 Now in its 35th year, the AFB Art Fair @ Woodland Park is Lexington’s largest, free, outdoor cultural event with over 65,000 visitors coming to Woodland Park during the two-day event. Shop 200 juried artists. Listen to live music around the clock on the gazebo stage. Take home your own creations with free family art projects in the KidZone. And eat some of the best Kentucky food... all with free admission!
Come both days- Saturday, August 21 from 10a - 6p and Sunday, August 22 from 10a - 5p- at beautiful Woodland Park near downtown Lexington. And don't worry about forgetting cash- an ATM will be available on the park's grounds.
The Fair is produced by LAL in partnership with the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government’s Division of Parks and Recreation. It is supported by American Founders Bank, along with many wonderful sponsors (be sure to check them out below).
Shuttle Service:
Three shuttles will be available from the free parking lots at American Founders Bank’s downtown Lexington branch (corner of Rose St. and East Main) and in the LEXTRAN Transit Center parking garage (enter from E. High Street near the Lexington Ave. and MLK Blvd. intersections). The shuttles will include one wheelchair-accessible van and will circulate approximately every ten minutes.
 Please see map to right.
Bike Check:
Not walking or driving to the park? A bike check will be available in the Woodland Park racquetball court on High Street, thanks to Bluegrass Community and Technical College.
Kid Zone Schedule:
Your family can create arts and craft projects with your favorite non-profits.
Saturday, August 21
10a – 12p
UK Art Museum: Make equine sculptures inspired by the exhibition, Hoofbeats and Heartbeats: the Horse in American Art, or complete and decorate the beginning of a horse drawing by Andre Pater
Explorium of Lexington: Design a horseshoe using different mediums, i.e. paint, glitter, decorations, to represent your family in honor of the Alltech World Equestrian Games
12p – 2
National Association for Mental Illness (NAMI): Make a beaded necklace or bracelet with your initials or words
Sayre School: Create treasure while cherishing our planet. Make your own recycled sculpture
2p – 4
Sisohpromatem Art Foundation: Design an imaginative, simply-constructed, eco-friendly building out of ordinary materials
4p – 6
Living Arts and Science Center: Create fun and funky fabric flags |
Sunday, August 22
10a – 12:20p
Fiber Guild of Lexington: Try your hand at felting a tennis ball or Easter egg
Headley-Whitney Museum & Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation: Weave a hemp bracelet
12:20 – 2:40
Lexington Children’s Theatre: Make your face truly come alive with vibrant face painting
2:40 – 5
Karma Kids Yoga: Pose your body into a living sculpture; then, paint “footerflies” with your feet
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Music Schedule:
Listen to live music and see entertainment all day, both days on the gazebo stage.
Saturday, August 21
10:30a - 11:30 am
Kyle Meadows
11:45a - 12:45p
Greg Schaber
1:00 - 2:00
Kava Java Trio
2:15 - 3:15
Custom Made Bluegrass
2:15 - 3:15
Custom Made Bluegrass
3:30 - 4:30
PreFab Rehab
4:45 - 6:00
O Mello Cello Tree
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Sunday, August 22
11:00a - 12:00p
Mother Jane
12:15 - 1:15
Hong Shao
1:30 - 2:30
Ian Thomas
2:45 - 3:45
Rakadu Gypsy Dancers
4:00 - 5:00
Raison D'Etre |
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 The Fair has received several national, regional and local honors including being voted a Top 200 Fine Art & Design Show in the nation in 2007 and 2008 by Sunshine Artist Magazine, a Top 20 Event by The Southeast Tourism Society and a Top 10 Festival by The Kentucky Tourism Council. The AFB Art Fair @ Woodland Park is a significant asset to Lexington and supports LAL’s vision of making visual art the lens through which central Kentucky distinguishes itself as a progressive, inclusive and vibrant region.
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Craig Kittner, Arts Marketing Program Director at the Kentucky Arts Council (KAC) and nationally exhibited visual artist, joins the jury this year for the fair with 16 years of arts experience. Currently, he administers KAC's Kentucky Crafted Program and assists visual and craft artists with promotion and business development.
Reba Rye, Associate Professor of Art and Coordinator of Exhibitions at Kentucky State University, serves as our second juror. Represented by Zephyr Gallery in Louisville, KY, she exhibits and is collected both regionally and nationally. She received a 2010 Al Smith Fellowship from the Kentucky Arts Council in the category of Installation and Experimental Art, and holds an MFA in Experimental Studios from Syracuse University.
Kate Sprengnether, the project manager of the Legacy Trail Public Art Program, is our third juror. She has worked extensively for the visual arts in Central Kentucky—curating and jurying exhibits; organizing workshops, classes, forums, and lectures; and most recently, writing about the arts. She is also an artist, having received her MFA in Ceramics from Syracuse University.
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Thank you to our sponsors and partners below for supporting an event that is important to Lexington and central Kentucky's cultural community. LAL supports art that is a tool for networking and understanding; art that is an opportunity to learn and grow; art that is now to central Kentucky; and, art that is engaging and inclusive programming.
Find out how you can support LAL and the AFB Art Fair @ Woodland Park.
Learn more about our title sponsor, AFB.
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Special Thanks:
 
BCTC – for the Bike Check & Volunteers
Mothers of Pre-Schoolers at Tates Creek Christian Church – for the Baby-Changing Station
Pods of Lexington – for the ATM storage
Krispy Kreme, Magee's Bakery and Panera Bread – for the Artists' Awards Breakfast
Award Sponsors:
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