The Key West Art and Craft Festival will be held on February 21 & 22, 2026. This year marks the 61st anniversary of an outside art show sponsored by the Key West Art Center, a non profit community arts organization & the oldest art gallery in Key West  We are in our 3rd year producing the show
on the Quay in beautiful Truman Waterfront Park in Old Town Key West. It is a combined Fine Art & Fine Craft show with check in and setup beginning Friday, February 20. It is a stunning waterfront setting with a beautiful park on the one side & the water on the other, lots of parking for patrons plus easy walking & biking to the park. Late February brings lovely weather, tourists, winter residents, cruise passengers and locals out for this highly anticipated event.

The show’s focus is on high quality fine art & fine craft artists working in 2 & 3D. There is work across all artistic media to ensure a high quality experience for all & broad exposure to many unique techniques & mediums. This is a juried show with the most important criteria being high quality work & originality from artists who only show personally handmade work. The Key West Art Center assigns a jury each year in order to show a mix of new artists & perennial favorites thus ensuring that our locals and visitors anticipate the event to revistit their favs & become inspired by new works.