Announcing Juried Artists for Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival
Joy Laking and William Rogers, our Jurors for the 2017 Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival had quite an interesting and challenging time selecting the artists for this year’s competition. “I was impressed by the high level of the entries,” commented Joy Laking, one of Canada’s most successful Plein Air artists. “With several dozens of talented people to choose from, ” says William Rogers, award winning artist and Honorary Festival Chair”, it was no easy task to narrow the field down to 35 artists”. So difficult in fact, that the jurors added two more plein air painters to the final roster.
PARRSBORO PLEIN AIR JURIED ARTISTS – 2017
Kim Aerts Prospect, Nova Scotia
Poppy Balsar Digby, Nova Scotia
Kenny Boone Dominion, Nova Scotia
Pauline Boudreau Sherbrooke, Quebec
Edward Buonvecchio Manchester, Maine
Heather Crout Oyster Pond, Nova Scotia
Twila Robar-DeCoste Aylesford, Nova Scotia
Michel Doucet Weymouth, Nova Scotia
Carol Douglas Rockport, Maine
Kathleen Gray Farthing Alliance, Ohio
Cheryl Flemming Prospect, NS
Helen Griffiths Burlington, Ontario
Kate Brown Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Christopher Gorey Ingonish, Nova Scotia
Marc Grandbois L’Anse -St- Jean, Quebec City
Garry Hamilton Quebec City
Bob Jay Moncton, New Brunswick
Alexander Koltakov Five Islands, Nova Scotia
Chantal Julien Sherbrooke, Quebec
Sandi Komst Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island
Denise Lanterman Fall River, Nova Scotia
Lio Lo Jordan Falls, Nova Scotia
Mary Martin Dunham, Quebec
Gary McFarland Halifax, Nova Scotia
Carol Morrison Oakfield, Nova Scotia
Connie O’Brien Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Susan Patterson Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Thérèse Provenzano Wallagrass, Maine
Julie Purcell Clyde River, Prince Edward Island
Carol Pye Halifax, Nova Scotia
Gail Sutherland Bedford, Nova Scotia
Robert Sutherland Hammond Plains, Nova Scotia
Ann Timmins Walton, Nova Scotia
Adam Tragakis Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Lorraine Vatcher Little Sands, Prince Edward Island
Steven Toth Fall River, Nova Scotia
Mary Sheehan Winn Marshfield, Massachussets
“One of the most exciting things for us,” says Executive Director, Robert More, “is the number of applications from outside of Atlantic Canada. We’ve got artists coming in from Ontario, Quebec, Maine, and Ohio, with interest expressed from North Carolina, New Jersey, New England, Maryland, New York State and Vermont. This bodes well for the future and should make for a very exciting inaugural launch of this event.”
The Festival kicks off Thursday evening June 15 with a meet and greet for the artists, the Jurors, Judge Roger Savage, and festival organizers at Art Lab Studios & Gallery in Parrsboro. Members of the public are also welcome as this will be a very people-friendly gathering to get things off to an exciting start. The next day at 9:00 am, the plein air painters will head out to many beautiful and spectacular sites along the Parrsboro Shore, and by late Saturday afternoon, the paintings will be framed and ready for showing at the Collectors Gala.
The Collectors Gala, generously sponsored by Masstown Market, is a highlight event where collectors, gallery owners, sponsors, government representatives, political figures, the artists and the public can preview the 74 canvases that will be up for public sale the following day. Admission to this event is $100 but can be credited to the purchase of a plein air work of art. This is the evening that Judge Roger Savage will announce the winners of the various awards:
- Best in Show – $2,500 Cash
- Second Place Award – $1,500
- Third Place Award – $1,000
- Purchase Award $1,000
- Product Awards $500
Sunday June 18 is the full open-to-the-public exhibition and sale of the original canvases created during the weekend. With 37 juried artists, partners and family members, visiting artists from the Atlantic provinces and the Eastern Seaboard USA, as well as weekend visitors , townsfolk, and art aficionados, this promises to be a memorable event that will truly celebrate the power, beauty , and connective vision of the world of art as well as the rich cultural heritage of the Parrsboro Shore and Cumberland County.
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We thank the Nova Scotia Government (Communities, Culture and Heritage) for its continuing support of Parrsboro Creative and also, thank our Plein Air Sponsors, for the generous contributions made to this event:
O’Regans – Festival Sponsor
Masstown Market – Collectors Gala Sponsor
The Municipality of Cumberland County – Special Interest Sponsor
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