Coconut Point Art Festivals

Names: Coconut Point New Years Weekend Art Festival & 6th Annual Coconut Point Art Festival

Dates: December 31, 2011 – January 1, 2012 and February 11-12, 2012, respectively

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Place: Organizer  Howard Alan Events selects locations designed to provide visitors with a weekend experience of fine art, food and shopping. That’s why it selected Coconut Point Mall in Estero, Florida.

Coconut Point is the center of focus for a 500-acre, master planned community that is more than a shopping center.  The property has 1.2 million square feet of retail space, office condos and residential housing.  The mall has 113 stores and 25 restaurants – all surrounding several acres of lakes with a boardwalk.  Coconut Point offers everything in every price range with notable shops and tenants including Dillards, Super Target, T.J. Maxx, Bed Bath & Beyond, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Chico’s, Tommy Bahama, Aeropostale, Banana Republic, Victoria Secret, Coach and Fossil.

Coconut Point is the place for people to gather, shop, dine, work, play, see a new film – you name it –  in an open, Main Street-style shopping destination with Mediterranean Revival-style architecture that is designed to fit gracefully with the architectural flavor of Southwest Florida.

Wait-service dining choices include Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Blue Water Bistro, Bice Grand Cafe and Ted’s Montana Grill. For festival-goers who’d rather grab a quick bite and keep going, there’s a food island at Coconut Point with a Hemmingways, a Hurricane, a stone fired pizza place, a California Pizza Kitchen, a Starbucks and Panera Bread, but that’s just the tip of the food iceberg as there are tons more places to fit everyone’s tastes.

Coconut Point Mall is owned by Simon Property Group, Inc., an S&P 500 company and the largest real estate company in the United States. The Company currently owns or has an interest in 392 properties comprising 263 million square feet of gross leasable area in North America, Europe and Asia. Simon Property Group is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and employs more than 5,000 people worldwide.

Description. Variety and diversity are themes at every Howard Alan event, and for the Coconut Point art festivals, there is something for everyone ranging from $15 handmade silver jewelry to lifesized sculptures costing in excess of $50,000. There will be more than 160 artists and artisans at each of these festivals with every medium and genre being represented. Visitors will find paintings in oil and acrylic, 2D and 3D mixed media, collages, watercolors, pastels, drawings in pen and ink and charcoal on paper, etchings and lithography, photography and digital art, bronze and metal sculpture, Raku, ceramics, stone and wood carvings, wood music boxes, glass fusion and glass art, leather works, fabric mache and hand-crafted art jewelry.

So kick off your New Year at the Coconut Point New Years Weekend Art Festival, where fine art, music and more will occupy the streets for two fun-filled days. Then return for an encore on the Valentine’s Day weekend in mid-February.

Cost: Admission is free

Parking. Parking is free and on-site.

Organizer: Howard Alan Events & American Craft Endeavors.

Howard Alan is one of the most widely-recognized and highly-regarded names in the art festival industry. Howard, wife and business partner Debbie and their dedicated staff, Howard run 45 annual juried art shows and 40 craft shows each year out of their small office in Tequesta, Florida. No matter which corner of the nation you visit, you are sure to find a Howard Alan event somewhere, be it Aspen, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Alexandria, Cleveland, Ft. Lauderdale or Sarasota, to name just a few popular venues. These popular outdoor festivals are consistently ranked among the top art shows in the country.

Over the last 24 years, Howard Alan is proud to have exhibited the work of over 10,000 different artists worldwide. Today, a typical Howard Alan show will feature anywhere from 100 to upwards of 300 exhibitors. Participating artists are like family to Howard and Debbie. Many have been with them since the very beginning, and even more credit Howard Alan for allowing them to make a living doing what they love most.

Websites: http://www.artfestival.com.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HowardAlanEvents

You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m53z_ZkbTOw.

Fast Facts.

• The 6th Annual Coconut Point Art Festival in February will benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation, which provides funding for breast cancer research.
• Spacious aisles allow art enthusiasts to explore the exhibits and interact with the artists who will be present for the duration of the show.
• The artists have been juried by an independent panel of expert judges, and hand-selected from hundreds of applicants based on quality and diversity ensuring a variety of original and handmade art with wide appeal.
• The Coconut Point Art Festival replaced Howard Alan Events’ premier art festivals traditionally held in Downtown Naples and has quickly become a tradition in its own right that locals have come to anticipate with the same enthusiasm.
• The Coconut Point mall’s navigational address is 23130 Fashion Drive, Estero, FL 33928.

Related Articles and Links.

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