Olga Viso, Rollins College graduate and executive director of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, one of the most important contemporary art museums in the United States, will serve as guest curator for Art on the Green 2012.

Eligible artists nationwide are encouraged to submit entries for the competitive selection process between now and the updated deadline Friday, June 1, 2012. Complete details regarding artist entries may be found by visiting the home page of the city’s official website at www.cityofwinterpark.org and clicking on the Art on the Green button.

Winning entries to be included in the exhibition will be  announced on Friday, June 22, 2012. Each selected artist will receive a $1,000 honorarium. There will also be a $500 “People’s Choice” award presented to the artist with most the votes from the public during the exhibition.

For more information regarding “Art on the Green,” a project of the Winter Park Public Art Advisory Board,  please call 407-599-3498.

For information regarding additional events in the City of Winter Park,  please visit the city’s official website at www.cityofwinterpark.org.

Festival takes place in Central Park in Downtown Winter Park. For more information visit the festival’s official website at www.wpsaf.org.

This year, the folk art and craft festival stepped outdoors and created side-street works of art that surely enchanted audiences of all ages. From kids to those over their 50s, there was absolutely something in store for everyone. Participants witnessed the Porch Dogs and other bands play which provided the soundtrack to a whole day of sharing stories, workshops for children and youth, and fabulous art works from local legends like the Highwaymen and so much more. During the day, the crowd visited the center’s new exhibit “The Art of Uncle Monday and Other Florida Tales” with prints by the late Kitty Kitson Petterson.

The event definitely was a great day of family bonding thru art where great music, striking art pieces and Art Wonders happened simultaneously at the recent annual Hannibal Square Folk Art and Craft Festival.

Beginning on the 13^th of November until the 9^th of January, the City of Winter Park will once again host one of our favorite holiday shindigs, “Winter in the Park,” the city’s very own skating rink for the holidays to be set up at Central Park West Meadow here in downtown Winter Park, Florida. As an extra special holiday treat, this year’s rink will be 20% larger and will be around for an extra 2 weeks—all for you to enjoy here in sunny Winter Park.

Kids of all ages and all families are invited to put on their ice skates and give “Winter in the Park” a whirl and a spin.

The rink is open during these times.

• 3 to 9 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays
• 3 to 10 p.m., Fridays
• 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturdays
• 12 noon to 8 p.m., Sundays

Entrance fee to “Winter in the Park” is pegged at $10.00, which also covers rental for ice skates. Discounts are also available to groups of 20 or more ice skaters. You can even rent the whole ice rink for some frigid fun with the whole gang, family or what have you.

Over 150 Central Florida artists display their work at this weekend festival in downtown Winter Park, which includes entertainment, food, and children’s hands-on art workshops. Co-sponsored by the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce, the City of Winter Park and Crealdé School of Art. Admission is free!