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Artists Application for 2020 Last chance to apply TODAY, December 16, 2019!!!!!! First of all, let me say that plein air artists and those who purchased their art during the 2019 Carmel Art Festival this past May were a hardy bunch. They were tested with on and off rain storms throughout the weekend. But the resulting paintings were truly spectacular in their diverse representations of the ever changing weather. And buyers whole heartedly endorsed, and purchased, these paintings in record breaking numbers! We instituted a lot of new ideas this past year including a limited "Buy Now" feature. We are improving on this feature in 2020; in fact, we are eliminating the "silent auction" feature entirely except for the "Quick Draw". Further information about this will be announced here shortly. Now we are looking for 60 juried artists for the 2020 Carmel Art Festival. Are you up for the challenge? Can you paint at least 2 paintings within a 2 day period under whatever conditions the weather brings us here on the Monterey and Big Sur Coast? Here's the way it works: If you are a plein air artist, you can apply between September 1 and December 16, 2019. Of all those artists who enter, we will have a jury select 60, and we will be announcing these 2020 participants by January 31. Below is the application and further information of what we expect of those artists who will be juried in: Artist Application 2020 Artists, if you have any questions, please call me at 831-626-4000. Hella Rothwell |
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In 2020, we will celebrate the 27th annual Carmel Art Festival, a non-profit public benefit event held to educate and inspire people of all ages about
the visual arts. We are proud that we can donate annually to the
Youth Arts Collective
Many galleries in Carmel-by-the-Sea schedule their own art shows, receptions, painting and sculpture demonstrations to coincide with the Carmel Art Festival.
Online Viewing:Although we will post all paintings on this website each year, we have eliminated online bidding. The event is always the weekend after Mother's Day. Application and artists information is always published here by September 1. Deadline to enter is December 1. If you are a plein air artist and can paint 2 paintings in 2 days, you can apply It is a juried event. Only 60 artists are chosen each year. List of juried artists will be posted on this website by January 31 before the festival. Entry fees are non-refundable. It is the responsibility of the artist to check this website for updates. If you want to get on our email list, please sign up by clicking icon below. Carmel Art Galleries: Please email us information about your event that coincide with the dates of the Carmel Art Festival, we will also include your event in our PROGRAM. Send this information to us by mid-APRIL in time to be included. Thank you. Email Mailing list: If you would like to get regular notices from us, please sign up below!!! 
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2020 Poster: "Twilight Showers" by Sally Jordan, 2019 "People's Choice Award".
