Ormond residents prepare for the Halifax Art Festival


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Ormond Beach residents involved with the Downtown Development Authority and the Guild of the Museum of Arts and Sciences have begun planning for the 52nd annual Halifax Art Festival.

Through the efforts of the Downtown Development Authority and the Guild of the Museum of Arts and Sciences, plans for the 52nd annual Halifax Art Festival have begun.

Details are being discussed to manage the festival artists as well as the 25,000 people who attend the two-day free event.

Nov. 1-2, 225 juried artists will line both sides of Beach Street from Orange Avenue to Bay Street at the Riverfront Shops of Daytona. The Festival will also include the Student Art Exhibit and Competition, a Little Van Gogh area for smaller artists and live music both days.

The guild will jury all artists the end of Aug. In the 2013 Halifax Art Festival, 12 artists from Ormond Beach were accepted. Three of those artist were winners and they are listed below:

  • Steve Rogers $300 Merit Award, Watercolor, "New Smyrna Dock"
  • Antionette Slick, $300 Merit Award, Acrylic, "Emergent Layers"
  • Trish Vevera, $500 Honor Award, Acrylic, "Boulderama"

The Festival is the major fund raiser for the Museum of Arts and Sciences and also benefits its Charles and Linda Williams Children’s Museum.  For more information go to www.HalifaxArtFestival.com.

 

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