Wa s h i ng ton
CALL FOR ARTISTS
Pacific Northwest Plein Air in the Columbia River Gorge 2018 Dates: July 30-August 26, 2018 E-mail: steve@maryhillmuseum.org
6TH ANNUAL JURIED PLEIN AIR COMPETITION
Paint the Peninsula — 6th Annual Dates: August 18-27, 2018 Entry Deadline: March 31, 2018 Sponsoring Organization: Port Angeles Fine Arts Center Venue: Olympic Peninsula City: Port Angeles Format: Juried Juror of Awards: Eric Jacobson Award Total: $12,000 Contact: Jessica Elliott E-mail: pafac@olypen.com Phone: 360.457.3532 Website: www.paintthepeninsula.org From sailboats to harbors to vintage working farms, from rainforest waterfalls to a Victorian seaport town, villages and cityscapes, the varied and beautiful locations on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State have it all to paint. Now in its sixth year, artists and collectors alike rave about the ultimate Pacific Northwest experience. Paint the Peninsula is at the entrance to Olympic National Park, giving artists access to amazing opportunities from the sea to the mountains. Prospectus and more information online.
Prospectus available online December 1, 2017
August 18 - 27, 2018 On Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula
“Jardin du Soleil”
We s t V i r g i n i a Wisconsin
Rachel Pettit
$12,000 in Awards Proceeds benefit Port Angeles Fine Arts Center
Jefferson Plein Air Dates: June 27-July 1, 2018 E-mail: ellenw1440@gmail.com
paintthepeninsula.org
Historic Third Ward Plein Air Painting Competition Dates: July 14-20, 2018 E-mail: rlawson@historicthirdward.org Door County Plein Air Festival Dates: July 22-28, 2018 Opening Reception: July 27, 2018 Sponsoring Organization: Peninsula School of Art Venue: Peninsula School of Art City: Fish Creek Format: Invitational Award Total: $12,000 Contact: Ginny Sowinski E-mail: events@peninsulaschoolofart.org Phone: 920.868.3455 Website: www.peninsulaschoolofart.org/events/dcpaf/ Join us for our 12th annual Door County Plein Air Festival, hosted by the Peninsula School of Art. The week-long event features 40 invited plein air masters from throughout the U.S. and points beyond, and takes place among the diverse natural beauty and quaint harbor towns of the Door Peninsula. Listen and learn from daily artist demonstrations. Tour local partner galleries as artists paint on site. Relax with great music and food at our sunset concert and paint-out. View presentations by the festival judge, award-winning artists, and knowledgeable collectors. View and purchase fresh paintings at our Collectors’ Preview Gala Auction. Even children can try painting en plein air during our Kids’ Paint. Exhibition and sale through August 11, 2018. Paint the Point Dates: August 8-11, 2018 Sponsoring Organization: Arts Mineral Point, Inc. Venue: Various City: Mineral Point
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19th Annual
National Juried Exhibition
September 27 - October 27, 2018
Photo: Andre Lucero and Olena Babak on the James River
Peninsula School of Art-Guenzel Gallery Fish Creek (Door County), Wisconsin
2017 Best of Show Award Winner Jason Sacran “Beaver Lake Revisited” 22x28 oil
Entry Deadline mid-June 2018 Visit the AIS website for prospectus (available in April 2018). Must be a current, paid AIS member and a legal US resident to be eligible to enter.
Hosted by:
Benefiting:
www.americanimpressionistsociety.org AIS is a 501(c)3 non profit organization
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