood. Work must be hand-tooled, machine-worked, turned, or carved.
- Fiber: Functional, decorative, and/or sculptural work created using natural or synthetic fibers.