North Carolina Plein Air Festival at New Bern

Event Dates: 5/12/2024 - 5/19/2024
Reception: 5/18/2024 6-8pm
Address: 421 S Front Street, New Bern, North Carolina
United States

Click the image to view a fantastic guide to the week's events -- including my demo on May 13 and a way to find your favorite artists working onsite.

Mark Your Calendars for May 12-19, 2024

The 4th Annual North Carolina Plein Air Art Festival in New Bern begins Sunday, May 12, and continues through Sunday, May 19. The eight-day Festival showcases 35 nationally and globally acclaimed plein air artists, including newly juried painters, joining award winners and top performers from 2023’s Festival.

I'm one of the newly juried painters. I had heard about this event at the Gloucester Virginia Plein Air invitational ... and then read about the area. I am SO excited to be a part of this event. There are great fellow artists participating and the place sounds like plein air heaven to me. Can't wait!

“The term ‘plein air’ is French and means ‘open air’,” said Kippy Hammond, Festival organizer. “Plein air painting can be traced back to Impressionist artists such as Monet, Renoir, and Degas – painting outdoors and capturing fleeting moments of light, color, atmosphere, and the mood of a scene, rather than detailed representations.”

FEATURED ARTISTS

MAY 2024 --- HOW AND WHERE TO PURCHASE PAINTINGS All Paintings are Framed and ready to hang.

Wet from the Easel

Exhibition Gallery 421 S Front Street, New Bern, NC
Open Daily 9 am to 8 pm May 13-19, 2024

Oriental Waterfront
Beaufort Historic Site
100 Block Turner Street

Fresh Blooms, 12" x 9", oil on linen-lined panel - available through the North Carolina Plein Air Festival

Featured Artists

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North Carolina Plein Air Festival at New Bern