Paint Livingston
Inaugural Paint Livingston
Plein Air Competition
October 3-5, 2024
Downtown Livingston, Tennessee will be bustling with plein air painters, art enthusiasts and fun activities for the whole family during the inaugural Paint Livingston Plein Air Competition on Saturday October 5th, 2024.
The center piece of this event will be a group of professional and amateur plein air painters who will set up their easels in and around Livingston Thursday, Friday & Saturday to paint and compete for $3,450 in cash prizes.
Looking for something fun to do?
Volunteer!
Volunteers are needed to help with our Paint Livingston Plein Air Competition.
This is your chance to help the arts thrive in Livingston while meeting and mingling with amazing artists and your fellow art lovers in Overton County.
Morning, midday and evening shifts are available Thursday, October 3 through Saturday, October 5 to accommodate every volunteer's schedule and interests.
Find out more, and sign up here.
The plein-air competition will be judged by acclaimed artist Connie Erickson. Ms. Erickson works in oil and pastel and has exhibited in numerous juried exhibitions and solo shows. She has received many awards for her portrait, still life, and landscape paintings at regional and national competitions. She helped found and was elected first president of The Chestnut Group: Plein-Air Painters for the Land in Nashville, Tennessee. To learn more about Erickson, visit www.connieericksonstudio.com.
The plein air competition and the Quick Draw competition are open to all artists both professional and amateur. There is a $35 entry fee for participating artists. [Note: Registration is now closed. As of August 25, we had 38 artists from Nashville, Knoxville, GA and throughout the Upper Cumberland registered to compete.] Paintings in acrylic, oil, watercolor, pastels, and gouache will be accepted. Inclement weather plans will ensure that the event proceeds regardless of the weather.
The exhibit, the award ceremony and all competition-related events on Saturday are free and open to the public.
For more information, and to find out about sponsorship opportunities, email us at info@overtoncountyarts.org
For a detailed prospectus for artists participating in the three-day plein air competition, click here.
