The Crealdé School of Art in Winter Park offers community-based, hands-on arts experiences and was founded as a nonprofit in 1975. Its main campus sits on a lakeside site with two indoor galleries and an outdoor sculpture garden, a short distance from Orlando.
The school offers more than 125 classes across three locations in Central Florida, typically meeting two hours a week over a six- to eight-week session. Subjects include photography, painting and drawing, ceramics, fiber arts and more. Jewelry making is one program that lets students create earrings, necklaces, rings and other metalwork in two hours or less, and the school also offers one- and two-day workshops that usually run about six hours per day.
Exhibitions are shown in the Alice and William Jenkins Gallery and the Showalter Hughes Community Gallery, open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. The Contemporary Sculpture Garden holds more than 60 pieces and educational panels on a self-guided tour, open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Since 1981, students have been able to submit to the annual Juried Student Showcase, which displays more than 100 pieces; one piece is selected by an annual guest judge as the top entry, and program managers select first, second and third place prizes in each of four submission categories. Registration is available at crealde.org, and the campus is at 600 St. Andrews Blvd., Winter Park.
Press release issued by Winter Park Chamber of Commerce:
https://www.winterpark.org/2026/07/08/make-a-ring-crealde-school-of-art/
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