Almost 40 artists participated in the in the Adirondack Plein Air Festival (APAF) from August 18-21, 2011 and competed for prizes judged by Steward White. Nicolay Mikushkin won the Best of Show award and received a one-quarter page ad in a future issue of  PleinAir magazine. Tarryl Gabel won the Spirit of Health & Healing Through the Arts award, and George Van Hook won the Cape Air award.

When artists clamor to buy another artist’s paintings, you know there is something remarkable about that work. That certainly was the case when people rushed over to Charlie Hunter to make offers to buy the oil and watercolor paintings he created during the "Publisher's Invitational" Paint the Adirondacks even from June 21-26, 2011.