Kick off the 2019 Forgotten Coast en Plein Air in style! Join us for lunch with the artists, volunteers, visitors and greater arts community at the wonderful The Joe Center for the Arts on Reid Avenue, Port St. Joe. Enjoy the Florida's Finest exhibit along with the new Hurricane Exhibit while you lunch and learn about the upcoming events.
Celebrate the results of the Quickdraw challenge, hear the judging perspective from Dr. Leslie Hammond, and learn why the selected paintings are winners. Engage in the insights and discussion.
Artists will be painting around the public beach area near the St. George Island Lighthouse. The featured artist at the reception will be Bill Farnsworth. Come meet Bill and the other artists and see their work! Reception is held at the St. George Island Lighthouse, and artists will have their work on display, and be ready to discuss.
Stop in at the historic Apalachicola Center for History, Culture and Art after the Plein Church on Sunday morning, to hear a presentation by Stewart White. Stewart is new to Forgotten Coast en Plein Air and brings a brilliant new perspective. Stewart White will be speaking about how your choices in life and art are going to change and develop through life, and how they influence your individual style. Stewart’s presentation will be accompanied with a short demonstration on the strengths of watercolor painting and how it relates to individual style.
Artists will be painting around the working waterfront in Eastpoint and Debra Huse will be the featured artist at this reception. Come meet Debra and the other artists and see their work! The reception is held on the back deck at Lynn's Quality Oysters, overlooking the bay. Artists will have their work on display, and be ready to discuss.
Artists will be painting along the Marine Street Riverwalk along the working waterfront in Carrabelle. After the demonstrations, Mark Fehlman will be the featured artist presenting his work at the reception at the pavilion located there on Marina Drive. Come meet Mark and the other artists and see their work! Artists will have their work on display, and be ready to discuss.
Nancie King Mertz will be the featured artist at the Mexico Beach reception. Come meet Nancie and the other artists and see their work of Mexico Beach recovery scenes. Reception is held at the Mexico Beach Welcome Center, and artists will have their work on display, and be ready to discuss.
Mexico Beach CDC: 888-723-2546.
Note: All of Forgotten Coast en Plein Air events run on Eastern time, so events in Mexico Beach will be one hour earlier than local time. For example, an event starting at 2:00pm Eastern, will actually start at 1:00pm Mexico Beach (Central) time.
Introduction by Mark Shasha and Kimberly Shoaf, President of the Mexico Beach Tourism Development Council. Reception with highlight the two exhibits showing at The Joe. Florida’s Finest, Plein Air Ambassadors Exhibits features new works from the 2019 Florida’s Finest Ambassadors as well as works by past Ambassadors. The Unforgettable Forgotten Coast: Plein Air Remembers exhibit, features paintings from past events. The Forgotten Coast is one of the last vestiges of “Old Florida,” but the area is changing quickly. Hurricane Michael changed it radically in one day, especially Mexico Beach to Port St. Joe, Cape San Blas and Eastpoint. Carabelle, St. George Island, and Apalachicola also sustained coastal damage. It is the role of plein air to document and memorialize the Forgotten Coast as it was and save those memories for future generations.
This special event is by invitation only for Maecenas level ($1000 and up) Collectors. Held at the Wetroom this year in Apalachicola, this event brings together artists, collectors, and special guests for an evening of relaxed conversation and relationship building in a beautiful setting. Macenas level Collectors will have first choice in purchasing the reserved paintings from the event. The artists vote on the Artists' Choice award painting at this event, and the winner is announced during the evening. The Artists' Choice painting is traditionally purchased by the FCCC board for its permanent collection. Come enjoy the evening of great food and great music, talk with the artists, and choose that special masterpiece to purchase for your own collection! Please contact us for details, at info@pleinairfl.com.
Please click here to access our Collector's Registration page or contact us for details, at info@pleinairfl.com.
The Gala is held on Saturday night this year, May 11, and is open to all Collectors. Collector packages can be purchased on the Collectors page.
On this special night, the artists will be displaying all their paintings from the week, including their small paintings done especially for this event. These paintings will go on sale this evening for the first time.
Come enjoy the evening of great food and great music, talk with the artists, and choose that special masterpiece to purchase for your own collection! Please contact us for details, at info@pleinairfl.com.
