Sedona Arts Center — Sedona Plein Air Festival Goes Virtual in All-Woman Painting Event

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2020 Sedona Plein Air Festival Goes Virtual in
All-Woman Painting Event

This year the Sedona Arts Center’s most popular annual event, the Sedona Plein Air Festival will be a first of its kind—an all-woman-event—in celebration of the Arts Center’s “Year of the Woman.” The Arts Center has explored a variety of themes in past Plein Air Festivals, from Art and Wine, to Native American Culture, to a Figurative Salon complete with a speakeasy! This year, due to global circumstances, the Arts Center decided to hold the festival entirely online, available to anyone with access to an internet connection.

Twenty-four incredibly talented female artists will be sending work from their own diverse location across the nation, for presentation in the Arts Center’s Online Gallery. New work will be added as it is completed during the festival week, accompanied by short narratives describing their selection of place and/or their creative process. This will provide for an entirely unique Sedona Plein Air Festival experience, as artists will be painting in states across the nation, from Arizona to Utah, Texas, New Mexico, California, Colorado, New York, and Florida.

2020 Virtual Festival Artists

Online presentations will allow for rich content that could not otherwise be experienced. Art lovers will be able to immerse themselves in unique virtual appearances from their favorite artists throughout the festival. From live demonstrations, to short videos created by our festival artists all across the country, to an online gallery of new works updated daily—there’s something for everyone! The art will be available for sale immediately once it is presented online, so be sure to check social media and the online gallery to see the most current works created.

Sedona Arts Center is also pleased to announce new prize money donated for this year’s innovative ‘virtual’ Sedona Plein Air Festival. Vince Fazio, Executive Director of Sedona Arts Center reports that most of the funds for prizes were donated by Arts Center board members after a significant gift from a local supporter started the ball rolling.

“I am delighted to announce that we have $5000 in locally donated prize money for the festival,” says Fazio, “This means that we will be able to award significant prizes associated with the opening work that artists submit and that we then also have funds for special prizes at the end of the week.”

**2020 Schedule of Virtual Events**

Opening Event Online
Saturday, October 24, 2020 | Noon – 1 pmThe Festival begins with a Meet the Artists event Saturday, October 24th from (Noon to 1pm AZ time.) Each artist is submitting one recently completed work which can be a studio or plein air work and an introductory video to represent themselves and kick-off the festival.

OPENING EVENT 12PM OCT 24 ON FACEBOOK : FOLLOW US HERE

OPENING EVENT 12PM OCT 24 ON YOUTUBE : SUBSCRIBE HERE

All during the week of October 24 – 31, 2020, artists will be submitting new works to the virtual gallery on the Sedona Arts Center website. Festival artwork will be available for purchase all week long.

Artist Panel Discussion: “The Process of Art”
LIVE, Online Event! Wednesday, October 28, 2020 | 5 pm In the midst of the festival week each artist will each be discussing one of the paintings they have completed thus far in the festival during a panel discussion by the artists on Wednesday October 28^th at 5pm Arizona time. The theme, “The Process of Art ” allows artists to focus attention on any aspect of the process, from the discovery of subject matter to composition, to brushwork and color choices. The public is invited to participate in this live-broadcast meeting which will end with a Q&A session. Links to all streamable content can be found on both the festival and Arts Center’s websites.

STREAMING LIVE ON FACEBOOK / YOUTUBE OCT 28 5PM

Virtual Awards Ceremony
LIVE, Online Event! Saturday, October 31, 2020 | 5 pmThere will be a special awards presentation at the end of the week by the Festival Judge, Lyn Boyer of Durango Colorado. Lyn is a well-known plein air painter and has won awards at the Sedona Plein Air Festival as well as many other awards in recent years. Lyn will be announcing the award winners and will discuss her selections live with all the festival artists present.

First, Second and Third place awards will be given for both the work done during the festival and for the work that the artists choose to represent themselves at the start of the festival. The exhibition and sales will continue online through the month of November.

Artist Awards

Artists will receive awards based on their first painting selected for the Opening Event.
First Place $1000 Second Place $600 Third Place $400

Artists will also receive awards for work done during the week of the festival
First Place $1500 Second Place $850 Third Place $650

Sedona Plein Air Festival
Online Gallery

The 2020 Virtual Sedona Plein Air Festival Online Gallery will become available during the opening event on Saturday, October 24, 2020.

SEDONA PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL GALLERY ONLINE : CLICK HERE

Sedona Arts Center is one of Northern Arizona’s most well-established cultural organizations and serves as the creative heart of Sedona. Founded in 1958, the nonprofit organization is based at the Art Barn in Uptown and offers year-round classes, exhibitions, festivals, and cultural events that enhance the creative life of the Verde Valley. The Center’s Fine Art Gallery, now open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm, promotes the original works of over 100 local artists and regularly offers special assistance for collectors and art buyers, offers private studio visits, and fosters hundreds of arts education opportunities each year.

2020 Virtual Festival Artists

2020 Schedule of Virtual Events

Artist Awards

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**2020 Schedule of Virtual Events**