Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association promotes the appreciation of, and participation in the art of outdoor painting. Founding members were Lee Boynton, John Ebersberger, Abigail McBride, Ross Merrill, Bonnie Roth Anderson, Sharon Littig and William Wright.
They hold exhibitions, workshops, and other special events. If you become a member you are eligible to participate in workshops, painting trips (paint outs), and special tours of exhibitions. You will receive their newsletter and e-mail updates about events, and you can apply to participate MAPAPA sponsored exhibition/events. If you have participated in three juried exhibitions you are eligible to apply to become an artist member.
Ohio Plein Air Society is for artists working alone, or in smaller groups and serves as the statewide unifying link that connects you to others who share your love of painting outdoors. OPAS came into being in 2002 and was founded by Richard Canfield, Kaye Michele Darling, Debra Joyce Dawson, Tom Harbrecht, John Hoberg, Mark Gingerich, Richard Otten. Membership in OPAS is open to all artists, regardless of age or experience, who wants to work in the plein air tradition.
The group meets at least once a month at predetermined locations around the state. They paint in all seasons and in all kinds of weather. The group holds an annual plein air competition and juried exhibitions in various locations around Ohio.
Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters
signature members include Brian Blood, Carol Cooke, Albert Handell, and Michael Situ.
Tucson Plein Air Painters Society was founded in 2002 by Gwen Dean and a group of like-minded plein air artists. Current honorary members include Phil Starke, M. Jason Situ, and Wanda Macpherson. The Society has an annual plein air event, where artists from around the states converge on Tucson to paint the town and the surrounding desert. The event culminates in an exhibiton at the Arizona Sonora Desert Musem.
The Plein Air Painters of America was one of the first groups to get together to promote plein air artists. In 1986 Denise Burns, who is the founder of the group, along with Roy Rose (who is the nephew of well-known California Impressionist Guy Rose) selected 20 artists to attend the first Plein Air Painters Festival on Catalina Island, and the event and the groups members has grown substantially since then. Even so, there are not an outstanding number of members as they prefer to invite only quality artists. Current signature members include Ken Auster, John Budicin, Scott Burdick, Louise DeMore, Kevin Macpherson, Jospeh Mendez, and Ray Roberts.
The group also runs three to five day workshops in association with the Scottsdale Artists’ School.
International Plein Air Painters include artists from all around the world. Membership is restricted to plein air painters, those serious to learn about plein air painting and those who wish to be benefactors advancing the plein air movement. You can join the organization and they will send you a newsletter and you will receive discounts on merchandise from commercial members. You can also post your listing on the organization’s website, with a link to your website.
Plein Air Florida began with two Florida painters, David Johnson from Branford and Linda Blondheim from Gainesville. They began painting out together and dreaming of a time when plein air painting would gain recognition and patronage in Florida. They were unaware that other groups existed in the state. Plein Air Florida became an umbrella group to provide a base for statewide plein air activity. Their signature membership is for professional artists living in Florida. To qualify for this category you must submit information and images that demonstrates your commitment to plein air painting on a professional level. The associate membership level is for any artist in Florida with a sincere interest in plein air painting. The only reqiurement is a desire to learn more and to participate in plein air activities in Florida.
Alla Prima International members travel all across the US and abroad in search of subjects to paint as a group. They also hold exhibitions in Texas and Vermont. Current members include Lindy Duncan, Lesley Rich, and Elizabeth Tolley.
The Laguna Plein Air Painters Association was founded in 1996 by Saim Caglayan along with Ken Auster, Jacobus Baas, Cynthia Britain and John Cosby. The group has a newsletter, monthly paint outs, workshops, artist and signature member exhibitions, and fundraisers to help promote open spaces. For their annual plein air painting event they invite some of the best landscape painters in the nation to paint in and around Laguna Beach and the proceeds benefit the Laguna Art Museum. Current signature members include Jacobus Baas, John Cosby, Michael Obermeyer, Camille Przewodek, Peggi Kroll-Roberts, and Randall Sexton.
You can pay to join the organization as an artist member for which you will receive the monthly newsletter. Occasionally the group invites artist to apply to be juried in as a signature member.
To request to be an author and have your work displayed in the authors gallery, email: jacquiseddon2007@gmail.com
