Marin/Scapes is the distinguished Bay Area art exhibit and sale that displays the life and landscape of Marin County, CA.  It features works by more than 60 California artists.

Proceeds from Marin/Scapes support Buckelew Employment Services (BES) as well as local and national artists.  Revenues raised support Buckelew Employment Services (BES) which provides job training, placement and coaching to help adults with mental illness secure and maintain gainful employment.

The Plein Air Painters of the West will present their 2008 workshop series in New Mexico during July and August.  Instructors include Jennifer McChristian, Marc Hanson, Aaron Schuuer, Jie Xiangyuan, and Michael Lewis.  Visit www.papwest.com for dates, times, instructors, and pricing.

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We are delighted to announce a new Plein Air event for your calendar - the Wyoming Plein Air. This new Plein Air event is a partnership between the Link Gallery and Deselms Fine Art in Cheyenne and we aim to make this inaugural national painting event one of the largest painting events and art exhibitions of its kind in Wyoming and, eventually, in the Rocky Mountain Region. We are now accepting 2008 Event entries for the selection process and attach our call for entries.

This year we are looking for approximately 60 artists who paint "en plein aire" to participate in this major outdoor painting event this summer in Downtown Cheyenne and across Wyoming. The diverse subject matter will include historic buildings, botanical gardens and other local scenes of interest as well as the prairies, deserts and mountains of the wild places, the National Forests and the National Parks. 

We already have sponsorship and awards totaling some $5,500 lined up including an award for excellence from our major sponsor, Southwest Art, who is giving a ½ page ad worth $2,500 to the first prize winner. We have further sponsiorship and awards in the pipeline and we also plan social events for the artists. Further information is presented in the attached application form.

We hope you will be as excited as we are about this new event. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions and we look forward to receiving your application.

For More Info Contact: thelinkgallery@mac.com

Sponsored by

 SOUTHWEST ART MAGAZINE
THE LINK GALLERY AND DESELMS FINE ART
CHEYENNE DEPOT MUSEUM
CHEYENNE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
THE PLAINS HOTEL
EMERSON FRAMES

Paint Annapolis 2008 is a juried competition produced by the Mid-Atlantic Plein-Air Painters Association (MAPAPA) with support from Maryland Hall, the City of Annapolis, and our sponsors. The competition is a city-wide event which in 2008 will include other fine art exhibitions, lectures and demonstrations. Twenty-three (23) artists will be selected by the juror to compete alongside the seven (7) original MAPAPA founding artist members. In addition, the juror will select 5 alternates in the event that some of the selected artists or founders cannot participate.

Paint Annapolis 2008 will run from September 17 to September 21, 2008. Artist should arrive on Wednesday evening, and the event will conclude on Sunday evening with the collector’s preview, reception, and awards. Competing artists must paint within designated boundaries (TBA) on all three painting days -- Thurs., Sept. 18, Fri., Sept. 19, and Sat., Sept. 20. Artists must submit two (2) completed, framed, and ready to hang works of art on the morning of Sun. Sept. 21. Artwork must be created during the event painting days, “en plein-air,” without the assistance of photographs, and within the painting boundaries. Artwork submissions may not exceed a framed size limit of 36”x42.”

The sale and exhibition will be held at Maryland Hall in their two gallery spaces, and work (sold and unsold) must remain on display until the end of the exhibition which is Oct 26, 2008. Artists must pick up unsold work at the end of the exhibition, or make their own arrangements for shipping work back home.

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Segil Fine Arts in Monrovia, California

2008 PAPW Show and sale.

Join us in Old Town Monrovia, CA for a week of outdoor painting, informative instruction, and an exciting show and sale.

Demonstrations and mini-workshops at local schools.
Members will paint various locations during the week.
Quickdraw 11am, Saturday, Oct. 25
Presentations and mini-workshops with local artists and art lovers.
Show opening Saturday, Oct 25, 5:00 pm

SEDONA PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL is a celebration of Sedona's extraordinary beauty as seen through the eyes of 30 of the finest plein air painters in the country. The weeklong festival will feature these painters all over town - on the streets, trailheads, creeks and vistas - capturing the beauty of the Sedona area on canvas. "En plein air," French for "in the open air," is a spontaneous art form with artists creating outdoors, responding to the immediacy of the moment and reflecting the excitement of the changing light, weather conditions and deepening shadows on canvas.

http://www.sedonapleinairfestival.com/

PLEIN AIR CHINA-Artistic expeditions and tours
Destination for artists, painters, photographers, poets and adventurers

Experience China backstage
Visit 800 year old villages, mysterious bamboo forests.
Climb the poetic Yellow Mountain and more.

Tour package $3,800 includes:
International round trip airfare from LAX
Transportation in China: air, tour bus
Hotel accommodations (based on double occupancy)
All meals in China
All park admission fees per itinerary
English speaking tour guides

Visit www.davyliu.com for more details or call
949-497-3993

Sonoma Plein Air is a weeklong event celebrating the century-old technique of outdoor painting. The Sonoma Plein Air event raises funds to support art education programs for children in Sonoma Valley.

The Sonoma Plein Air Foundation, a non-profit all volunteer organization, presents this annual event that is designed to be casual, interactive and educational.

This juried event brings nationally recognized plein air artists to Sonoma for a week of painting the inspiring landscapes of Sonoma Valley. Whether it is the magnificent green hills with giant oaks, grazing sheep and cows, winding roads, picturesque villages, or the colors and scents of wildflowers---Sonoma Valley in spring is paradise for plein air artists.

Sonoma Plein Air 2009 begins on Monday, May 4th, when artists arrive in Sonoma. Participating artists wishing accommodations will be assigned to private homes for their six-day stay. They are treated to several gourmet lunches at painting locations. Artists paint throughout the week in Sonoma County. There is no public access during this time.

http://www.sonomapleinair.com/about.html