South Miami Art Festival

It’s free art! You get to meet the artists, see art that otherwise you’d never have access to, and maybe find a unique gift for the holidays. And the best part — you’re in the street! I wish Sunset Drive always looked like this.

This is a great free event that brings cultural awareness to adults and children. You have food carts liked the fair, live music, and lots of art, some great some mediocre, but overall it’s a wonderful experience. This year there was perfect weather so it was an awesome event.

The festival was just as I expected: artists from all over the nation, lots of beer, lots of food, and more or less of the same art. While the art we saw was beautiful, some of the artists had pieces that looked very similar to each other (i.e. the glass blowers). Overall however, I found several pieces of art that I truly felt I needed to have.
We bought two items from the artists: 1) a knife that has the shape of a violin string that cuts loaves of bread and/​or vegetables, meats (you name it) to perfection. 2) I bough a traveler journal that has a cover made out of leather/​cow-​skin, and pages made from cloth paper. You would have to see it to love it! It’s beautiful, and perfect for placing pictures and notes.
The artists were fun to talk to. We met several artists, from St. Augustine, FL, Chicago, IL (my hometown), and Toledo, OH. My husband fell in love with the blues-​style art the Chicago artists displayed. Overall great even, despite the abnormally hot weather. I look forward to attending next year.

I have nothing bad to say about this art festival. I go every year no matter what. It is a great excuse to munch on «fair» foods and look at great art and probably purchase some beautiful jewelry. I feel like every year the weather is perfect for walking.
The art here is great. Its filled with all type of art including photography. Some of the big pieces may be pricing depending on the artist but they all have smaller paintings on sale for a lesser value. The jewelry on sale are a hit or miss but its all depending on your style.
The setup is great. And the location is another great thing. The surrounding area has Sunset Place, other stores, and great restaurants around if you dont feel like eating the «fair» food at the festival.
A band is usually performing so you can sit down, take a break from walking, and just relax. This years performers (2010) were great! They are called Van Gogh Listens and Im looking forward to hear them at another place and time.

This was a nice surprise to encounter as we headed to the Irish Times to see the Man U — Chelsea game. After watching Man U lose (boo Chelsea) and having an amazing brunch we strolled down the street to check out the great art.
I was very impressed with the art at the festival, they also had some beautiful jewelry. There were all types of mediums, and some amazing sculptures that I wish I had a big garden for.
Its a nice time for the whole family. An outdoor museum to enjoy with the great weather that we had!

Had a dander around here today after brunch. I always like the South Miami Art Festival because the artists are so excited about their work and will talk to you and enthuse about their work and there is always SOMETHING in every booth which catches my eye and begs to be questioned. No kitsch here, this is for the most part, quality stuff — the like of which you won’t find anywhere else. With a little kid zone with face painting and bouncy house and a stage with live music its very much quite a neighborhood and family art fair for art lovers. I Love it.

Perfect weather to spend a full day strolling through the streets in South Miami. This event was well organized, and set up very nicely.
There were artist from all over. Actually we ran into two from the festival in Mt. Dora a few weeks ago. The artwork was my favorite. Beautiful canvas pieces and framed artwork. One lady was from Peru and she painted on canvas with such bright colors, they were very unique and different.
They had carved wood pieces, plants, art, glass blown pieces, sculptures and jewelry. My friend had a tent here with her jewelry and she said it was the best show she has ever done. The customers were very receptive to her artistic jewelry and prices.
I found it to be small, but I guess from a vendor standpoint this is a very good thing. We walked into a couple of shops in the area that have never been to. A beautiful boutique with some very high end dresses that were breathtaking.
The day was perfect, nice layout, very nice selection. I did purchase some rings and one bracelet. The best part was strolling over to The Irish Times and enjoying some good old beer… Great ending for the day…