Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is accepting applications to its artist-in-residence program. Photo courtesy of city-data.com

Artists interested in spending one to three weeks painting in the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area near Redding, California, as part of the National Park Service’s Artist-in-Residence program need to ready their applications. 

The deadline is February 27 to submit résumé, images, and other information to the National Park Service. More information is available here.

Artists in residence will be offered a two-bedroom cabin in the recreation area, and will be expected to donate a painting at the end of the residency. This is the 12th year for the program. Although other media are welcome, the emphasis of the program is on plein air painting. The juror for the submissions will be Emma Acker, assistant curator for American art at San Francisco’s de Young Museum of Fine Art. Those selected for the program will be notified by the end of March.

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area boasts more than 42,000 acres of forest, with a mountain lake and four waterfalls adding appeal.

 


1 COMMENT

  1. In Holland I am one of the few people Who
    is painting outside in all types off weather. So I am special. But I see in America many people like to do so. Very good. But I stay here in my Very slal but very nice country.

  2. In Holland I am one of the few people Who
    is painting outside in all types off weather. So I am special. But I see in America many people like to do so. Very good. But I stay here in my Very slal but very nice country.

  3. In Holland I am one of the few people Who
    is painting outside in all types off weather. So I am special. But I see in America many people like to do so. Very good. But I stay here in my Very slal but very nice country.

  4. The Plein Air Artists of West Michigan (PAAWM) are another group regularly painting out in all kinds of weather. We gather the 2nd and 4th Saturday each month, all year, especially painting in preserves and sanctuaries of the S.W. Michigan Land Conservancy. This collaberation produces a calender each year gaining exposure and raising funds for the conservancy.

  5. I paint with PAAWM and packing up to paint plein air takes more effort than staying in my studio, but is always worth the energy put forth to get that special light and shadow. The comraderie of the group is especially good therapy for winter in Michigan

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