Plein Air Opportunities
This is where you can find information about upcoming Plein Air events. We try to organize outdoor painting events as interest peaks and weather permits, and we are also open to collaboration with other arts groups to organize these events.
On occasion, we're also asked to promote regional, out-of-state plein aire events, too, for those artists who like to explore and meet new scenery and fellowship artists outside our state. Check out the Heading Regional Plein Aire Events for these.
We meet as a group at a designated spot and spend the morning painting various perspectives in a supportive group setting. Just an outing with fellow artists!
Everyone is welcome...all levels, all media. There are no fees, no instruction, no judgment.
Some of the venues we've painted include the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts grounds, the Old Mill at TR Pugh Memorial Park, and Wildwood Park for the Arts.
Our in-group Plein Air coordinator is Kay Reed. She can be reached at gandkreed@gmail.com We are always open to suggestions, and if you, as a member, would like to organize a painting outing please email Kay or the ALA at Arkansasleagueofartists@yahoo.com
Future Plein Air Events are currently in the works; we're still ironing out the details. Stay tuned.
ALA Member, Myra Eley, has informed us of a plein air gathering in the Batesville area planned by a collective group of artists in the Batesville area for this coming fall. This event, tentatively scheduled for October, should provide many viewpoints of nature when the leaves begin to fall and change color and the White River swells a little with increased fall/winter rains. Sounds like nature is already posing and ready for your brushes.
For those ALA members who are interested, this would be a joint painting adventure between ALA members and those who are part of the Gallery 246 Collective in the Batesville area. This group of artists are as enthusiastically supportive of the Arts as are members of the ALA. So, try to make plans to meet new friends in the arts community and share some time in Arkansas' beautiful outdoors.
More details to come with specific Dates, Times and Locales as we get closer to the Fall season. Stay tuned.
Here are a few photos of one of our recent plein air outings.
At NLR's Old Mill, Stacy Jones came prepared for the elements - rain or shine!
NLR's "Old Mill" from GWTW Fame - always a picturesque venue for plein air painting.
A member's plein air vision of Arkansas' recently remodeled and expanded Fine Arts Center, an outstanding venue worthy of nat'l recognition. The pink in the trees and landscaping - excellent choices for creating mood.
Another vantage point for capturing the essence of the Old Mill. By virtue of their physical nature, plein air venues can provide a multitude of visions for any Artist to capture.
Regional Out-of-State Plein Aire Events
For more information, contact The Yeiser Art Center at 270-442-2453 or email their offices at office@theyeiser.org
The event is fast approaching on August 21st and 22nd, so get your $25 registration fee ready and pack your traveling clothes and brushes. There will be cash awards for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners. And, they'll offer a Partner Discount Code for ALA members if interested.
BTW, Paducah is in Kentucky not really all that far from Arkansas, just over The Mississip and then up a bit. So, contact the Yeiser Art Center for all the details.