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Plein Air Event in Alabama Town Driven by Museum

Gadsden, Alabama, population 37,000, hosts a successful plein air event each spring that culminates in an exhibition in the Gadsden Museum of Art. Their...

Painter Wins Free Registration to Plein Air Convention

Congratulations to Joe Rademan -- the winner of a complimentary registration to the 2014 Plein Air Convention & Expo in Monterey! ...

Painting Texas’s Beautiful Hill Country

The weather has cooled off a bit in Texas, and members of Oil Painters of America and other artists will be taking advantage of...

Tustin Awards Several in Plein Air Event

While the gala Laguna Plein Air Painters Association was going on by the shore, the city of Tustin held its Art Walk and plein...

Laguna Event Enjoys Phoenix-like Rebirth

When the Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational lost its home at the Laguna Art Museum last year, saddened West Coast artists didn't know what...

Buy a Plein Air Piece, Help Colorado Flood Victims

The Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park, Colorado, found itself in a poignant spot during the recent flooding and devastation in that area. They...

Mendocino Loves Various Media

Most plein air events don't differentiate among media, or they show a bias toward oils. Not so in Mendocino, California. The Medocino Open Paint...

7 Days, 250 Paintings

The North Shore of Lake Superior was painted by 70 artists recently, and their abundant output made it hard to choose winners. ...

OPPORTUNITY: Painting Schooners This Weekend

The Connecticut Schooner Festival offers New England painters the chance to depict majestic ships this week.  This schooner, Mystic, will be...

A Chance to Paint History

A plein air group in Kentucky has a way to paint a historic event from the Civil War. How? Plein Aire...

Westfield Event Offers One Model for a Successful Plein Air Startup

Katherine Brown Galbraith, the owner and artist behind The Station Art Gallery in Westfield, New York, decided to start a plein air event in...

Picturesque Painting on a Texas Barrier Island

North of Padre Island, on Texas's Gulf Coast, is a long barrier island named Mustang, and on it is a town of 4,000 people...

Painting Harvest Time in Nebraska

More than 100 artists converge on the Nebraska town of Brownville in October for Paint Brownville, and the event's tagline is intriguing… ...

Joy on the Garden Tour

What's the hospitality for artists like in the Highlands portion of North Carolina? Ask the plein air painters who were guests this year of...

Women Artists Band Together in Alaska for Workshop

In Alaska a small group of women have long had the breathtaking subarctic scenes of woods, lakes and mountains all to themselves, but for...

The Bride Wore White, the Working Artist Wore a Suit

Most people just see an outdoor wedding. An artist sees an outdoor wedding ... and a plein air painting opportunity. Marc...

OPA Salon Comes to Petoskey

A group like the Oil Painters of America has a lot to offer the nation's artists and communities, so it takes its show on...

Artists Invited to Paint Ancient Cliff Dwellings

Last month 23 artists had a singular painting experience: They painted in and around ancient cliff dwellings in Southwestern Colorado. Surrounded by art made...

Plein Air Painting Opportunity in Wisconsin

Fourteen spots remain for artists to join the Cedarburg Plein Air Event, in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. The annual event draws more than 150 artists to...

Painting Florida’s “Forgotten Coast”

The Forgotten Coast Cultural Coalition, a nonprofit organization promoting cultural events along Florida's Panhandle coast from Alligator Point to Mexico Beach in the Panama...