Sedona Arts Center — Artist Panel Discussion: ‘The Process of Art’ LIVE, Online Event! on Oct. 28
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Our 2020 Sedona Plein Air Festival Starts NOW!
This year the Sedona Arts Center’s most popular annual event, the Sedona Plein Air Festival will be a first of its kind—an all-woman-event—in celebration of the Arts Center’s “Year of the Woman.” The Arts Center has explored a variety of themes in past Plein Air Festivals, from Art and Wine, to Native American Culture, to a Figurative Salon complete with a speakeasy! This year, due to global circumstances, the Arts Center decided to hold the festival entirely online, available to anyone with access to an internet connection. Watch our kick-off video by clicking below:
Opening Event Online
Saturday, October 24, 2020 | Noon – 1 pmThe Festival begins with a Meet the Artists event Saturday, October 24th from (Noon to 1pm AZ time.) Each artist is submitting one recently completed work which can be a studio or plein air work and an introductory video to represent themselves and kick-off the festival.
All during the week of October 24 – 31, 2020, artists will be submitting new works to the virtual gallery on the Sedona Arts Center website. Festival artwork will be available for purchase all week long.
Artist Panel Discussion: “The Process of Art”
LIVE, Online Event! Wednesday, October 28, 2020 | 5 pm In the midst of the festival week each artist will each be discussing one of the paintings they have completed thus far in the festival during a panel discussion by the artists on Wednesday October 28th at 5pm Arizona time. The theme, “The Process of Art ” allows artists to focus attention on any aspect of the process, from the discovery of subject matter to composition, to brushwork and color choices. The public is invited to participate in this live-broadcast meeting which will end with a Q&A session. Links to all streamable content can be found on both the festival and Arts Center’s websites.
Virtual Awards Ceremony
LIVE, Online Event! Saturday, October 31, 2020 | 5 pmThere will be a special awards presentation at the end of the week by the Festival Judge, Lyn Boyer of Durango Colorado. Lyn is a well-known plein air painter and has won awards at the Sedona Plein Air Festival as well as many other awards in recent years. Lyn will be announcing the award winners and will discuss her selections live with all the festival artists present.
First, Second and Third place awards will be given for both the work done during the festival and for the work that the artists choose to represent themselves at the start of the festival. The exhibition and sales will continue online through the month of November.
Artist Awards
Artists will receive awards based on their first painting selected for the Opening Event. First Place $1000 Second Place $600 Third Place $400
Artists will also receive awards for work done during the week of the festival First Place $1500 Second Place $850 Third Place $650
Sedona Plein Air Festival
Online Gallery
The 2020 Virtual Sedona Plein Air Festival
Online Gallery is now LIVE! Purchase your first festival painting today!
Sedona Arts Center is one of Northern Arizona’s most well-established cultural organizations and serves as the creative heart of Sedona. Founded in 1958, the nonprofit organization is based at the Art Barn in Uptown and offers year-round classes, exhibitions, festivals, and cultural events that enhance the creative life of the Verde Valley. The Center’s Fine Art Gallery, now open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm, promotes the original works of over 100 local artists and regularly offers special assistance for collectors and art buyers, offers private studio visits, and fosters hundreds of arts education opportunities each year.
