Tuesday, May 01, 2012

19th Annual Carmel Art Festival 2012: Juried Plein Air Artists

ABSTRACT:  The Carmel Art Festival is a non-profit organization; the Carmel Art Festival is “a public benefit event held to education and inspire people of all ages about the visual arts.”  The Festival occurs on Thursday, May 17 through Sunday, May 20, 2012 and includes the Plein Air Event, Sculpture in the Park, Quick Draw and Kids Art Day.  The Judge, Carmel Art Festival 2012, is Gil Dellinger.  The Juried Plein Air Artists are featured with links to their websites and embedded videos for selected artists.  On Thursday, May 17 and Friday, May 18, Plein Air artists will be painting throughout the Monterey Peninsula area.  The schedule for Saturday, May 19, as follows:
Plein Air Awards, Silent & Live Auction:
  8:00AM - 10:00AM - Judging of Plein Air Paintings.
  10:00AM - 6:00PM - Public view and bidding on plein air paintings from competition.
  5:00PM - Plein Air Awards Ceremony.
  6:00PM -Close of Silent Auction; followed immediately by Live Auction.
And the schedule for Sunday, May 20, as follows:
Quick Draw & Sale of Plein Air Paintings:
Throughout Carmel:
  9:00AM - 11:00Am - "Quick Draw" by winners of Festival; painting throughout Carmel.
Devendorf Park:
  11:00AM - Quick Draw viewing of paintings, followed by Silent & Live Auction about 11:30AM
On Mission Street:
  Plein Air paintings for sale by our Juried Artists.




















Tonya Zenin
Tonya Zenin fine art

Artists' Painting Locations
Coastal
Andrew Molera Park & Pfeifer State Park, Big Sur
Carmel Beach, Carmel River State Beach and Lagoon, Monastery Beach & Point Lobos, Carmel
Lovers Point and Asilomar Beach, Pacific Grove
Elkhorn Slough, Moss Landing

Boats
Fisherman's Wharf I & II and Coast Guard Pier, Monterey
Moss Landing Harbor

Cityscapes
Downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea, Pacific Grove, Monterey, Moss Landing

Historic Architecture
Point Sur Lighthouse, Big Sur
Point Pinos Lighthouse, Pacific Grove
Carmelite Monastery, Carmel Mission, Mission Ranch, Tor House, Carmel
Monterey Historic Adobes & San Carlos Cathedral, Monterey

Gardens
La Playa Hotel, Carmel-by-the-Sea
The Barnyard, Carmel
Chautauqua Hall, Pacific Grove
La Mirada Historic Adobes & Monterey Historic Adobes, Monterey

Golf Courses
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach
Laguna Seca, Monterey

Out of the Way Areas
Strawberry Fields, Moss Landing
Artichoke Fields, Castroville
Toro Park & Corral de Tierra & San Benancio Road, Hwy 68
El Estero Lake, Monterey
Garland Park, Carmel Valley

2 comments:

Plein Air Art Lover said...

Plein air painting at its best with these talented painters in an incomparable geographic area. Many returning painters and some new painters too. This event is a highlight of the year thanks to the Carmel Gallery Alliance. Year after year these painters inspire with their painterly interpretations of nature and local sites on canvas. Thanks especially to all the participating artists!

Anonymous said...

thank goodness there is more to carmel than politics and city government. It is a privilege to see these talents artists at work painting on site and see their artworks of local, recognizable scenes around the monterey peninsula and beyond.