2023 Winter Festival Youth Art Exhibition and Student Showcase Opening Reception

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Click here to fill out the Winter Fest Teacher Participation Form (Due Oct. 13th)

Click here to fill out the Winter Fest Student Artwork Submission Form (Due Nov. 1st)

The 37th annual Winter Festival – a Celebration of Lights, Music and the Arts will fill downtown Tallahassee with merriment on Saturday, December 2nd from 3-10 p.m. Year after year, this event draws more than 100,000 people to the heart of the city.

Every year, in conjunction with the City’s festival, COCA hosts the Winter Festival Youth Art Exhibition. The exhibition is a K-12 art show with work from Leon County’s public, private, and charter schools. This year, thanks to a a partnership grant with the Florida Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts, COCA is hosting a Student Showcase at the opening reception, with multiple student musical performances throughout the evening. The reception happens the day before the City’s celebration, this year the reception is on Friday, December 1st from 6-8pm.