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Chain of Parks Art Festival returns for 21st year
and last updated 2021-04-17 22:35:07-04
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â The Chain of Parks Art Festival is back, bringing thousands of people to downtown Tallahassee this weekend.
There are quite a few changes this year after COVID-19 concerns canceled last year s festival.
Organizers are asking only serious buyers to attend this time around, and everyone is asked to mask up and stay socially distant. Only three-thousand people are allowed to visit per day.
The event itself is free, although they re giving out tickets to keep track of guests.
Visitors said they welcome the sense of normalcy.
April 17, 18: The 21st Annual Chain of Parks Art Festival in Downtown Tallahassee
and last updated 2021-04-14 13:43:41-04
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â The 21st Annual Chain of Parks Art Festival will be held on Saturday, April 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 18, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Bloxham, Lewis and Randolph âChain of Parks,â located in Downtown Tallahassee.
Nationally ranked as a Top 100 fine art festival held throughout the country by Sunshine Artist Magazine, art patrons to this yearâs festival can expect to have a safe, outdoor cultural experience while experiencing original and one-of-a-kind works of art.
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Zerbe Zelebration is a prelude to Chain of Parks Art Festival
Special to the Tallahassee Democrat
The citywide Zerbe Zelebration launches this weekend with a multi-media exhibition of Expressionist Movement artist Karl Zerbe’s works as LeMoyne Arts, 125 N. Gadsden St., marks the 50th anniversary of his retirement from FSU.
The Zelebration will kick-off LeMoyne s Chain of Parks Art Festival for 2021. As a world-renowned artist and FSU professor, Zerbe entrusted LeMoyne Arts with the largest collection of his artwork in the world. The Zelebration runs April 9-18, event times vary, with the Artists in the Park on April 17-18.
LeMoyne Arts will be showing eight never-before-seen pieces for the Zelebration, along with hosting lectures and round table discussions on civil rights, Zerbe’s art journey, and birding. Zerbe is best known in Tallahassee for his collection of bird lithographs, inspired by his time at St. Marks Wildlife Sanctuary.