submitted by Yavapai College
Calling all artists! Yavapai College’s Prescott Campus Art Gallery announces that submissions are now open for Art in the Pines: The Fifth Annual Prescott Plein Air Festival. Plein air painters from everywhere are encouraged to bring themselves and their works to Prescott and paint the pine forests, boulder-lined highland lakes and historic architecture.
Submissions for the Plein Air Festival close April 5.
The Plein Air Festival celebrates Prescott’s gorgeous vistas, compelling history and architectural beauty, as artists create amazing works on the trailheads and scenic byways of the Prescott area during the festival.
The Festival runs October 9-13, with a reception and sale at YC’s Prescott Campus Gallery in the Jim and Linda Lee Performing Arts Center on October 13 from 1:30 to 4:00 PM. Artists will receive 50 percent of sales of paintings completed during the Festival. The Best of Show winner will be awarded $1,000 and a solo exhibition at the Yavapai College Patty McMullen-Mikles Gallery in Clarkdale.
This year’s Plein Air Festival judges will be artists Bill Cramer and Dawn Sutherland.
The artist application fee is $35. Plein Air artists may apply via the Yavapai College Prescott Art Gallery’s Submittable Page, at:
https://yavapaicollegeartgallery.submittable.com/submit
The submissions will be juried, and 20 artists accepted for the festival. Artists will be notified of acceptance between April 12 and 15.
Each accepted artist must donate a signature painting to be included in a pre-festival charity auction to benefit scholarships and student art prizes at Yavapai College. The auction will take place from Sept. 15th – Oct. 9th. Donated paintings not sold at auction will become part of Yavapai College’s permanent art collection. Festival staff will arrange pick-up days for donated paintings in Phoenix, Sedona and Flagstaff.
For further information on the submissions process, or Art in the Pines: The Fifth Annual Prescott Plein Air Festival, please contact Yavapai College Prescott Art Gallery Manager Tim Hull at: Timothy.Hull@yc.edu or call 928.776.2031.
Submissions close April 5
for participating artists
and their works.
