The 74th Annual UNDER THE OAKS Fine Arts And Crafts Show

I attended the annual UNDER THE OAKS Fine Arts and Crafts Show at Riverside Park in Vero Beach, Florida yesterday afternoon and really enjoyed it. This is a major art festival and features over 200 artists. It is considered one of the top 200 art show in the country. The emphasis is on fine art, and this festival very much reminds me of the Cherry Creek Arts Festival back in Denver. In fact, I noticed that Scanlon Windows to the World, a family of fine art photographers who specialize in photographs from around the world and have a booth at Cherry Creek every year, have a booth here, too.

There was not a cloud in the sky, and the temperature was a very pleasant 80 degrees, and so there were a lot of people walking around viewing the art. The setting for this show is very beautiful. Riverside Park is located along the Indian River and filled with moss-draped oak trees, which provide lots of shade for art patrons. I was expecting to have a hard time parking, but amazingly enough found a spot directly across from the entrance. Perhaps my parking karma is back. After visiting the festival, I headed to the beach, located just a short drive away. There are a number of beachfront restaurants and bars to visit off Beachland Boulevard, including the original Mulligans Beach House and Grill. And just to the north is an historic boardwalk lining a very popular and crowded beach. I did not see a single parking spot available there, and so perhaps my parking karma is simply just plain dumb luck. In any case, the UNDER THE OAKS Fine Arts and Crafts Show continues today from 10:00 to 4:00, so if you happen to be in the area, be sure to check it out.