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So there are similar events in other scenic parts of the country, but it’s a first here. Can you explain what exactly happens at a plein air painting festival? Artists spend up to a week in a place, exploring different locations, capturing the atmosphere, the lighting, the weather conditions of a landscape that they experienced that day. They’ll go out with their easel, find their vista, and maybe do one or two paintings a day. So they’re working much more quickly than a studio artist, who might spend months making a single painting. And it can be kind of a spectator sport, too, right? For sure. For example, the first Monday of the competition, we’re out on the Leelanau Peninsula, and we’ll have the artists painting at three or four locations, including Fishtown and Black Star Farms. So we’re encouraging spectators to come out, watch the artists while they work, and even talk with them. Really? The artists don’t mind? I mean, like any social interaction, you have to take your cues. If someone seems deep into another conversation or focused on their painting, you might want to give them some space. And, of course, you don’t want to block their light! But all of these artists are professionals who have done these kinds of competitions before. And that kind of banter and interaction is definitely a big part of it. You mentioned it’s a competition. How does that part work? The event culminates on Saturday with a big evening gala, sale and awards ceremony, and each artist can bring three to five paintings they completed that week. Above all, we want the artists to have great sales; we want them to go back and tell all their artist friends that Paint Grand Traverse is a must-do plein air event.
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Any other must-see happenings that week? We also have a cool event on Wednesday called a Quick Draw Competition, which will include the 44 artists, but also anyone else who wants to compete. The hook with that is the artists have just two hours to create a painting. So you can imagine that gets pretty intense. Then—while the paint is still wet— we do a quick sale and awards ceremony. Just based on pre-registration for that event, we’re going to have 70 or more artists out there competing that day. I’m sure it will be pretty incredible to see a whole field packed with easels. —L.B.