Atlantic County is calling on all artists of any skill level or experience to participate in a Plein Air event on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Participants will be able to sketch and paint outdoors at any of the natural, historical or recreational locations within the Atlantic County Park at Estell Manor, 109 Route 50, Estell Manor.
All participants must register the day of the event beginning at 8 a.m. at the park’s Nature Center and submit completed artwork by 4 p.m. that afternoon. There is a $20 entry fee for up to two pieces of artwork created that day.
In addition to Plein Air fine art, there will be a Children’s Plein Air Workshop, 10 to 11:30 a.m. The $5 entry fee includes instruction and all materials. The workshop is limited to 15 and pre-registration is required at: julieakers56@gmail.com.
Artists and photographers are also invited to submit any artwork created during any season in any of the Atlantic County parks that include Gaskill and Lake Lenape Parks in Mays Landing, Weymouth Furnace, Oscar E. McClinton Waterfront Park in Atlantic City, Leeds Point Nature Area in Galloway, the 7.5-mile county bikeway and more.
Entry fee is $10 for one submission and an additional $5 for a second submission.
The Plein Air event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Parks, Inc., a non-profit citizens group established in 1985 to help promote Atlantic County parks, and Atlantic Cape Community College, which will hold an exhibit of submitted works, Oct. 17 through Dec. 6, at the college’s art gallery on its Mays Landing campus. A Children’s Wall will display the submitted work of younger artists.
The opening reception of the exhibit will be held on Oct. 17, 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monetary prizes of $100, $75 and $50 will be awarded to the top three adult Plein Air artists in addition to a People’s Choice prize of $100 for the winner among other submissions. All participating children will receive an award.
For more information, contact Cathie Skinner at (609) 576-2388 or Julie Akers at: (609) 432-3280 or julieakers56@gmail.com.
