2016 EnPleinAirTEXAS
Competition Artists' Event Schedule
Sunday, Oct 23 ~ Artist Arrivals and Check-in
*Find artists this afternoon downtown or along the river.
*7:00pm ~ Sunset & Nocturnal Paint-Out Downtown. Public welcome!
Monday, Oct 24 ~ Paint Downtown San Angelo Day
*Artists are painting all day in the downtown area.
*8:30 to 4pm ~ Gallery Verde (417 S. Oakes) open for information, and “Wet Gallery” of paintings created since artists have arrived!
*Artwork is for sale all week in the Wet Gallery!
*Inquire at Gallery Verde concerning ticket sales for Thursday Luncheon, Friday Night--Art Collectors’ STAMPEDE and Awards Party, and the Chuck Wagon Breakfast on Sunday!
Tuesday, Oct 25 ~ Ranch Paint Day
*Artists painting all day on private ranches.
*8:30 to 4pm ~ Gallery Verde (417 S. Oakes) open for information and “WET GALLERY” of yesterday’s paintings!
*Artwork is for sale in the Wet Gallery all week!
Wednesday, Oct 26 ~ Christoval Area Painting Day
*Artists painting all day in Christoval area – Pugh Park, downtown, along country roads and near the river.
*8:30 to 4pm ~ Gallery Verde (417 S. Oakes) open for information and “WET GALLERY” of yesterday’s paintings!
*Artwork is for sale in the Wet Gallery all week!
Thursday, Oct 27 ~ Free Paint Day all over San Angelo
*Artists painting all day in the San Angelo area – parks, Santa Rita, downtown, industrial areas, area churches, along the Concho River.
*Ticketed luncheon with the artists at the extraordinary Santa Rita home of Liz and Devon Bates! Ticket sales available here on the website, with more details to come soon!
*8:30 to 4pm ~ Gallery Verde (417 S. Oakes) open for information and “WET GALLERY” of yesterday’s paintings!
*Last day that Artwork will be for sale in the Wet Gallery!
Friday, Oct 28 ~ Talks, Demos, Stampede and Awards Party!
*11am to 4pm ~ Artists will host talks and demos in locations around downtown, free to the public!
*Artists will visit local schools and present talks and demos this afternoon.
*6:30 – 8:30pm ~ Art Collectors’ STAMPEDE and Awards Party at the Quartermaster Building, Fort Concho.
- Tickets are $100 per person and include a $100 credit towards purchase of a painting.
- Tickets are available all week at Gallery Verde. $11,000 in cash awards to be presented this evening by judge Marc Hanson from the top 2 paintings of each Competition Artist.
*7:30 to 4pm ~ Gallery Verde (417 S. Oakes) open with more information detailing events and locations.
Saturday, Oct 29 – 8 to 10am ~ Quick Draw Paint-Out
*Quick Draw Paint-Out will include Competition Artists, and is open to all other artists.
*Register at Gallery Verde and more details to come!
*Participating Artists will be painting for 2 hours in a designated area downtown including Fort Concho.
*Art enthusiasts are encouraged to watch while artists capture ‘real-time’ moments while painting our city.
*Judge Marc Hanson will announce the winning paintings.
*Competition Artists will participate in demos after the Paint-Out.
*Competition Artists will meet, mentor and paint with selected area students.
*9 to 5pm ~ Quartermaster Building open for public sales of all art painted during the week.
Sunday, Oct 30 ~ Chuck Wagon Breakfast, Judges' Talk
*8-11:30am ~ The public is invited to a final 'Yee Haw' with our artists and a Chuck Wagon Breakfast inside the Commissary Building at Fort Concho, 301 E Ave. C.
- Enjoy a HARDY breakfast complete with campfire and some western 'fiddlin' by Dorothy Douthit of FiddleFire.
*Quartermaster Exhibit & Sale open for FINAL PUBLIC SALES of Competition and back-up paintings, demos and commission paintings (portraits).
*Judge Marc Hanson will demo his painting skills in the Quartermaster Building, which will also be for sale.
*Judges Talk by judge Marc Hanson will highlight his choices for the top prize winners at the Quartermaster Building.
*3pm ~ The event closes until 2017!
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