Apply Now to Plein Air Easton - It Could Be Your Year
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What is Plein Air Easton?
In its 11th year, Plein Air Easton is the largest and most prestigious outdoor painting competition in the United States. The festival is the work of the non-profit Avalon Foundation. The object of Plein Air Easton is to expose the area’s vibrant arts community to a larger market. The Avalon Foundation’s mission is to improve the quality of life for the people living on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Why YOU Should Do Quick Draw at PAEX
See our new blog with the artists' insight as to why EVERYONE should come out and participate in Quick Draw!
My Very Own Garin Baker Original?? Yes, Please!!! By Doris Glovier
~~You most likely know that Garin Baker was Plein Air Easton’s Grand Prize Winner for 2013. He won with his powerful painting, ”A Buck Twenty a Bushel!”. It seemed somewhat surprising to me that a painting with a figure won the competition but when I saw it I understood why. The painting portrays a waterman sitting at the helm of his workboat, his back to the viewer. He appears to be hot, sweaty and sagging from an arduous day of crabbing. It’s one of those paintings that tell a story simply but deeply and undeniably expressive. Those are the ones that really speak to me.
Plein Air-Easton! 2013 Vlog-Yearbook
Thank you to all of the competition artists and everyone who supported the 2013 event!
Stay Plugged In To Plein Air-Easton!
THE BUZZ IS STILL BREWING
Plein Air–Easton! 2013 was off the charts! A month after artists departed Easton, they are still talking, blogging & posting about the event. Read about the experience from a first-hand perspective . . .
Plein Air-Easton! 2013 Video Blog-Recruiting Volunteers
Plein Air-Easton! is seeking highly motivated and friendly volunteers. Volunteer tasks include staging events, moving tables, hanging paintings, answering questions about the festival at the information center, greeting visitors at the Academy Art Museum, escorting people through the art library at the Academy Art Museum, data entry, and cashiering. Other volunteers will comprise street teams that help with the Saturday Quick Draw and the new Plein Air–Easton! The Next Generation programming on Sunday.
Plein Air-Easton! 2013 Video Blog-Ask the Expert
What's that you say you want to learn more about being a particpating artist at Plein Air-Easton! Find out what our resident expert has to say!
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!