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Gibsons Landing 2014 Plein Air Paint Out

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Date: September 13 – 14, 2014

Location: Gibsons Landing BC

Costs: Free

Description:

This FREE event is part of the 2014 IPAP Plein Air  WORLDWIDE Paint Out hosted by Poynter Studio and the Town of Gibsons.

  • Painters working on site throughout the heritage wharf waterfront
  • Display/sale at the Arts Building & the Landing Gallery.
  • People’s Choice award and prizes
  • Artist demos and presentations
  • Sketchcrawl for Newbies
  • Participants informal gathering/BBQ

Registration:

Website link for info and registration: http://janpoynter.com/gibsons-paint-out/

Registration is required – Please sign-in upon arrival at the Arts Building : 464 South Fletcher

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Penticton Art Gallery

Penticton Plein Air 2014

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Date: September 27 – 28th, 2014

Time: Registration & Check-in 9:00 am – 10:30 am / Competition 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Cost: $20.00 early registration/$25.00 day of registration

Who: This is an open call to all artists, from amateur to professional.

Location:  Penticton Art Gallery, 199 Marina Way, Penticton, BC. (map)

Description:

For the Official Rules go to our webpage at:

http://www.pentictonartgallery.com/scms.asp?node=666

This is not a competition. This is an opportunity for artists to gather and celebrate the arts in a beautiful town.

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The Stories We Can Tell

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The longer one paints outside the more stories one seems to collect. We all have at least one.

Most encounters are no more than a few seconds with a bystander taking the time to come over and ask if they can take a look. This is usually followed by either a pleasant conversation or them jokingly asking where the numbers on the canvas are. Either way it is one of the challenges to taking your art outside.

michael king plein air Westham Island Herb FarmMy newest story, is from just this Monday, June 2, 2014. I was painting at Westham Island Herb Farm in Ladner with a friend of mine, Mary Ann Burrows. It was an absolutely beautiful morning and we found an old abandoned truck in the farmers field after asking permission to paint on-site.

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Heritage Paint Out Shoot Out 2014

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Date: July 27, 2014

Location: Nanaimo, BC

Costs: $10 public, $8 NAC members – Enter in person on the day of the event

Description:

This is on the following day of the Qualicum Beach Grand Prix d’ Art, one can get two competitions on this Island in two days then go home with the money!

An artistic race against time to bring Heritage to life. A new date and double the prize money this year!

Painters and photographers meet at the Nanaimo Museum at 10:00 am where they draw randomly for a Heritage building location supplied by the City. You then spend the day painting and photographing your selected building, returning to the Museum at 3:00 pm with a presentation ready piece where the work is judged to receive cash prizes totally $1,000.

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