PAINT THE TOWN
APRIL 6-12
In the Spring, 30 Plein Air artists from across the nation will work in various medium to capture the outdoor sights and scenes of historic Marble Falls and the panoramic Texas Hill Country. For a week, with thousands of visitors, there will be an expansive exhibiting/sales gallery, live demonstrations, a Quick Draw downtown, Sunrise and Nocturne painting, a student competition, nationally recognized judge, Nancy Tankersley will present the award winners and a full day of family arts activities.
PLEIN AIR FEST
JACKSON HOLE
JUNE 14
Nearly 50 invited artists are given one day to create new masterpieces en plein air (outside). They paint from the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s Sculpture Trail with stupendous views overlooking the National Elk Refuge. All visitors are welcome to watch the painters, and collectors are invited to browse and bid on the fresh artworks. All proceeds will benefit the Museum and participating artists.
TELLURIDE
PLEIN AIR
JUNE 30-JULY 5
Each summer, over the Fourth of July weekend, the Sheridan Arts Foundation hosts 20-25 nationally renowned plein air artists in beautiful Telluride, Colorado for a week of outdoor art.
The Telluride Plein Air Festival has become an indispensable part of Telluride’s Independence Day festivities, allowing locals and tourists alike to observe some of the nation’s top plein air artists at work. The festival culminates in a three-day sale, where the artists display the work they have created all week long
DOOR COUNTY PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL
JULY 20-26
Each July, PenArt brings together over 30 of the finest painters in the country to honor the tradition of outdoor painting at the Door County Plein Air Festival created by Peninsula School of Art. Driving through the peninsula, you’ll see these painters peppered along the Door County landscape with their easels, paints, and canvas - capturing how the summer light enhances the fields, coastlines, and untouched corners of the peninsula. Watch as the artists paint at our peninsula’s iconic locations. Take in a lecture with prestigious artists and art collectors. Get a front row seat to the fast-paced magic that is the Quick Paint competition, where our invited artists complete a painting from start to finish in record time on the streets and shoreline of Fish Creek.
SPRING CITY PLEIN AIR COMPETITION
END OF AUGUST
Spring City, a bucolic small town and registered historic district located in the heart of Utah, is a favorite painting locale for many artists. The scenic, pastoral landscape lends itself to creativity and landscape painting. Spring City Arts hosts one of the premier annual plein air painting events in the State of Utah.
SONOMA PLEIN AIR
SEPTEMBER 8-13
The 18th annual Sonoma Plein Air Festival will be September 6-11, 2021, bringing acclaimed artists to Sonoma for a week in September to paint, show and sell their work to benefit youth art education in Sonoma. Each of our nationally acclaimed Plein Air Artists create 8-12 paintings during Plein Air Week out and about in Sonoma, Marin and SanFrancisco.
EN PLEIN AIR
TEXAS
OCTOBER 21-29
In 1921, in tiny Christoval, just south of San Angelo, local artists founded the Texas Artists Camp which grew to be one of the leading plein air gatherings in the Southwest.
100 years later, the same inspiration that attracted those early painters when they arrived 'way out west', is alive today. EnPleinAirTEXAS is a legend among the plein air artist community and now in it's 9th year, one of the top 5 plein air competitions in the country, attracting award-winning artists from around the world.