Plein Fun Fest 2025

Plein Fun Fest Weekend February 14 & 15, 2025
Friday: Paint-out in Boca
Saturday: Plein Air Competition in Old Floresta
NOTE: entry fee for competition includes access to participate in ALL weekend events.

Entry and Application requirements:
Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.

Application fee:

$40.00 for registration, deadline December 31, 2024

Fee is payable on-line by applying to Plein Fun Fest Competition by credit card and is non-refundable.

Artists must include a 'completed' application, artist statement, and release agreement, along with 3 high quality jpgs of recent original plein air work.
Images must be labeled as follows; artist's initials, the number that corresponds with your entry (1, 2, or 3), title of piece (or an abbreviation of the title). For example RDP1OceanAtDelray.jpg. Overall Image file size should be between 1Mb to 2 Mb in jpg file format.

All submissions of artists plein air paintings must have been painted without the use of photographs and not painted in a workshop. Image submissions cannot be ones used for a previous application to Plein Fun Fest.

All applications must be received by December 31, 2024
Applications will be collected and images sent to the Jurying Panel of 10 accomplished plein air painters

Images submitted can be used at the discretion of the committee for publicity purposes.

Up to 25 applicants will be selected by the jurors to participate in the plein air competition.

All applicants will be contacted by January 15, 2025 as to whether they have been accepted in this competition.

(Incomplete applications will not be processed.)

Note: All artists are responsible for shipping and packaging costs associated with the return of unsold artwork.

Friday, Feb. 14
Boca Raton Museum Art School
801 W Palmetto Park Rd., Boca Raton, FL 33486
8:30-9:00am Artists check in, get canvas stamped
9:00-3:00pm Artists begin painting at their chosen location in Boca Raton and complete their work, arriving back to the art school at 3:00 with artwork framed, wired, and ready to hang.
Suggestions:
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
Sugar Sand Park
Mizner Park
Boca Inlet Park
Old Floresta Historic District
Saturday, Feb. 15
Boca Raton Museum Art School
8:30-9:00am Juried artists check in, get canvas stamped
9:00-1:00pm Artists paint in Old Floresta Historic District
2:00pm Artists drop off artwork framed, wired, and ready to hang.
2:00-4:00pm Water and light refreshments will be available for artists.
4:00-6:00pm Reception, with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place cash awards presented, to juried artists. Noncompeting artists are eligible for non-cash prizes.
All artwork will be for sale 75% to artist

Contact Numbers- call or text for any questions
Harolyn Larsen: 917-232-0019
Lynn Decker: 603-387-8777


Note: Commission for paintings sold by participating artists is 25%. If sales are by credit card, proportional fees will be charged.

We thank you for your interest in being part of our Plein Air Competition 2025. We anticipate that this will be even better this year - thanks to you! Any profits from the Plein Fun Fest Competition will benefit Boca Raton Museum Art School and Plein Air Palm Beach, both 501c3 non-profit organizations.