Georgia Color 3rd Annual Plein Air Competition

Glynn Visual Arts will be the headquarters for Olmsted Arts' 3rd Annual Georgia Color Plein Air Competition from October 21-24. Please note that there will be a free Exhibition Gallery set up at GVA, as well as ticketed events taking place at The King & Prince Beach & Golf Resort and GVA as described herein. For tickets visit olmstedpleinair.com or see more information at glynnvisualarts.org.

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Georgia Color 3rd Annual Plein Air Competition

On Thursday, October 21, grab your coffee and greet the sunrise with the Georgia Color artists who will be up early and painting on St. Simons Island and in the surrounding area throughout the day. The Exhibition Gallery at GVA will be open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In the evening, there will be a Welcome Reception for artists and sponsors held at The King & Prince Beach & Golf Resort. Arrive early and catch artists painting on the grounds. At this ticketed event, you’ll have the opportunity to meet the Georgia Color artists, enjoy light fare and drinks, and purchase collectible paintings from the 36 featured artists that were created the first day of competition. Tickets for the reception are $60.

On Friday, October 22, the Exhibition Gallery at GVA will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and artists will be painting on St. Simons Island and in the surround area throughout the day. In the evening, Georgia Color artists will be in Historic Downtown Brunswick for a Sunset/Nocturne Paint the Town from 4:30-8:30 p.m. The public is invited to join featured artists actively demonstrating sunset and nocturne paintings in the magical setting of historic Brunswick’s downtown, dock and marina. Arrive early to explore the shops, restaurants, brewery, and experience artists painting throughout the town. This will be a fun and memorable evening for artists and the public to enjoy. Paintings will be available for purchase.

Saturday, October 23, continues with the artists painting on St. Simons Island and in the surrounding area. The Exhibition Gallery at GVA will be open 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The preview for the evening’s Georgia Color Artists Awards & Collectors Celebration event will take place at GVA at 4:30 p.m., with the ticketed event commencing at 5:30 p.m. This is where the featured artists will display what they’ve chosen as the two best works they’ve created over their four days of painting. The Awards and Collectors Celebration offers the first opportunity to see the entire competition show. It will be an evening bustling with excitement. Attendees can purchase paintings created during the Invitational, as well as those from a library of the featured artists’ work, in advance of the general public, and sales are generally brisk.

Sunday, October 24, will feature a PaintQuick session for artists at Musgrove Retreat and Conference Center on St. Simons Island in the morning. The general public is invited to visit the Exhibition Gallery at GVA from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to meet the featured Georgia Color artists at the exhibit of over 200 original works which are available for purchase. Admission is free and all artists will be in the Exhibition Gallery on Sunday. Many will be painting live. Before the show concludes at 4:00 pm, you’re invited to share a Champagne toast to the show.

During the Georgia Color event, all paintings created throughout this coastal plein air invitational will be showcased at GVA in an exhibition that also includes a library of paintings supplied by each artist. Fresh paintings from the event will be added daily and all paintings displayed will be available for purchase. Upon completion of the event, the Exhibition Gallery of the plein air paintings will remain on display online through November.