32nd Annual Carmel Art Festival May 16-18, 2025
Carmel-by-the-Sea Plein Air Painting Competition & Art Sale
Plus Live Sculpture, Kids Programs, Live Music and much more
Venue is Devendorf Park

May 17, 2025 - "Quick Draw" & Auction - Venue on Mission Street between Ocean and 6th Avenues

P.O. Box 7191, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 93921
A non-profit 501c3 organization/FREE public event



32nd Carmel Art Festival 2025 - Schedule of Events

Wednesday, May 14 & Thursday, May 15, 2025
Plein Air artists juried into the Carmel Art Festival will be painting all around the Monterey Peninsula and Big Sur. You can identify them by their festival caps. And, of course, by them creating their fabulous plein air paintings. They love to talk to you and have their photos taken with you. And if you put the photos up on your social media to share with your friends, we all love that.

Friday, May 16, 2025
Venue: Devendorf Park

10AM-2PM--Artists check in their 2 competition paintings.You may recognize the ones you saw being painted during the past 2 days!
11AM-2PM--Live music
3PM-4PM-Judging including Peoples' Choice Award. You, the public, will have a chance to vote for your favorite painting.
4PM--Buy Now starts. Here is where you, the public, can buy that piece of art you have actually seen being created! Or any other, of course.
5:30PM--Awards Presentation. Come meet the artists
6PM-9PM--VIP Gala Party with some of the best local wines and food plus live entertainment by fan favorite Carlos Reyes. If you have purchased a painting today, you will receive 2 complimentary tickets to the Gala. If you haven't decided yet what to buy, tickets are available at $75/person.

Saturday, May 17, 2025
Quick Draw and Auction of art painted in 2 hours with all juried artists participating.
Venue: Mission Street between Ocean Ave and 6th which will be closed to traffic for this event.

9AM-11AM: Artists will be all around Carmel-by-the-Sea but primarily within walking distance in the commercial area. This is where you, the public, can watch them once again paint a scene up and personal in ONLY 2 HOURS.
11AM-2:30PM: Viewing & bidding on paintings
12Noon: Winners will be announced
2:30PM - Close of Auction. Note: if there are 10 bids, then the painting goes to live auction. Do you have to be there? No, but we need your telephone number to get in touch with you if you have won the bid. Register, and you can also call us to up your bid during the day!

Saturday, May 17, 2025
Venue: Devendorf Park

While the Quick Draw is happeing on adjoining Mission Street, there will be live music and children's and other events of interest in adjoining Devendorf Park. Check back often here, because as paintings sell under the tents, artists will replace them with others.

Sunday, May 18, 2025
9AM-3PM: On Sunday, the Carmel Art Festival continues strictly in Devendorf Park.

12Noon-3PM: Live Music
3PM - Festival Closes.


Artists juried into the
May 16-18, 2025
Carmel Art Festival


Najeeb Abdulrahiman
Rebecca Arguello
Mike Bagdonas
Rolando Barrero
Stacy Barter
Wendy Brayton
Carl Bretzke
Holly Buehler
Denise Busony
Youming Cate
Ken Christensen
Arijit Dutta
Linda Elling
Catherine Fasciato
Terri Ford
Wendy Franklin
Barbara Freund
Carole Gray-Weihman
Meisha Grichuhin
John Guernsey
Scott Hamill
Coraly Hanson
Laurie Hendricks
Sterling Hoffmann
Daryl Hosick
Ellen Howard
Sally Jordan
Paul Kratter
Louisa Lorenz
Will Maller
Marie Massey
Kristian Matthews
Lynn Mehta
Donald Neff
Stacey Nussbaum
Nina Ollikainen
Lilli-anne Price
Jaladhi Pujara
Lana Rak
Bill Rogers
Julia Seelos
Tamara Selyangina
Nutan Singh
Margaret Stewart
Carol Tarzier
Joaquin Turner
Tim Ward
Steve Weinberger
Barbara West
Karen Wilkerson
Ran Wu
Abby Zhang


33rd Carmel Art Festival - May 15-17, 2026

Artists who want to apply for the Carmel Art Festival May 15-17, 2026, please make sure you are on your mailing list below and sign up under "Artists". We will then send you the application in August, 2025 with instructions how to apply. Only 60 artists will be juried into the festival.
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Carmel Art Festival 2024 image in Devendorf Park.


Carmel Art Festival
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

 

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