

We are excited to announce the dates and open registration for the 2024 "Paint the Desert" Plein Air Festival!
Third Annual “Paint the Desert” Plein Air Festival, and Desert Landscape exhibition:
Collaboration with Artists Council: Two (2) concurrent exhibitions
“Paint the Desert” Festival.
Desert Landscape (studio or plein air…realistic or contemporary).
Dates: January 11th through February 4th, 2024
Jan. 11th: One Day Pastel Plein Air Workshop: instructor tbd
Jan. 12th: One day Oil Plein Air Workshop: Elin Thomas
Jan. 12th: One day Field Sketching for non-sketchers: Fran Calvert
Competition painting on stamped substrate: January 13th – 16th
Framed paintings entered, Wednesday, January 17th.
Exhibition closes: Sunday, February 4th…paintings take-down 2pm
Location: Artists Council at the Galen
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