Penn Valley Park offers ideal setting for outdoor painting competition
At a recent event in the Crossroads, Alex Hamil (in the baseball cap) talked to fellow artists about the Penn Valley Plein Air Fest and other outdoor painting competitions that offer chances for learning new skills and finding new audiences.
There’s ...
Penn Valley paintings on sale to benefit park conservancy
Courtesy Penn Valley Park Conservancy. Best of Show—”Dark Skies Over KC” watercolor, 15 x 11, by Spencer Meagher, Mount Vernon, IL.
The 99 paintings of Penn Valley Park created by 35 artists are now for sale following the Plein ...
Painting event, concert draw visitors to Penn Valley Park May 13-16
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 ...
Plein Air Festival winners now on display
Patrick Saunders won the top prize in the Plein Air Festival for this painting of Penn Valley Park.
The winners of the Plein Air Art Festival last week in Penn Valley Park are now displayed at the Buttonwood Gallery in Union Hill. Thirty one ...
Plein Air festival planners hope you’ll rediscover Penn Valley Park
Organizers of the first Plein Air Fest want to offer Midtowners a reason to rediscover Penn Valley Park.
On May 7 through 10, artists will gather at the park in an open-air painting competition. Plein air painting, a French term for painting ...
Plein air painting fest coming to Penn Valley Park
Painting is not always considered a spectator sport, but it will be this May when a new event launches in Penn Valley Park.
The Plein Air Fest will be a painting competition held May 7-10. According to the Penn Valley Park Conservancy, the ...
Neighbors show Penn Valley Park a little love
Volunteers from the Penn Valley Park Conservancy and Blue Cross/Blue Shield cleaned up trash in the Penn Valley Park on Saturday. Photos courtesy Nadja Karpilow.
Penn Valley Park has been getting a facelift lately, but its little-known stream ...
As Irish Fest approaches, a look back at Midtown’s Irish heritage
One of the homes in Vinegar Gulch, an Irish enclave in what became Penn Valley Park.
Posted by Joe Lambe
The Irish played a large part in the history of Kansas City and Midtown, and it’s time for a nod to Celtic culture and a wee bit of remembrance.
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