Plein Air Affair

Gualala Arts Presents the Inaugural

Plein Air Paint Out, Class, Champagne Brunch & Silent Auction

Paint Out: Aug 23-Sept 6, 2022, Exhibit up Sept 9 through Oct 2, 2022, Champagne Brunch & Silent Auction Oct 2, Painting En Plein Air with Thomas Prosek Sept 2-4

$75 Entry Fee for Plein Air Affair, Event & Exhibit

Champagne Brunch & Silent Auction $25; Painting En Plein Air with Thomas Prosek $150 for Members, $160 for Non Members

Join us for the Inaugural

Exhibit Curators

Anne Vernon &

Kendra Stillman

707.884.1138

Info@GualalaArts.org

Awards & Sponsors

For Best in Show

Grey Whale, Morning Light by Brandy Gale

For 1st Place

House on the Hill South of Reef Campground by Allison Spreadborough

For 2nd Place

See Through Sea Ranch by John Paul Marcelo

Distinguished Judges Award

Best Bread in Town by Barbara Tapp

Judges Awards

Pelican Bluffs by Kathleen Alexander

“And Jill Came Dancing After” by Jill Faragher

Goat Rock Beach – 5 by Chris Grassano

Skaggs Springs Road by Marti Walker

Stillwater Study by Vanessa Walsh

Student Awards

End of Summer: Gualala River Estuary by Gayle Cramer

Rivers Bend by Robert Powell

Additional Sponsors

Anne Vernon, Karen Tracy, Chris Grassano & JoAnn Aiken

The conclusion of Plein Air Affair will be the Silent Auction and Brunch on Sunday, October 2 at 11:30am. Find more information here

So much beauty ~ from 30 miles North to 30 miles South of Gualala Arts Center. Artists will be painting en Plein Air, and allowing the public to visit them as they paint. Come and stay, create and dream along our spectacularly beautiful Coast.

Each artist will provide a schedule of location, which will be updated each day as they move through our stunning landscape. From ocean to bluffs, rocky sculptured formations, tidepools & sunsets, both trained and untrained artists meet their inspiration: Jenner with its stunning mouth of the Russian River; the view from the outrageous switchbacks just before Myers Grade; Hwy One with its spectacular “High Point” preceding Timber Cove; historic Fort Ross; the Timber Cove Resort’s riveting bluffed isolation with Benny Bufano’s famous statue; Stump Beach and the Bluff Trail (fascinating rock formations, tide pools, and the famous arch); Black Point Beach at The Sea Ranch along with numerous fantastic vistas; Bowling Ball Beach at Anchor Bay; the Light House at Point Arena…find your own special location muse.

Prizes:
BEST OF SHOW:
$2,500
FIRST PLACE:
$1,500
SECOND PLACE:
$750.00
ENTRY FEE: $75.00

Information & Important Dates

Entry Forms Due: August 15, 2022

Paint Out: August 23-September 6, 2022

Art Take-In: September 7 from noon – 3pm, 2022

Locations: From Elk to Jenner, All Coastal Regions
Wet Paintings welcome on drop off day~

Entry Fee: $75.00 Limit 8 Pieces

Painting En Plein Air with Thomas Prosek September 2-4, $150 for Members, $160 for Non Members

Art Opening & Beginning of the Silent Auction September 9, 2022 4 – 7 pm

Champagne Brunch, Sunday October 2 at 11:30 am; get ticket info here

Art Pick-Up: October 3, 2022 from noon – 3pm

Find Registration form here

Find Paint Out location suggestions from Anne & Bruce here

Find Plein Air Location Form here, it is at the artist discression if you would like us to post your location online

Find your Plein Air Inventory Sheet here Please include filled form with your paintings when you drop off your artwork on September 7

Schedule of Events:

Paint Out: August 23-September 6, 2022
Plein Air Artists paint from Elk to Jenner, all coastal regions. Artists create as many paintings as they like over the two weeks, the best (up-to 8) to be entered into the Plein Air Affair Silent Auction and Exhibit at Gualala Arts from September 9 to October 2, 2022. Winners will be announced before the silent auction.

Opening: September 9, 2022 4-7 pm
Artists’ work (up to 8) will be hung September 7 & 8, opening on September 9, 2022 at 4-7 pm.

Silent Auction from September 9 to October 3, Awards are announced at Opening. Exhibit will be held in the Jacobs Foyer, Burnett Gallery & Coleman Hall. Lucky Patrons/Purchasers are asked to leave the artwork up until the exhibit’s end for the public to appreciate and view the art. Art is available for pickup on October 3, or arrangement with the artist directly can be made for pick up.

Participants have four opportunities to benefit from the Plein Air Affair: the chance to win awards, experience the benefits of the silent auction, have an opening, and display their art for buyers and art lovers to appreciate and purchase. Exhibit will be held in the Jacobs Foyer, Burnett Gallery & Coleman Hall.

About the Judges

Gail Wight is a visual artist working across traditional and new media. She holds an MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute where she was a Javits Fellow, and a BFA from the Studio for Interrelated Media at Massachusetts College of Art. Wight’s art has been exhibited both nationally and internationally in diverse venues such as the National Art Museum of China, the Natural History Museum of London, the Seville Biennial, and San Francisco’s international airport. Public collections include the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Centro Andaluz de Art Contemporaneo in Spain, Yale University, and the San Jose Museum of Art. Wight has been a Professor in Stanford University’s Department of Art & Art History since 2003, and is represented by Patricia Sweetow Gallery in Los Angeles.

Joe Ferriso grew up in Long Island, NY, and studied art at The Cooper Union. He moved to the Bay Area in 2009 and co-founded an experimental furniture studio, Anzfer Farms. In 2018, he received an MFA from Stanford University. Recently, he moved with his wife, baby, and dog to The Sea Ranch, CA. Working in multiple mediums and disciplines, his artwork explores the numerous uses of paint to excite and connect people.

Plein Air Affair Artist Locations

Paint Out: August 23-September 6, 2022

Exhibit : September 9 through October 2, 2022
The public may view the artists in process, see below for artist and location
* Please be courteous as the artist is working. *

Thomas Burgard

Wednesday. August 24th from 3:30-6 pm, the Timber Cove Inn

Friday, August 25 Blacks Beach Noth of the Sea Ranch Lodge from 12-3:30

Saturday. August 27, Windermere Point and Fort creek area from 1-4

Monday, August 29 Jenner

Wednesday, August 31 Timber Cove Resort

Thursday, September 1 Elk

Brandy Gale & Jill Faragher

Sunday Sept 4, Point Arena Lighthouse and Stornetta public lands, then Elk

Jane Casner Mothersill

Tuesday, August 23rd, The Sea Ranch Lodge

Wednesday, August 24, Church Street corner looking down on Gualala and the river

Thursday, August 25, Pelican Bluff near Pt Arena

Monday, August 29th Hearn Bluff near Point Arena in the morning

August 29, Hearn Bluff. (Morning). Pebble Beach (afternoon)

August 30 Lisa Lauer house , morning. Pebble Beach, Sea Ranch , afternoon

Wednesday, August 31, Hearn Bluff in the Afternoon

Thursday, September 1 Timber Cove

Friday September 2, Pebble Beach in the afternoon

Theresa Slaman

Wednesday, August 24. Gualala Point Island

Thursday, August 25, Black Point Beach

Friday, August 26 Black Point Beach

Sunday, August 28, Black Point Beach mid afternoon

Wednesday August 31, The Cove

Friday – Sunday September 2-4 Painting en Plein Air with Thomas Prosek a Gualala Arts Workshop

Monday September 5, Black Point Beach

Friday, September 2, Pebble Beach in the afternoon

Karen Tracy

Saturday, August 27 – Gualala Regional Park, west side

Monday, August 29 – the pull out across the street from where the Farmer’s Market is held

Wednesday, August 31 – Gualala Regional Park, east side, the magical forest

Friday, September 2 – South end of Stump Beach

Monday, September 5 – Anchor Bay

Vanessa Walsh

Sunday, Sept 4 Arena Cove in the afternoon

Monday, Sept 5 Jenner Headlands/the Vista Trail