Past Events

The foremost Plein Air Competition of New England [...]

CELEBRATING 20 YEARS!The Sonoma Plein Air Festival is held annually in September, bringing over 30 juried, nationally-acclaimed artists to Sonoma for a week to paint throughout the region, then show and sell their work to benefit youth arts education in Sonoma Valley. The Festival is produced by the all-volunteer Sonoma Plein Air [...]

Sheridan Arts Foundation & Sheridan Opera House The Telluride Plein Air Festival is an essential fundraiser for the Sheridan Arts Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization created to restore and preserve the Sheridan Opera House while bringing quality arts and entertainment to the town of Telluride. Proceeds of the revenue from each [...]

The 14th Annual Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival kicks off Monday, May 9, 2022, with the arrival of 32 juried, nationally recognized and emerging artists who come to Wayne, Pennsylvania to capture the cool atmosphere and lush greens of spring in the Delaware Valley. Traveling from location to location over the course [...]

Experience the 2022 Olmsted Plein Air Invitational Gallery Exhibition and Sale. View the exhibit and sale of nearly 500 original works of art by some of America’s most esteemed contemporary Impressionist painters via the virtual catalogue.   I’m thrilled to announce that this year I was honored with the Matisse Award of [...]

[email protected]     Alison Leigh Menke, Molly Sims, and George French – three distinctly different artists – come together sharing how their common love of nature comes through in their art. Alison Leigh Menke is an expressive impressionist. She loves painting directly from life and creating work in plein air. Her approach emphasizes the importance [...]

Ocean City Today interview with Alison Menke   Thursday, August 9, 2018:  8-9 am – Additional registration for artists. Artists paint all day in the Ocean City area. Evening Event: TBD  (This past year, about 20 artists enjoyed dinner at Blu Crab House and Raw Bar.) Friday, August 10, 2018 Artists paint all day in the Ocean City [...]

In 2003, the Sheridan Arts Foundation first collaborated with Keith Wicks, executive director of Sonoma Plein Air, to produce the Telluride Plein Air Festival, and now a week of outdoor art has become an indispensable part of Telluride’s Independence Day festivities. In addition to observing some of the nation’s top plein [...]

  Artists Competition: Thursday to Saturday – June 14, 15, 16 The general public is invited to search out their favorite artist and watch them paint. Artist Locations will be marked with bright red and yellow banner flags near their painting location. Day one and two take in the large area from Advocate Harbour [...]

Thirty artists from all over the United States will participate in the third annual Bucks County Plein Air Festival from June 4-9, 2018 to produce art from life (as opposed to in the studio). The juried show awards more than $15,000 in prizes and culminates in two signature events, Bucks [...]