Venue: Crooked Tree Arts Center City: Traverse City, MI Format: Combination Award Total: $15,000 Contact: Megan Kelto E-mail: megankelto@crookedtree.org Phone: 231.937.2377 Website: www.paintgrandtraverse.com Spend a week creating, collecting, and celebrating in one of the most beautiful places in the country! Situated on the shores of Lake Michigan and surrounded by breathtaking dunes, lush wineries, rolling farms, and charming villages, Paint Grand Traverse draws a national field of artists. The week includes workshops, live demos, exhibitions, kids’ activities, and culminates with a fantastic Collectors Gala event. Crooked Tree Arts Center invites you to be a part of the 5th annual Paint Grand Traverse! Paint Dexter Plein Air Festival Dates: August 15–20, 2022 E-mail: paintdexter@gmail.com Website: www.paintdexter.org FRESH! Plein Air Milford Dates: October 7–9, 2022 E-mail: shac@milfordvfaa.org Website: www.milfordvfaa.org
MINNESOTA Red Wing Arts Plein Air Festival Dates: June 11–25, 2022 Opening Reception: June 24, 2022 Entry Deadline: April 1, 2022 Sponsoring Organization: Red Wing Arts Venue: Red Wing Arts Depot Gallery City: Red Wing, MN Format: Juried Award Total: $5,000 Contact: Emily Foos E-mail: emily@redwingarts.org Phone: 651.388.7569 Website: www.redwingarts.org Imagine painters situated along the Seine in Paris and transport them to the banks and bluffs of the beautiful Mississippi, and you’ll get Red Wing Arts’ Plein Air Festival. Red Wing, Minnesota, which sits at the entrance to the Driftless Region, features a charming downtown, dramatic bluffs, rolling hills, vistas, and winding rivers that define the historic town. This longtime annual festival and exhibition attracts nearly 50 of the region’s finest plein air painters who capture the beauty of this stunning place. Plein Air Grand Marais Dates: September 9–16, 2022 Opening Reception: September 16, 2022 Entry Deadline: May 1, 2022 Sponsoring Organization: Outdoor Painters of Minnesota Venue: Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery City: Grand Marais, MN Format: Combination Award Total: $5,750 Contact: Allison Eklund E-mail: events@outdoorpaintersofminnesota.org Phone: 651.592.7858 Website: www.outdoorpaintersofminnesota.org/plein-air-grandmarais.html Every year for 19 years, painters from across the country have gathered to paint in Grand Marais, Minnesota, from the North Shore of Lake Superior and up the Gunflint Trail to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Daily mini-workshops, paint-outs, artist socials, and a traditional hootenanny with the “Plain Errors”
make this a beloved annual tradition. All painters are welcome: the Open Class is oriented toward learning artists, and the Competition Class is juried. An Invitational Class features Mini-Workshop Instructors and painters from the Arrowhead region of Minnesota. Join us in Grand Marais in 2022!
MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI Summit Art Plein Air Festival Dates: April 8–10, 2022 E-mail: summitartorganization@gmail.com Website: www.summitart.org 19th Annual Augusta Plein Air Art Festival Dates: April 20–30, 2022 Sponsoring Organization: Augusta Chamber of Commerce Venue: Vineyards, wineries, parks City: Augusta, MO Format: Open Award Total: $15,000+ Contact: Lynn Buchheit E-mail: buchheitlynn@gmail.com Website: www.augustapleinair.com Enjoy spring in the heart of Missouri wine country! Beautiful Augusta, Missouri, is waiting for you to paint the vineyards, wineries, farmland, scenic trails, Missouri River bluffs, and the river! This 10-day event has 13 paint-out competitions, three theme paint competitions, workshops, and a Final Sale Festival! The final judging awards Best of Show, Artists’ Choice, People’s Choice plus First, Second, Third, and Honorable Mention prizes in four categories. A pop-up gallery is open daily for artists to display and sell their work. Our festival is open to artists of all levels. 10th Annual Paint Parkville Plein Air Dates: October 7–14, 2022 Opening Reception: October 16, 2022 Entry Deadline: October 7, 2022 Sponsoring Organization: Cathy Kline Art Gallery Venue: Cathy Kline Art Gallery City: Parkville, MO Format: Open Juror of Awards: Johnathan Porter Lasater Award Total: $6,000 Contact: Cathy Kline E-mail: info@cathyklineartgallery.com Phone: 913.449.4460 Website: www.cathyklineartgallery.com 3-day workshop with Master Artist Johnathan Porter Lasater October 5, 6, 7 with event beginning with a Sunset River Quick Paint on the 7th. Multiple $500 PURCHASE AWARDS EACH DAY OF EVENT. 10-year CELEBRATION of painting a picturesque, charming town. Gothic castle-like university and river train town with parks, nature sanctuary, wetlands, and Main Street Historic District, 5-star French restaurant, and more. This is a wonderful tradition supported by Main Street Parkville Association, White Farmhouse Flowers, and Main Street Bed and Breakfast. The Cathy Kline Art Gallery, founder, brings Southern hospitality to inspire art appreciation. Join our fine art competition.
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Grand Marais SEPT. 9-16, 2022
Minnesota’s premier plein air event Be a part of Plein Air Grand Marais on the iconic North Shore. Immerse yourself in the world of plein air with world-class painters, daily activities, presentations, an open Quick Paint and a juried exhibition. Register to participate in Invitational, Juried or Open Class. Sign up for daily mini-workshops. For more information visit : outdoorpaintersofminnesota.org/ plein-air-grand-marais.html
Outdoor Painters of Minnesota and Johnson Heritage Post
Red Wing Arts Plein Air Red Wing, MN
Applications Due: April 1, 2022 Painting Dates: June 11–25, 2022 Competition Week in Red Wing: June 18–25, 2022
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