The winner of the 2014 Penn Valley Park Plain Air Fest, by Patrick Saunders. The 2015 event began yesterday and lasts through Saturday, with a concert in the park on Friday evening.
The Penn Valley Park Conservancy is hoping to lure visitors to the park this weekend for its second Plein Air festival and a Friday night concert.
Both are part of the conservancy’s long-term plan to restore and enhance the park and get people out to use it.
The plein air painting competition started yesterday and continues through Saturday.
Artists will be painting throughout the park during the festival. The festival draws artists from across the region to paint the park “en plain air,” which requires them to work quickly in changing conditions to capture the park in paint.
For those wanting to watch the painters, organizer Kirk Peterson says the three “quick paints,” timed events where all artists focus on the same subject, may be the best opportunity.
“That is the best way to see the artists at work in a concentrated space and marvel at their creations while getting to see many different perspectives of a similar subject matter,” he said.
Quick paint times and locations
- May 14, 5-7 p.m. Just Off Broadway Theater, 3014 Central
- May 15, 5-7 p.m. Liberty Memorial
- May 16 7-9 a.m. Lake Valley.
This year, the conservancy has added another element to the Plein Air Festl – an evening concert on Friday at 7 p.m. featuring Katy Guillen & the Girls.
“The sunsets in Penn Valley Park are wonderful,” Dona Boley, a conservancy board membes, says. Boley has written about the history of Kansas City parks and boulevards, and she says historically the parks were popular places for concerts. The conservancy is hoping to revive that tradition with this event.
Details
Concert
- Friday May 15 7 p.m. free concert Katy Guillen and the Girls
- Intersection of Memorial Dr. Kessler Road and Wyandotte Street
- Bring blanket or chair and picnic
- Come early – 5 -7 p.m. and watch artists quick paint
Plein Air Fest
- Artists from across the region compete in a 4-day Paint-Off. They have from 8 a.m. May 13th through 10:30 a.m. May 16th to capture the park painting en plein air. Plein air painting challenges artists to work fast, channeling a quickly changing environment onto paper or canvas.
- While artists will be painting throughout the park during the four days, the three Quick Paints are the best time to watch. The Quick Paints are 5-7 pm on May 14th and 15th and 7-9 am on May 16th. See Map for locations.
Awards reception and art exhibit
- On May 16th a private reception and preview party will be held to showcase the art, award prizes, and offer the art for sale. Addition artwork will be for sale from May 18th – June 26th during the open to the public Art Exhibit and online auction. Reception and exhibit will be held at Buttonwood Art Space, 3013 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri.
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