Plein Air in St Michaels

St. Michaels Events (501c3)  is excited to be working with the Avalon Foundation in welcoming the Plein Air Competition Artists from around the world to paint in beautiful St. Michaels and surrounding areas.
  "Celebrate Plein Air in St. Michaels", will take place on July 13th & 14th, with a special children's workshop on Sat. July 11th, prior to the two day event.
 
Saturday, July 11, 2015: Kids Art Workshop hosted by St. Michaels Community Center.  A St. Michaels Children's Flag will be made by children.  This class is free and all children, local and tourists, are invited to help make this patchwork flag depicting what St. Michaels means to them. This flag will be on display for Plein Air Easton and hung in various places for all to see.
 
Monday July 13, 2015: Twilight Pre-Competition Paint Out. Invitational evening event celebrating the Arts at Aida'sVictoriana Inn, at which nationally-recognized painters will compete. A $500 Artists' Choice Award for the painting that bestdepicts life in St. Michaels will be awarded.
 
Tuesday  July 14, 2015: A full day of events begins at 11:30a.m. to be held in Muskrat Park.
 
Pre-registration can be made by contacting Local Port of Art at 443-205-2760 or emailing info@st.michaelsevents.com.  The registration fee is $5.00 in advance or $10 at the park that day
•     Plein Air Kids Paint Out. Registration opens 11:30a.m. till 2p.m.
 
•     12-3p.m. Children's Painting competition and Sensory Art Program.
 
•     1-2p.m. Lunch served for the participants.
•       3:30p.m.  Awards  Ceremony.    Activities  throughout  the  day:  Face Painting,  Art  of Balloon Making, Puppet Show, Storytelling, and Music by Helen Fegan, Emma Myers, Grace Coughlan, & Kelsey Abbot.   .
 
•     5p.m. Starving Artists' Dinner.   Jon Mason of the Town Dock Food & Spirits (125
Mulberry St. St. Michaels MD) will be hosting the dinner.   This event is open to the public at  $30  per  person,(drinks  not  included)  and  reservations  are  recommended.
 
St. Michaels Events thanks the Commissioners of St. Michaels and our partners SMCC, CBMM,YMCA, St. Luke's Methodist Church School,  Talbot County Library St. Michaels Branch & St. Michaels Rotary for their participation. This event is partially supported by the Talbot County Arts Council, with funds provided by the Talbot County Council and the Towns of Easton, Oxford, and St. Michaels.