Artists will be arriving for the 12th Vermont Plein Air Festival taking place throughout the Mad River Valley on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 11, 12 & 13. Amateurs and professionals alike will be setting up their easels, opening their sketchbooks and applying paint to their canvases and paper in the open air. The theme for 2023 is Barns And Bridges with farms welcoming the artists and visitors to paint and observe.
A sidewalk art sale of work by participating artists can be found on Bridge Street daily from 10am to 4pm. A special “kid’s plein air” is scheduled for Saturday starting at 11am. Merchants are creating special promotions as part of the Festival.
Gary painting at a prior plein air festival
New to the 2023 Vermont Plein Air Festival is a division just for photographers. Roarke plans on mingling with the artists to capture unusual images of the barns and bridges with his camera.
