Alys Beach is getting ready to host the 16th Annual Digital Graffiti Festival, May 19-20, 2023. The premier projection art festival features interactive installations of globally recognized artists with the iconic Alys Beach architecture as the canvas.
The Scenic 30A community of Alys Beach, located along the northwest Florida coastline, provides the environment for the DigitalGraffiti festival, the open-air, organic gallery for the projections of these original artworks. Staged against the elegant white walls of Alys Beach, DigitalGraffiti provides a large-scale blank canvas for artists to explore the visual intersection of art and architecture. The engagement between the art, architecture, and audience is transformative, creating an immersive and interactiveart projection experience that is entirely unique to the DigitalGraffiti festival, named as one of the top “24 Unconventional Art Destinations Around the World” by National Geographic.
Artists around the world are invited to submit original works of digitalart to be showcased in the juried festival.
The 2023 awards include Best of Show ($5,000 prize), Curator’s Choice ($2,000 prize) and three Special Recognition honors (at $1,000 prize each), selected by the festival’s curator, John Colette, an esteemed panel of judges. The Alys Foundation has donated more than $350,000 in awards and artist stipends over the past 15 years, all to further digital work in the public realm.
Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach opens with an adult-only (21+), all-inclusive food and beverage experience. Stroll the festival path, lined with art installations intermixed with festive food and beverage presentations from the best local and regional chefs, restaurants, winemakers, distilleries, and breweries. This evening will be a spectacle for the senses!
For the finale of the 16th Annual Digital Graffiti event, we welcome families and guests of all ages to experience the projection art installed along the festival path. Engage and interact with the artwork in the immersive festival experience, with food trucks and beverage stands positioned throughout the path with fun eats and drinks for purchase.