Plein Air Quick Draw

Saturday, April 21, 2012

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Downtown Pine Mountain, Georgia
Sponsored by Callaway Gardens

Calling all Plein Air artists, collectors, collectors-to-be and spectators! The Quick Draw event on Saturday, April 21, 2012 is a great opportunity for professional and amateur painters to compete and have fun in Downtown Pine Mountain, Georgia. During this short time, all registered Quick Draw participants will set up their easels and paint or draw “en plein air” in downtown Pine Mountain (see Event Guidelines below).

Artists will paint within a designated area. Painting will begin at Noon, and all artwork must be completed and framed by 2 p.m. Each participating artist will be provided with a four-part invoice to be completed and attached to the painting for judging and sale, which will begin immediately thereafter. Judging begins at 2:15pm; cash awards will be awarded at 2:45 p.m. Sales will close at 4 p.m. All art must be displayed until the sale ends. This will be the only opportunity to view and purchase these works.

Following the competition,  artists are welcome to display  along the sidewalks in the “heart” of the downtown area (rain exhibit location will also to be in the downtown area).

This is one of the most exciting experiences of the week-long Plein Air event. Together, artists and spectators are absorbed in the creative process. See the subject matter and how the artists interpret it. Smell the wet paint and get caught up in the excitement of watching a painting come to life before your eyes.
Plus, you get to shop, dine and explore in beautiful Pine Mountain.

Download a Registration Form

Event Guidelines

1. ARTISTS REGISTER:  Artists who have not registered online for the Quick Draw Competition can register on-site the morning of the event, Saturday, April 21, from 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. at the sidewalk area outside the Pine Mountain Tourism Association (corner of Broad and Main Sts.). Each artist pays $15 cash or check, and completes the registration form.
   Pre-registration is $10. No more than two (2) canvases may be presented for stamping by the Quick Draw Committee volunteers. The juried artists in the main event are invited to paint, exhibit and sell in the Quick Draw, but are not eligible to win an award. Their registration fees are waived.
   This exciting event is open to anyone, 16 years or older.
   
2. BOUNDARIES:  The geographic boundaries of the Quick Draw Competition. Click here to view map.
   
3. ARTISTS CREATE:  Before the event begins, the Quick Draw artists may choose a location within the boundaries.  The artists must start with nothing pre-painted, pre-drawn or photographed, and create the Quick Draw artwork only during the Quick Draw time frame between Noon to 2:00pm. At Noon the artists begin creating. Any violators will be banned from future events.
   
4. ARTISTS RETURN:  By 2:15 p.m., the Quick Draw artists finish and bring their just completed artworks and easels to Broad Street. Prior to the exhibition, each painting must be framed or matted by the artist, for ease of handling.
   
5. EXHIBIT:  Each artist must set up her/his easel along the Broad Street and display his/her Quick Draw work on it for the exhibit and judging by 2:15 p.m.. Event staff is onsite to answer artists’ questions, direct artists to the exhibit space and help artist set up their easels. Each artwork must be for sale, and have a title and price. Artists must complete a four-part invoice provided by Callaway Gardens and attach it to the easel. The Ida Cason Callaway Foundation, the parent organization of Callaway Gardens, will receive a 25% commission from the proceeds of each Quick Draw sale, which is used to fund this event. All participating artists will receive payment from Callaway Gardens within four to six weeks of the original sale. All artists who net $600 from their art sale will need to sign a W9 before receiving payment. Each participating artist must consider Callaway Gardens his/her gallery for this event, and must pay the commission. Violators will be banned from future events. A 7% sales tax will be added to the price of each artwork that sells, which is collected by the event staff. There will be event staff to accept credit cards as payment for the paintings.
   
6. JUDGING:  Beginning at 2:15 p.m., the Quick Draw paintings are judged by the competition judge, Mr. Jean Stern, Executive Director of The Irvine Museum.
   
7. AWARDS:  At 2:45-3 p.m., the Quick Draw Awards are announced. Cash prizes are awarded. At the purchaser’s discretion, the winning paintings may be displayed in the Exhibition Hall at the Virginia Hand Callaway Discovery Center at Callaway Gardens through Sunday, April 22  until 4 p.m.
   
   Quick Draw Awards
   First Place - $300
   Second Place - $200
   Third Place - $150
   Honorable Mention (3) - $100
   
8. CONTINUING EXHIBIT AND SALE:  The exhibit and sale can continue on the sidewalks of downtown Pine Mountain after 4 p.m. In the event of rain, the exhibit and sale will take place in a location to be decided in the downtown area. All painting must stay on display until 4 p.m.
   
9. EXHIBIT CONCLUDES:  All paintings and easels must be picked up by  4:15 p.m. Callaway Gardens is not responsible for any equipment or artworks left after 4:15 p.m.

For more information on Plein Air 2012 at Callaway Gardens, call 706.681.3329 or email Geoff Robertson.
Sponsored by:  Ida Cason Callaway Foundation