Thursday, March 12, 2015

Call for Entries

"Creating Landscapes Within the Landscape" Olana State Historic Site​ - FOURTH ANNUAL PLEIN AIR COMPETITION HOSTED BY COLUMBIA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS & THE OLANA PARTNERSHIP
The Olana Partnership and Columbia County Council on the Arts announce a Call for Entries for artists wishing to be considered for the fourth annual Plein Air event at Olana: Creating Landscapes Within the Landscape, taking place July 9-12, 2015. Participating artists will paint on location throughout Olana's 250-acre artist-designed landscape. Saturday, July 11th is the afternoon reception and public exhibition, where artists will have the chance to meet and greet, and their chosen canvases will be put up to live auction. Sunday, July 12th artists will have the opportunity to sell additional works under a tent at Olana from 10-2 pm. This year artists will be selected by a panel of distinguished jurors including M. Stephen Doherty, artist, writer & editor of PleinAir magazine, Hudson realist painter Ken Young, and artist and gallerist Joan Damiani. The deadline for all submissions is midnight Saturday, April 18th.
 
For a prospectus contact Cynthia Mulvaney, Executive Director at Columbia County Council on the Arts at info@artscolumbia.com or 518 671 6213.