Plein Air Festival March 12

What’s all the excitement in the air?  It’s finally here!  March 12 - 15 By the sea in Palm Beach,  Jupiter and Tequesta      More than 50 nationally renowned, award-winning artists from around the country (as far away as Alaska) will participate in the largest Plein Air Festival in South Florida!  During the four-day event visitors, locals and art collectors enjoy watching the painters and collecting their original art. For a list of artists, click here >> Plein Air Festival Schedule Thursday, March 12 Kids’ Paint Out, 3 to 4:30 p.m., Constitution Park Click here for Kids' Paint Out entry form >> Kids’ Awards,* 5:15 p.m., Museum Meet the Artists Reception* 5 to 7 p.m., Museum    Friday, March 13  Festival Paint Out features Juried  Invited Artists,* 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Watch them paint at the Society of the Four Arts Garden in Palm Beach  and Harbourside Place and Riverbend Park in Jupiter First-Day Paintings and Sale  Collectors’ first look: 5 to 6 p.m. Open to public: 6 to 7 p.m.,*  Museum Saturday, March 14  Festival Paint Out  features Juried  Invited Artists,* 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Watch them paint at the Society of the Four Arts Garden in Palm Beach  and Harbourside Place and Riverbend Park in Jupiter Collectors’ Preview and Cocktail Reception  Meet 50 top, award-winning artists from 18 states. See paintings of our beautiful area created earlier in the day. Collectors’ will have first choice of these paintings. 6 to 8 p.m., Museum, Tickets are $50, also includes a $50 purchase certificate and exclusive early admission to Collector’s First Look on Friday, March 13, from 5 to 6 p.m. Click here to order tickets online or call (561)746-3101. Sunday, March 15 Quick Draw Paint Out Competition at DuBois Park*  Anyone can enter, as long as he or she is registered. (First Prize is $1,000!)  Watch them paint at Dubois Park in Jupiter, 9 a.m. to noon.  Click here for Quick Draw Paint Out Entry Form, register at the ArtCenter or at Dubois from 8 to 9 a.m. Reception, Wet-Painting Sales and Awards*  ($10,000 in prizes) 4 to 6 p.m., Museum Judges are Marisa Pascucci (Curator, Boca Museum of Art), Morgan Samuel Price (Top Plein Air Artist) and Glenn Tomlinson (Curator, Norton Museum of Art). Come and meet the judges and the artists at the reception and see the paintings created during the festival. March 15 - March 28 Exhibition of Festival’s Paintings, Museum * Free to the public