2nd Annual Plein Air Festival
March 12, 2015 to March 15, 2015
Lighthouse ArtCenter Museum, Tequesta, FL
Application Dates
Aug 19 '14 to Jan 28 '15
Application Fee
$40.00
(see prospectus for details)
Notification Date
Feb 9, 2015

Prospectus

Situated in the lovely seaside village of Tequesta, Florida, the Lighthouse ArtCenter proudly presents its 2nd Annual Plein Air Festival. This juried invitational event is a premiere gathering; the largest of its kind in South Florida.

Total awards to be given out value $10,000 in cash and prize packages including a check for $4,000 to the Best in Show.

This year’s esteemed festival judges include: Morgan Samuel Price (renowned plein air artist, instructor and author), Marisa J. Pascucci, (curator, Boca Museum of Art) and Glenn Tomlinson, (curator, Norton Museum of Art). 

Kicking off the festival with advertisements in the August/September, October/November, December/January and February/March issues of the national publication, Plein Air Magazine, the ArtCenter expects juried participating artists from all over the country, along with a major public and collectors’ attendance during the prime visitors’ season in Florida.

The public will enjoy painting demos, a party for artists and collectors, and opportunities to buy quality art with a local flair.

Artists are invited to submit FOUR samples of their best plein air work, so they may be considered for inclusion in this multi-day event and be eligible for cash awards. (Four samples are required!) Open to all artists working with oil, acrylic and watercolor paint or pastels.

2015 Painting locations include:

  • Society of the Four Arts Garden, Palm Beach
  • Harbourside Place, Jupiter
  • Riverbend Park, Jupiter
  • DuBois Park, Jupiter

At the conclusion of the official festival events, artists will have to opportunity to leave their finished paintings on display in the Museum’s gallery until March 28th to increase sales potential. After March 28th, artists may either pick up unsold work, donate it to the ArtCenter and receive a donation receipt or elect have it shipped back to them as long as shipping costs and packaging have been provided.

Artists who are selected to participate in the Festival will receive a booklet of detailed information after the notifications go out in February.

Important dates, deadlines and Festival schedule:

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - Last day for juried entry application

Wednesday, February 11 - Notification of juried acceptance

Thursday, March 12 - Kids’ Paint Out * Kids’ Awards and Ice Cream Reception, ArtCenter School of Art* Meet the Festival Artists at Reception, Lighthouse ArtCenter Museum, 5 to 7 p.m.

Friday, March 13 & Saturday, March 14, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Festival Paint Out with juried invited artists at multiple locations.*

Friday, March 13 - Peek at the Day’s Paintings and Sale, ArtCenter Museum, 6 to 7 p.m. *

Saturday, March 14 - Collectors’ Preview and Cocktail Reception. ArtCenter Museum, 6 to 8 p.m. (Tickets are $50 each, which includes a $50 purchase certificate. NO CHARGE for juried Festival artists)

Sunday, March 15 – Quick Draw Painting Contest, DuBois Park 9 a.m. to noon. Registration required for artists.Reception, Wet-Painting Sales and Awards, ArtCenter Museum, 3 to 6 p.m.*

Sunday, March 15 – Art pickup (if not leaving on display until March 28th) 6:30 to 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 28 – Art pickup 2-4 p.m.

Monday, March 30 - Art pickup continues 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

March 15-March 28 - Exhibition of Festival’s Plein Air Paintings, ArtCenter Museum

*Free to the public!

This four-day series of related events in the Palm Beach, Florida area, is centered around one of the most popular art styles right now! Juried artists will have the chance to compete for $10,000 in cash and prizes when their work is judged. Our selected painting locations offer artists the opportunity to capture beautiful scenes that are unique to South Florida and all paintings created during the event will be on extended display to optimize sales for the artists.

  • Meet the Artists Reception - The juried artists are the stars of this evening. Talk to them about their plein air work.
  • Watch the artistry of the plein air painters, live at designated locations in the Jupiter-Tequesta-Palm Beach area.
  • Collectors’ Preview and Cocktail Party – Exclusive access where paintings created earlier in the day will be available for purchase at this ticketed evening event.
  • Quick-Draw Contest - Registration is open to any artist, including general public.
  • Kids Paint Out. Kids try their hand at painting outdoors.
  • Awards Reception and Art Sale - paintings from the festival will be judged, prizes awarded and all art will then be on display and available for purchase.

JUDGING PANEL FOR FESTIVAL

Morgan Samuel Price

Ms. Price has traveled widely in America and Europe painting en plein air. She’s also been included in more than sixty-three invitational national exhibitions, received numerous national awards (visit MorganSamuelPrice.com for a complete listing.). Ms. Price has been published fourteen times in national magazines and authored Oil Painting with a Basic Palette and Turn on the Light a touchstone to Plein Air Painting.

Jean Stern Ph.D., Executive Director for the Joan Irvine Smith Museum of California Impressionists writes: “Morgan Samuel Price is among the best of the true plein air painters of today…”

Ms. Price is also a respected teacher. For more than35 years, she has been teaching and inspiring fellow artists all over the world with her wealth of knowledge. Her unique ability to convey her knowledge with each individual student is a gift she loves sharing. She has a passion for her art form that drives a relentless pursuit for perfection. Her unending quest to seize the moment that natural light creates, allows her to draw the viewer into the moment she first set out to capture on her canvas. The natural beauty in her work is truly timeless. Morgan Samuel Price’s dedication to her art form is unwavering whether it is manifested at the easel or at the lecture podium.

Marisa J. Pascucci, Curator of Collections, Boca Museum of Art An experienced art museum curator and noted author, speaker and educator, Marisa J. Pascucci has a progressive career with renowned organizations and premiere exhibitions. She joined the Boca Raton Museum of Art in June 2012 in the leadership role of Curator of Collections and is charged with overseeing the care and development of the important permanent collection; the planning, organizing, and selecting the Museum's diverse exhibitions; and, assisting with the creation and implementation of relevant programming to the presentation of special exhibitions and the permanent collection.

Most recently she was the Associate Editor of The Art Economist—a critically informative publication focusing on the global contemporary art market; an independent curator and author on the visual arts; and, adjunct faculty and career advisor at Palm Beach State College.

Ms. Pascucci has also served as the Curator of American Art at the Norton Museum of Art; Senior Curator at the Everson Museum of Art; Associate Curator at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts; Curatorial Assistant at MOCA, Cleveland; and Instructor at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

She graduated from American University (Washington, DC) with a BA in art history and earned two MA degrees in art history and museum studies from the joint program between Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Glenn Tomlinson, Norton Museum of Art

Mr. Tomlinson is the William Randolph Hearst Curator of Education at the Norton Museum of Art, a position he’s held since January 2001. He and his staff of five develop and manage education and outreach programs for school children, families and underserved youth, as well as lectures, concerts, films, tours and classes for adults, and the popular weekly Norton Art After Dark series. The education department also recruits, trains, and schedules more than 70 docents and the museum’s volunteer program.

Previously Mr. Tomlinson was the Director of Museum Education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and a long-time staff lecturer at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He holds a Masters of Art in Art History from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Bachelor of Art in Fine Art from Hamilton College.