14th Prairie Plein Air Competition and Show - Eventeny

14th Prairie Plein Air Competition and Show

Starts on Friday, April 25th, 2025
Schaumburg, Illinois, United States
About the event
The act of painting outdoors. Sponsored by the Village of Schaumburg in conjunction with Blick Art Materials Plein Air painting or drawing in any medium i.e., outdoors, from direct observation of the subject matter. The Village of Schaumburg and Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts announces the 14th Prairie Plein Air Competition and Show in Schaumburg, IL. Plein air artists are invited to use their vision and talents to capture picturesque vistas of Schaumburg’s diverse, award winning lifestyle. Schaumburg, a community of 78,700 residents 30 miles northwest of Chicago, offers a myriad of inspirations for plein air artists, from modern skyscrapers to quaint 19th century buildings, cozy suburban homes to log cabins, bustling commercial street scenes to the stately Veterans Gateway Memorial clock tower, beautifully landscaped public parks and gardens to the wild flora of Spring Valley Nature Center, a majestically ‘steepled’ mid-19th century church to a 21st century minor league baseball park, suburbanites sitting pond side watching swans at the municipal center grounds to docents dressed in traditional costume harnessing draft horses at Heritage Farm, and much, much more!
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Apr 25, 2025 · 10:00 AM - May 09, 2025 · 5:00 PM(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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Prairie Plein Air Competition and Show painting will be held outdoors.
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Please read the attached 2025 Prairie Plein Air Competition and Show Prospectus.

All entries will be displayed in the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts building May 13-June 22, and will coincide with the 36th annual Prairie Arts Festival which is held Memorial Day weekend (Saturday and Sunday May 24 & 25, 2025). Judging will be completed mid-May. The winners will be posted on the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts website at prairiecenter.org and the winning images may be used in advertising for future Prairie Plein Air events.

Completed paintings/drawings may be turned in to the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts on any weekday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. during the April 25 - May 9 painting period. Artwork must be picked up between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. June 23-27. The Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts will be closed on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26. Artwork not picked up by the deadline will be donated unless other arrangements are made. Artwork may not be picked up prior to June 23 since the show is advertised that it is displayed through, June 22, 2025.

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