Art on the Square returns to Old School Square in downtown Delray Beach this Sunday, March 29, with approximately 100 juried artists presenting work from across the country. The outdoor exhibition spans paintings, sculptures, and original works across multiple mediums, each available for direct purchase from the exhibiting artists in a single-day open format.
The juried structure — artists are screened and selected before they can participate — distinguishes the show from open-invitation weekend markets and tends to produce a more consistent range of work. At roughly 100 exhibitors, the fair has the scale to spread across the Old School Square campus, the Atlantic Avenue cultural anchor whose grounds include the restored Crest Theatre and the Cornell Art Museum.
Old School Square sits at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Swinton Avenue at the functional center of downtown Delray's commercial core. Outdoor events at the campus draw from both the resident population and the Atlantic corridor's weekend foot traffic, and Art on the Square's late-March timing places it during one of the corridor's more active stretches before summer slows things down.
Per the organizer's Instagram, specific hours and admission details were not included in the announcement. Attendees should confirm logistics through the event's social channels before Sunday.
Art on the Square is described by its organizers as one of Delray's established recurring art events. The question for future editions is whether the juried format expands — more artists, additional mediums, or programming that ties the outdoor fair to the Cornell Art Museum's indoor calendar. Any such move would shift it from a reliable annual fixture into something with a more durable footprint on the city's cultural schedule.
