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Questions? Contact event coordinator , 518-891-1388.
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April 2018: Click HERE for the list of participating artists.
"10 Years of Plein Air" Exhibit
April 2018: We are pleased to announce that there will be a special exhibit in August 2018 of works by the 5 artists who have attended every one of the 10 years of the Adirondack Plein Air Festival. Jacqueline Altman, Nancy Brossard, Tarryl Gabel, Sandra Hildreth, and Diane Leifheit will be featured in the show at the Paul Smith's College VIC, which also happens to be one of the painting locations during the Festival.
February 2018: Joe Gyurcsak selected as 2018 Awards Juror and Workshop Presenter. Read more about Joe HERE.
Learn more about the workshop, "Capturing Light & Atmosphere in the Adirondacks, Aug 11-12, 2018.
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January 2018: Selection jurors announced: Tennessee artist and 2015 Awards Juror, Gayle Levée, Maine artist and former participant Mary Byrom, and New York artist Frances Gaffney. 2018 will be the 10th anniversary of the event, celebrating the dramatic landscapes of the Adirondack Mountains. We are adding an additional painting day this year too - artists may now start painting on Monday Aug 13, as soon as you check in and get canvases stamped. There will host a "Meet the Artists" Nocturne Reception at the Hotel Saranac Monday evening. Mark your calendars: the Special Preview Party will be Friday evening, Aug 17 and the Show & Sale on Saturday Aug 18.
Here's another opportunity to paint the Adirondacks: The Publisher's Invitational Adirondack Paint Week, hosted by Eric Rhoads. Spend June 10-18 at Paul Smith's College and do nothing but paint for a week! No competition, no exhibit, no schedule - just painting with plein air artists from all over the country. Registration is open!
2017 RESULTSApril 2018: Click HERE for the list of participating artists.
"10 Years of Plein Air" Exhibit
April 2018: We are pleased to announce that there will be a special exhibit in August 2018 of works by the 5 artists who have attended every one of the 10 years of the Adirondack Plein Air Festival. Jacqueline Altman, Nancy Brossard, Tarryl Gabel, Sandra Hildreth, and Diane Leifheit will be featured in the show at the Paul Smith's College VIC, which also happens to be one of the painting locations during the Festival.
February 2018: Joe Gyurcsak selected as 2018 Awards Juror and Workshop Presenter. Read more about Joe HERE.
Learn more about the workshop, "Capturing Light & Atmosphere in the Adirondacks, Aug 11-12, 2018.
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January 2018: Selection jurors announced: Tennessee artist and 2015 Awards Juror, Gayle Levée, Maine artist and former participant Mary Byrom, and New York artist Frances Gaffney. 2018 will be the 10th anniversary of the event, celebrating the dramatic landscapes of the Adirondack Mountains. We are adding an additional painting day this year too - artists may now start painting on Monday Aug 13, as soon as you check in and get canvases stamped. There will host a "Meet the Artists" Nocturne Reception at the Hotel Saranac Monday evening. Mark your calendars: the Special Preview Party will be Friday evening, Aug 17 and the Show & Sale on Saturday Aug 18.
Here's another opportunity to paint the Adirondacks: The Publisher's Invitational Adirondack Paint Week, hosted by Eric Rhoads. Spend June 10-18 at Paul Smith's College and do nothing but paint for a week! No competition, no exhibit, no schedule - just painting with plein air artists from all over the country. Registration is open!
VLADISLAVE YELISEYEV - 1ST PLACE - 2017 ADIRONDACK PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL
Event Coverage in Plein Air Today
A roster of 50 outstanding artists made it a challenge for Awards Juror Aline Ordman, but in the end, Sarasota, Florida artist Vladislav Yeliseyev took home the 1st Place prize at the Adirondack Plein Air Festival. He headed home with a check for $1000, from Saranac Lake ArtWorks, $750 Featured ArtWork ad in PleinAirCollector.com, 1 nights lodging & breakfast (Hotel Saranac $300); Frame & Panel (Ampersand $120); and a set of Golden QR watercolors (Golden Paints, $112). Vlad was recognized for the quality of his entire body of work.
George Van Hook, Cambridge, NY, won the 2nd place prize of $500, donated by AdkAction. There were 6 $250 awards handed out: Andre Lucero, Virginia, won the BookStore Plus Award; Patricia Bellerose, Quebec, received the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Award; Alison Leigh Menke, Maryland, earned the "Best of Lake Placid" Award, sponsored by the Lake Placid Center for the Arts; the "Best of the VIC" Award, from Paul Smiths College, went to Olena Babak, Maine; the Adirondack Motel Award, donated by Fred & Sue Mueller, went to Cynthia Rosen, of Vermont; and Tara Will, Maryland, received the Community Bank Award for the merit of her entire body of work.
There was also a special display of paintings done of Eagle Island, as a fund-raiser for the Friends of Eagle Island. and Pennsylvania artist Beth Bathe won the prize in that category.The artists all voted for their favorite and that $150 award, donated by the Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery, went to Tara Will. She also won the $200 Quick Draw Competition, held Saturday morning amid threatening skies, donated by the Adirondack Daily Enterprise and Geomatics Land Surveying.
During the course of the week the NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery sponsored a Nocturne Contest - paintings done after the sun goes down. New York artist Crista Pisano won that $100 prize.
The final award, the People's Choice, went to Tarryl Gabel, of New York. Tarryl has attended every single Adirondack Plein Air Festival (this year was the 9th). The $500 prize was donated by AdkAction, an organization that is very supportive of local arts initiatives.
Thanks to all our artists, sponsors, donors, volunteers, and art collectors - it was a wonderfully successful event and photos will be posted soon.
OTHER ADIRONDACK PLEIN AIR EVENTS
- The Publisher's Invitational PAINT THE ADIRONDACKS at Paul Smith’s College. 6/10 - 6/17, 2018
- The KEESEVILLE PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL June 20-24, 2018
- VIC PAINT-OUT September 1-8, 2017.
- ADIRONDACK HARVEST PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL in Ticonderoga, Sept 14-16, 2018
The Adirondack region has long been known as a wonderful, wild vacation retreat and the inspiration for numerous artists, writers and musicians. The artists who come and take part in the Adirondack Plein Air Festival know that very well, which is what attracts them from all over the country. It's the largest wilderness east of the Mississippi, yet within an easy days drive of the major cities of the northeast. There are mountains, lakes, rivers, bogs, forests, farms, and small communities - a full variety of subject matter for artists. Ninety artists submitted applications and 50 were selected to participate.
The Adirondack Plein Air Festival involves 4 1/2 days of painting and then a huge Show & Sale that could very well have 500 fresh, wet paintings that were created during the event. Spectators are encouraged to come watch the creative process as well as to enjoy the Adirondack environment themselves. Click on the "Schedule" link above to see what is going on each day of the event.
Our artists have a wonderful time exploring the Adirondacks with their paintbrushes. We invite you to come see what they have produced and perhaps bring home your own piece of the Adirondacks.
2017 Plein Air Festival - Town Hall Show & Sale, Mark Kurtz Photography