Painting Exhibitions and Events

Discover upcoming artist events, art exhibitions, paint-outs, quick draws, Invitationals, and more for plein air artists and collectors.

Actress Jane Seymour

Celebrity Coming to PACE in 2023

A film and television actress is coming to the Plein Air Convention & Expo this year. Who is it? Find out here ...
Watercolor Live - Joyce Hicks

Landscape Highlights from Watercolor Live 2023

See a recap of landscape painting demonstrations from the 3rd Annual Watercolor Live, where some of today’s best artists shared their secrets, and explained their materials, methods, and more.
From the Desert Plein Air Association event at Shields Date Garden, December 2022

Your February 2023 Plein Air Events and Deadlines

Take advantage of these in-person and virtual plein air painting opportunities from our special guide!
painting retreat

Everyone Who Paints is Welcome

An Invitation from Eric Rhoads
Plein art art show

Plein Air Art Show: Layers of Autumn

The Kelly Adirondack Center and Union College Department of Visual Arts is presenting "Layers of Autumn," an exhibition of paintings by ...
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Your Plein Air Painting Events Guide for December 2022

Take advantage of these in-person and virtual plein air painting opportunities from our special guide!
Plein air painting events

Your Plein Air Painting Events Guide for November 2022

Take advantage of these in-person and virtual plein air painting opportunities from our special guide!
Painting during the Publisher's Invitational, Fall Color Week

Your Plein Air Painting Events Guide for October 2022

Take advantage of these in-person and virtual plein air painting opportunities from our special guide!
Painting during the Publisher's Invitational, Fall Color Week

Your Plein Air Painting Events Guide for September 2022

Take advantage of these in-person and virtual plein air painting opportunities from our special guide!
From the pastel painting session with Bethany Fields

A Plethora of Pastel Techniques for Landscapes

Enjoy a recap of the 2nd Annual Pastel Live, an unforgettable event for artists of all levels of painting with pastels.
Plein air painting events

Your Plein Air Painting Events Guide for August 2022

Take advantage of these in-person and virtual plein air painting opportunities from our special guide!
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Your Plein Air Painting Events Guide for July 2022

Take advantage of these in-person and virtual plein air painting opportunities from our special guide!
painting retreats

Photo Essay: Plein Air Painting in the Adirondacks

Everyone is welcome to this annual event, which is a no-pressure week of simply painting with friends.
Plein Air Convention - photo by Cherie Dawn Haas

27 Aha Moments and Memories from PACE

I reached out to some of our friends who attended PACE this year, and asked them to share their favorite memories from the event. Keep reading to see pics and hear about what we all experienced - including a surprise guest appearance that’s guaranteed to make you smile.
Eric Rhoads and friends painting en plein air at a Publisher's Invitational

Your Plein Air Painting Events Guide for May 2022

Take advantage of these in-person and virtual plein air painting opportunities from our special guide!
Plein Air Painting Events

Your Plein Air Painting Events Guide for April 2022

Take advantage of these in-person and virtual plein air painting opportunities from our special guide!
Bierstadt paintings

Over 40 Hudson River School Landscapes on View

This closely-knit group of artists, together with like-minded poets and writers, forged a self-consciously “American” landscape vision and literary voice.
Plein air events

Your Plein Air Painting Events Guide for March 2022

Take advantage of these in-person and virtual plein air painting opportunities from our special guide!
Plein Air Convention & Expo

13 Reasons to Meet Us in Santa Fe

It will be so exciting to see old friends, make new ones, attend classes and presentations indoors throughout the day and then, as one big group, head outside to paint each day in the late afternoon.
Carol Carter Watercolor Live

Day 1 Highlights from Watercolor Live

Our first "main event" day of Watercolor Live did not disappoint! We enjoyed sessions with Alvaro Castagnet, Francesco Fontana, Paul Jackson, Tom Lynch, Jean...