Plein Air-Easton! 2013 Video Blog - Happy New Year From Plein Air-Easton!
It may only be January, but the crew at Plein Air-Easton! cannot wait until July! Happy New Year everybody.
Blog posts on the topic of Competitions
2013 Plein Air-Easton! Prospectus
What is Plein Air-Easton!?
The entry jurist and awards judge have been named for the 9th Annual Plein Air–Easton!
The entry jurist, who selects which artists will contend in the National Competition, is Peter Trippi. Mr. Trippi is editor of Fine Art Connoisseur, a bimonthly magazine that serves collectors of historical and contemporary representational painting, sculpture, drawings, and prints. He is also president of Projects in 19th-Century Art, Inc., the firm he established to pursue a range of research, writing, and curating opportunities.
Plein Air-Easton! 2012 Video Blog - Quick Draw The Next Generation
Hosted by our guest youth host, Summer Snead, we check in with the youngest artists participating in the Festival & pop in to see a little of the Local Color exhibit as well.
Plein Air-Easton! 2012 Video Blog - Quick Draw
A Video Blog to document the rainiest Quick Draw in Plein Air-Easton! history! Don't worry though, it has a happy ending, in spite of the rain, quick draw sales were up and everyone had a memorable time.
Congrats to our Quick Draw Winners:
1st Place - 1,500: Tim Kelly from Baltimore, MD for “It Rained Hard for 20 Minutes”
2nd Place, $750: Michele Byrne from Wyomissing, PA for “Market Rain”
3rd Place, $500: Jane McGraw-Tuebner from E. Northpoint, NY for “View Before the Rain”
Honorable Mention, $100: Ken DeWaard from Viroqua, WI for “After the Rain”
Plein Air-Easton! 2012 Video Blog - Collectors Party!
To quote Grand Prize Winner, Hui Lai Chong, we are all "exhausted with happiness!" Watch this video to witness the Collectors Party & highlights from the Awards Ceremony, then save the date for 2013's Collectors Party...you will not want to miss it!
Plein Air-Easton! 2012 Video Blog - Setting up the Gallery!
The competition is winding down and the artists are hot and tired. At the Academy Art Museum, things are just gearing up with the very first paintings being checked in and the galleries and library getting ready for collectors!
Plein Air-Easton! 2012 Video Blog - Volunteer Party
Thank you Volunteers! It takes the full attention of the 9 full time Avalon Foundation staff and the hard work of more than 200 volunteers to make Plein Air-Easton! happen. We couldn't do anything without all of their efforts. We visit with some painters working on nocturnal pieces and the artist's paintable territory moves into Easton.
Plein Air-Easton! 2012 Video Blog - Vanishing Landscapes
Let's talk Vanishing Landscapes and Photography Contest and catch up on everything that is coming up for Plein Air-Easton! 2012!
Plein Air-Easton! 2012 Video Blog - Billy Bragg
Some lucky Plein Air painters get the opportunity to paint a Billy Bragg concert LIVE and we catch up with a few artists out painting on the street.