A fundraising plein air event that benefits a school for special needs children has been so successful that it is now a year-round program. Several artists recently created their summer paintings near the school, in Glenmoore, Pennsylvania, to be part of an exhibition at Rosenfeld Gallery in Philadelphia from November 29-December 2, 2012.

Artists can still register to participate in a three-day plein air competition from July 27-29 along Kansas City's Brush Creek, a newly completed four-mile walkway. An exhibition of the plein air paintings opens on August 23, and awards will be given for paintings created in the four designated zones.

Special invitations are being extended to a limited number of collectors, scholars, curators, and artists to join top U.S. and Russian artists for an exchange of ideas and a discussion about painting from November 3-5, 2012 in historic Charles City, Virginia.

The Light Chasers is a Sarasota, Florida, plein air painting group that is a division of Plein Air Florida. The group invites you to join 20-30 members every Thursday morning during the season. Plein Air Florida is also planning another annual exhibition of members' artwork.

Plein Air - Easton! just ended in Maryland, and we are gathering photographs of the winning paintings for next week's e-newsletter. In the meantime, we want to share some of the photographs and videos just posted online.

On Saturday, July 28, artists will paint along the Metolius River near the iconic Wizard Falls Fish Hatchery north of Sisters, Oregon. The National Forest Foundation and Deschutes National Forest will host the 4th Annual Plein Air Paint Out. Find out about this effort to promote conservation and stewardship.

The Hudson River School Art Trail is a project to map the painting sites of the artists Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, and their contemporaries including Asher B. Durand, Sanford Gifford, and Jasper Cropsey. The HRSAT is now online at a mobile-friendly website, and the organization is accepting submissions for "Postcards from the Trail."