Carmel-by-the-Sea Plein Air Painting Competition & Art Sale
Venue is Devendorf Park
Plus Live Sculpture-In-The-Park, Quick Draw, Kids Programs, Live Music
P.O. Box 7191, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 93921
A non-profit 501c3 organization/FREE public event
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The applications are still in the hands of the jury, and it will be another week until we can announce the 60 chosen artists. "We were hoping to have this done by September 30, but it is turning out more difficult to make this choice," according to organizers of the festival. "It truly gets harder each year to choose who should be in. First, there are those wonderful artists who have been in the festival year after year, and then, as this year, we have quite a few new artists apply." Announcement of the 2025 list of juried artists is now expected to be on Friday, October 11, 2024. |
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Results and Thank Yous! The 31st annual Carmel Art Festival concluded on Sunday, May 19 and was declared a resounding success by all who participated. Many of the attendees who came from around the country told us they plan their vacation around the festival. This year we tried somethig new: with each purchase of a painting, the buyer received two tickets to the popular VIP event on Friday night. And purchase they did, then getting to hang out with their favorite artists while enjoying wine and delectable foods from our area's award winning restaurants and wine tasting rooms. With rotating live music events and children's art activities the 3-day festival is a celebration of the arts for the whole community, but the heart of the festival is a plein-air painting competition featuring some of the most talented plein air artists in the nation. Judging this year's work were Terry and Paula Trotter of the Trotter Galleries in Carmel and Pacific Grove and Hailee Singleton Museum Curator for Monterey State Parks. The main awards ceremony was held on Friday evening, May 17. The following artists and works were honored. 2 nd Place Steve Weinberg --With Pride 3 rd Place Geoffrey Allen-- Secret Mist Honorable Mentions: #1 Najeeb Abdulrahiman --Monterey Marina #2 Terri Ford - Dune Crossroads #3 John Guernsey-- Garage Garden #4 Scott Hamill-- Point Lobos #5 Sally Jordan -- Gloria in Excelsis Deo Jennifer Hill Award: Paul Kratter -- Light Artist's Choice: John Guernsey -- Garage Garden People's Choice: Joaquin Turner -- Dunes at Dusk Mayor's Choice: Meisha Grichuhin -- Sunset Under The Canopy #2 Paul Kratter-- From the Dunes #3 Meisha Grichuhin -- TBD The festival is also grateful for the record number of sponsors whose donations of funds and services made this year's event such a success. These generous individuals and businesses are as follows: Agnes Biederman Photography Ariel Mar Studio Arts Council of Monterey County Barnyard Shopping Centre Bernardus Winery Big Sur Vineyards Bouchaine Vineyards Carmel Cares Carmel Coffee House Carmel Gives Costanzo Creative Cypress Inn Dawn's Dream Winery Drawn 2 Art Esperanza Carmel FancyPansy Art Design Folktale Winery Forage Vintage Rental Company Horizon Inn Inns by the Sea Jacquie Adams, Realtor Sotheby's KAZU Monterey History and Art Association Monterey State Parks Old Fisherman's Grotto Oscar's Playground The Party Senorita Print Works.Solutions Scheid Vineyards Steven Whyte Sculpture Studios Rothwell Realty, Inc. Terry and Paula Trotter/Trotter Galleries, Carmel and Pacific Grove UPS stores of the Monterey Peninsula The Wecker Group 
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Photo Courtesy Lilli-anne Price
Festival Organizers: Hella Rothwell & Ellen Wilson
Direct 831-626-4000
Mailing Address: Carmel Art Festival
P.O. Box 7191
Carmel, CA 93921
Email Contact:carmelartfest@gmail.com
Website:http://www.carmelartfestivalcalifornia.com
