| Date: | August 19, 2022 |
| Time: | 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM |
| Venue: | The Floyd Center for the Arts |
| Cost: |
General Admission: Free Patron Tickets: $100.00
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| Description: |
The Floyd Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the 3rd Floyd Plein Air Biennial, the week-long outdoor painting festival, to take place at sites in and around Floyd County starting on Monday, August 15, 2022 through Saturday, August 20, 2022. On Friday, the theme is "Paint the Town". Artists will paint the many iconic scenes within the town limits such as Catherine’s Garden, Locust Street, Main Street, Jacksonville Cemetery, The Pine Tavern, The Floyd Center for the Arts and more. Additionally, Friday features The Quick Draw at The Friday Night Jamboree from 6:00-9:00 PM. Our field of competition artists will be joined by non-competition artists in a three hour “quick paint.” Artists must paint a scene from start to finish within the three hour period. Substrates stamped from 5:00-6:00 PM at a location to-be-announced, awards for both competition and non-competition artists will be given out at Saturday’s Gala. This will be the third time the Center has invited and hosted a field of regional and national artists as part of this Biennial Event, which also occurred in 2017 and 2019. Having taken a year off due to the pandemic, the Center is excited to bring artists back to paint. Artists will enjoy painting the Blue Ridge Parkway, the famed Buffalo Mountain, unique sites along the beautiful Little River, local farms and vistas, as well as the Town of Floyd. Events include artist demos, an Artist/Patron Night including Wet Paint Sale, Quick Draw Contest at the Historic Floyd Country Store & Friday Night Jamboree, art sale and reception! Abingdon resident and nationally renowned plein air artist Kyle Buckland will act as the event judge. Currently a resident artist at The William King Museum of Art in Abingdon, Kyle’s unique painting style has garnered him many awards and acclaim, and in 2021 he was inducted into the prestigious Plein Air Painters of the Southeast. Artist and Virginia native Joli Ayn Wood will return as Chairperson for the 2022 event. Community involvement in this week-long festival is welcomed and free. Patron tickets are available for purchase and grant access to special patron events during the week. Patron tickets are $100.00 per person. Patron Tickets can be purchased on the Floyd Center for the Arts website at https://www.floydartcenter.org/event-details/floyd-plein-air-biennial-patron-ticket, in person at the Center, or over the phone at 540-745-2784. To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/2yr1zxmd/image.png. For more information, please visit: https://www.floydartcenter.org/plein-air or https://www.facebook.com/FloydArts or call 540-745-2784. |