Sedona Arts Center update for May 7

Free L’Auberge Community Plein Air Event
May 16, 9 – 11 a.m.

Explore a lovely creek side venue complete with artists working from nature!

L’Auberge de Sedona is hosting and sponsoring the “Creekside Paint-Out” produced monthly this spring and summer by the Sedona Arts Center. The first of the series is Wednesday May 16 from 9 – 11am. 

The event is free to the public and you are invited to watch artists as they complete plein air paintings or drawings in any medium, along the banks of Oak Creek at L’Auberge de Sedona. Artists will set up along the L’Auberge Creekside with subject matter ranging from calm to rushing water, foliage, sky and reflections, architecture, people, and ducks! Artists can begin working upon arrival with a hard stop at 11 am. Finished works will be displayed as a group using artist’s own easel and they may be for sale. The Arts Center will present an award at 11:15 am and will process any sales from 11 – 11:30 am.

Red Rock Magic Trolley is also sponsoring the event, as parking is very limited at the resort, there will be a shuttle for artists and the public from the Sedona Arts Center lower parking lot to nearby L’Auberge resort, back and forth from 8 am to 1 pm, leaving plenty of time after the event for lunch at Cress on Oak Creek, the lovely creek side restaurant at L’Auberge de Sedona.

This event will be repeated throughout the Spring and Summer. Additional dates are June 13, July 18, Aug 15 and Sept 19^th there will also be a special paint-out as part of the Sedona Plein Air Festival on Oct 17^th.

Information for artists:

The event is open to all artists – including painters in oil, acrylic, watercolor, etc. and to artists working in graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, etc. To participate, members of the Sedona Arts Center register for free to paint or draw, non-members pay a $10.00 per artist registration fee. Although not a requirement, we do encourage work to be offered for sale and also to put up for judging. This is a great way to gain some experience in plein air competitions with very low commitment and it adds excitement to the onlookers. Artists who wish to offer their work for sale should consider bringing along a frame to pop their piece into so it is ready for the customer to take home and hang on their wall. Register HERE or call 928.282.3809 to register.

Schedule:

8 am -1 pm: Red Rock Magic Trolley will run continuously between SAC and L’Auberge (no $ charge, driver gratuity recommended)

8 am – 8:30 am: Artists park at SAC and take Trolley to L’Auberge for set-up and to begin working

11 am: Artists gather together with their work onto the lawn to display for judging/sales – one award given (to be determined; usually a certificate to be used toward classes or an item in the gallery at the Arts Center)

11:30 am: Event is over (go eat lunch at the Cress on Oak Creek, the creekside restaurant at L’Auberge!)

1 pm: Last Trolley back to the Sedona Arts Center parking lot

See more about the Sedona Arts Center’s creative programming atwww.sedonaartscenter.org