Public Eye Soar 2024

A Celebration of Art and Light

Panama City, FL – Submissions closed for Public Eye Soar 2024 on September 1st and it was an avalanche of creativity and art.

Over the last eleven years, hundreds of artists from all over the world have shared thousands of pieces of art and transformed dozens of buildings throughout Bay County into the largest, free, outdoor public art gallery in the Southeastern United States. The Public Eye Soar Projection and Light Festival celebrates eleven years of sharing art in all of its forms in unexpected places and ways to delight, surprise, educate and inspire our community.

Together, Public Eye Soar and Gulf Coast State College are partnering on November 8 and 9, 2024, from 6pm to 10pm to display art on the beautiful architecture of GCSC. SOAR 2024 will feature artists from around the world and from our own vibrant local art scene. New installations, visual surprises and interactive art displays are already in production. Festival favorites will return like Sand art, GCSC Living Statues, the Shadow Dome and JD’s Fun House. Live music, dance and interactive experiences like the GCSC Lost City exhibit and the Yellow Room will delight all ages. Plus, the Veterans Honor Wall will return to celebrate our veterans during the festival.

The Public Eye Soar 2024 Presenting sponsors are St. Joe Community Foundation, Gulf Coast State College, Chevron, Destination Panama City, and The Charles A. Whitehead Foundation. Because of their generous support, Public Eye Soar is free and open to the public! Sponsors and volunteers are needed and donations are accepted! Soar is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

Please note, due to construction on campus at Gulf Coast State College the festival footprint has been adjusted.

To find out more about the Public Eye Soar Projection and Light Festival visit our website at www.publiceyesoar.net and stop by our Facebook page and Instagram. Contact Margaret Webster at 850-890-6631 for more information.

The Public Eye SOAR mission is to share art in all of its forms in unexpected places and ways to delight, surprise, educate and inspire our community.