The 9th Annual Plein Air–Easton! Competition & Arts Festival has announced important dates for 2013, as follows . . .
January 25, 2013 – Artists’ prospectus released
March 8, 2013 – Artists deadline to enter juried competition
March 29, 2013 – Competition artists announced.
July 15-21, 2013 – Plein Air–Easton! Competition & Arts Festival
July 19, 2013 – Plein Air–Easton! Collectors’ Preview Party at the Academy Museum
Plein Air–Easton! is America’s premier plein air festival. It is a juried competition that attracts the best plein air artists from across the country and around the globe, who converge on Easton and Talbot County to create and sell some of the best representational art in the world.
Plein Air–Easton! is a rare opportunity to interact with these artists and experience an up-close view of the spontaneous and exciting art form of plein air painting—where artists leave their studios to paint “in the moment” outdoors. In just a few days, many hundreds of paintings are created and sold, making this a hot spot for art collectors and enthusiasts. Each artist enters two of their best paintings created during a multi-day painting marathon, and may also exhibit and sell other paintings created during Plein Air–Easton! as well as paintings brought with them. The pinnacle of the competition is the Collector’s Preview Party, which offers the first opportunity to view and purchase the competition paintings—many of which still contain wet paint—and to see the competition exhibit intact before paintings begin to be sold. Winners are announced during an awards ceremony at the Collectors’ Preview Party.
Artists, art collectors, art and nature enthusiasts, students, tourists, local businesses, and spectators alike have discovered that this event truly lives up to its slogan of offering “Art for Everyone.” Plein Air–Easton! has become one of Easton’s largest events. Over the past eight years, Plein Air–Easton! has attracted tens of thousands of visitors and consistently posted impressive figures for art sales.
Plein Air–Easton! is the work of the Avalon Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide diversified arts and educational programs that improve the quality of life in the Mid-Shore region. The Academy Art Museum is the museum venue for the competition exhibit. The event is supported by Friends of Plein Air–Easton!, the Talbot County Arts Council, and corporate, media, product, and community‑based sponsors.
Mark your calendars now for the 2013 Plein Air–Easton! Competition & Arts Festival to be held July 15-21, 2013, with pre-festival events beginning the week before.
Plein Air–Easton! highlights are available on an extensive video blog available at www.pleinaireaston.com.
For information, call 410.822.7297 or visit www.pleinaireaston.com.
Hiu Lai Chong (second from left) from Rockville, MD, won both the $5,000 Grand Prize and the Artists’ Choice award for her nocturnal painting of the Hooper Strait Lighthouse, “All Tucked In.” Shown (left to right) are Avalon Foundation Executive Director Al Bond, Hiu Lai Chong, Krystal Allen of PleinAir magazine, and Plein Air–Easton! volunteer Cindy Reed. Photo courtesy of Attraction magazine.
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