Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival (PIPAF)

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Nestled on Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy, with the world’s highest tides creating unique and ever-changing shoreline scenery, Parrsboro has become home to Canada’s largest Plein Air Festival.

Date: June 22-26, 2022

Location: Parrsboro, Nova Scotia (map)

Cost: Application fee $40 :: Artist applications due March 11, 2022

 

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Since 2017, Parrsboro Creative has organized the Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival, drawing 30 juried artists annually from across North America to compete in painting the picturesque sea and landscapes the Parrsboro Shore has to offer.

It’s part of Parrsboro Creative’s vision of developing the area’s cultural economy through the creation and enhancement of a community or artists and artisans that will rejuvenate the community, once a thriving shipbuilding area. Of course, the festival would not be possible without the support of sponsors ranging from government to private enterprise. Its success has been chronicled in media across North America, reaching thousands of artists, art galleries and art collectors’ organizations across the continent.

After a shift in 2020 to an online-only event, and Atlantic-only in 2021 due to COVID-19, PIPAF will be accepting applications once again from across North America!

 

 

Registration:

Registration details can be found in the Artists Prospectus: https://www.parrsborocreative.com/artists-prospectus

Learn more about the annual festival: https://www.parrsborocreative.com/pipaf

Learn more about PIPAF 2022: https://www.parrsborocreative.com/pipaf-2022

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram: @parrsboropleinair

 

James Middleton 5-Day Plein Air Painting Workshop in Beautiful Nova Scotia

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Date: September 14 – September 18

Location: South Shore of Nova Scotia

Costs: $745 + HST

Description:

My workshops offer a good balance between friendly interchange and education. They will be a relaxed, yet informative experience for all.

Subjects Covered:

  • Various ways to start a painting (inside out/outside in).
  • Making quick field sketches to determine compositions.
  • Making preliminary value sketches to capture a strong design.
  • Types of light and value planes (angles and consequent values).
  • Understanding cool and warm colours.
  • Simplifying detail for a more powerful statement.
  • Understanding edges (soft, hard and lost).
  • Creating atmospheric perspective and the illusion of distance.

 

Registration:

Call, email or go online to reserve your spot today! (902) 693-2093

Endorsed by The Ontario Plein Air Society (OPAS). OPAS Members will receive a 10% discount!.

James Middleton 5-Day Plein Air Workshops in Beautiful Nova Scotia

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Date: August 11 – August 14

Location: South Shore of Nova Scotia

Costs: $745 + HST

Description:

My workshops offer a good balance between friendly interchange and education. They will be a relaxed, yet informative experience for all.

Subjects Covered:

  • Various ways to start a painting (inside out/outside in).
  • Making quick field sketches to determine compositions.
  • Making preliminary value sketches to capture a strong design.
  • Types of light and value planes (angles and consequent values).
  • Understanding cool and warm colours.
  • Simplifying detail for a more powerful statement.
  • Understanding edges (soft, hard and lost).
  • Creating atmospheric perspective and the illusion of distance.

 

Registration:

Call, email or go online to reserve your spot today! (902) 693-2093

Endorsed by The Ontario Plein Air Society (OPAS). OPAS Members will receive a 10% discount!.

Plein Air Workshops in Beautiful Nova Scotia, Canada – 2017

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Join artist James Middleton for a 5-day outdoor painting workshop on the spectacular South Shore of Nova Scotia. If you are a beginning painter or a studio painter, you are in for a great experience!

Date: August 14 – August 18 & September 4 – September 8

Location: LaHave, Nova Scotia

Costs: $625 Cdn + HST. (no increase from last year) This fee does not include transportation, painting equipment, food or lodging.

Don’t forget to tell your friends. A referral who registers will get you a 15% reduction off your cost – that’s $94 Cdn off. Two referrals will be $188 Cdn off.

Description:

Last year we painted at the Lunenburg Golf Course (spectacular views of the Town of Lunenburg), the Petite Riviere Vineyards, the LaHave Yacht Club, Blue Rocks fishing village, Green Bay, West Dublin Government Wharf and from the front yard of my studio, overlooking the popular LaHave Bakery and the boats passing by.

If you are coming from out-of-province, I recommend staying a few extra days – or even longer – to enjoy the spectacular Bluenose Coast!

The workshops offer a good balance between friendly interchange and education. They will be a relaxed, yet informative experience for all participants.

Days will include demonstrations, personal instruction, exercises, encouragement and positive critiques for personal growth.

Subjects covered:

▪       Various ways to start a painting.
▪       Making quick field sketches to determine compositions.
▪       Making preliminary value sketches to capture a strong design.
▪       Sharpening your powers of observation.
▪       Types of light and value planes.
▪       Understanding cool and warm colours.
▪       Simplifying detail for a more powerful statement.
▪       Understanding edges (soft, hard and lost).
▪       Creating atmospheric perspective and the illusion of distance.

You may choose to work in Oil or Acrylic.

Nearby accommodation:

http://www.saltyrose.com
http://www.lighthousemotel.ca
http://macleodcottages.ca/macleodcottages-cottages.html

The Salty Rose cottages are booked well in advance of the summer, so don’t wait too long and be disappointed.

The MacLeod cottages are quite minimal, but some people love them. There are also a variety of cottages, B&Bs and motels in the area.

Come join us!

Registration:

By phone: (902) 693-2093

By Email: studio@jamesmiddleton.ca

View James’ website: http://jamesmiddleton.ca

Nova Scotia Plein Air Workshop 2017

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There can be no better source of inspiration than the colourful seaside towns of the Maritimes where history & culture collide with nature in her truest form. Join us as we paint our way through picturesque Lunenburg, Peggy’s Cove, Mahone Bay and more.

Date: September 10 -15, 2017

Location: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Costs: $1799 plus GST

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Let your thoughts drift to colourful maritime structures, hiking paths opening to the Atlantic, restaurants serving some of the best seafood in Canada, and a coastline that goes on forever.

Each day will include mentoring, demos, plenty of one on one instruction and valuable feedback from Brigitte Desbois and Mirja Vahala. Acrylics and oils will be demonstrated. Painting for fun, learning and great memories.

 

Registration:

Register by December 31, 2016 and save $50.

For more information visit: www.brigittedesbois.com or www.mirjavahalaartstudio.com

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