The McBride Gallery in Annapolis, Maryland, just opened an exhibition titled Artists' Favorite Places. Find out who is included in the show and their favorite locations for plein air painting.

An impressive group of the country’s most talented artists will have their paintings on view at the Bennington Center for the Arts from June 9 - July 14, 2012. Included in the exhibition are several prominent plein air painters, among them are Daniel F. Gerhartz, Stephen C. Datz, Charles Muench, Amery Bohling, Josh Elliott, and Rusty Jones.

Birds in Art, a juried competition held each fall at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin, is one of the most important international art events for artists who paint wildlife subjects. Each year one person is designated as a Master Wildlife Artist, and in 2011 New York artist James Coe is the 32nd person to join the fraternity of artists that includes Robert Bateman, Maynard Reece, Carl Brenders, Anne Senechal Faust, and Nancy Howe.