• Marc Kundmann Painting Demonstration

    Wellfleet Public Library 55 W. Main Street, Wellfleet, MA

    Marc Kundmann, who known for his effective use of the luminous and layered properties of the encaustic medium, will demonstrate and talk about how to bring these same qualities to acrylic painting.

  • Painting in the Cape Cod National Seashore

    National Park Service 50 Nauset Road, Eastham, MA, United States

    Plein air painting in the Cape Cod National Seashore in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service. For more information or to register as a plein air or studio artist for the exhibition, please email helen@addisonnart.com.

  • Found Our Park! Paint Out

    Truro, MA, United States

    See painters capture the drama, beauty and history of Truro's shores and uplands, then join them for a show and reception at the Truro Public Library at 5 pm.

  • Paint Out

    Come watch artists from Cape Cod and across the country painting our beautiful area. Completed works will be on display at the gallery for our national awards reception from 5 to 7.

  • Plein Air Demonstration

    Rock Harbor Orleans

    Master Artist Cheng Lian will demonstrate painting onsite in natural light at Rock Harbor, Orleans. This demonstration is free and open to the public.

  • Capture the Cape Plein Air

    Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road (RT 28), Orleans, MA, United States

    Capture the Cape is a fall celebration of this beautiful region sponsored by the Addison Art Gallery and Land Ho! Restaurant. Come see the painters plein air painting around Orleans from 8:00 am to noon, join us at the gallery to see the wet works delivered, and come to the Fresh Paint Reception from 4:00 to 6:00 with live music by Bert Jackson and Roe Osborn.

  • Plein Air Painting in Eastham

    Eastham Public Library 190 Samoset Road, Eastham, MA

    Watch artists create paintings on the Library grounds and other Eastham sites, then come see the finished paintings and chat with the artists at the Eastham Library reception from 3:30 to 5:00 featuring Sue Keller on the piano.

  • Maryalice Eizenberg Demonstration

    Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road, Orleans, MA, United States

    Eizenberg, an award-winning painter and respected instructor will demonstrate plein air oil painting on the gallery lawn.

  • Andrea Petitto Plein Air Workshop

    Heritage Museum and Gardens 67 Grove Street, Sandwich, MA, United States

    This is a course for oil or acrylic painters. The course will focus on finding a strong composition in an outdoor landscape and how to orchestrate values and colors to create a compelling painting. Although Andrea paints primarily with palette knife, painters can use brushes or knives as they wish. Anyone who is interested in trying palette knife painting might find this a good opportunity for a new experience, but the essentials of the instruction are the same for either … Read More

  • Plein Air Painting

    Highlands House Museum 6 Highland Light Road , North Truro, MA, United States

    Plein air painters will be painting the shores, town and historic sites of Truro, the town that Edward Hopper chose to live and to paint for decades. Artists will deliver the wet paintings to the Highland House Museum to be added to the After Hopper exhibition.

  • In Edward Hopper’s Town

    Highlands House Museum 6 Highland Light Road , North Truro, MA, United States

    8 am to noon Plein air painters will be painting the shores, town and historic sites of Truro, the town that Edward Hopper chose to live and to paint for decades. Artists will deliver the wet paintings to the Highland House Museum to be added to the After Hopper exhibition. 6:30 Wine and nibbles meet and greet, tour the museum including the newly created Hopper Room 7:00 After Hopper Panel and Q&A After Hopper celebrates Edward Hopper’s legacy through contemporary … Read More

  • Celebrate Our Waters Painting Event

    Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road, Orleans, MA, United States

    Watch award-winning painters as they create work inspired by the shores of Orleans. Plein air, French for "open air," describes paintings created outdoors. French Impressionists, including Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, advocated en plein air painting. Charles Webster Hawthorne, who is attributed with starting the art colony in Provincetown, came to Cape Cod to teach painting en plein air. The public is invited to come and watch as adults and children alike are enthralled by seeing a painting move from … Read More

  • Celebrate Our Waters Reception, Exhibition and Book signing

    Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road, Orleans, MA, United States

    Join artists and friends for a casual reception and exhibition of new paintings inspired by the shores and waters of Cape Cod. Book signing with Susan Anarino, author of 365 Cape Cod Ponds, Day by Day. "Once I discovered that Cape Cod had 365 ponds I vowed to see if this was true. I found the magic under snow draped pines, beneath squawking seagulls, beside bandstands and in rainy woods. There I encountered swans, herons, boat parades and a little … Read More

  • See the Painters at Work

    Eastham

    Come and watch award-winning painters at work around Eastham. Adults and children alike are amazed to see the processes that lead to a finished painting. Artists are happy to answer questions and discuss their techniques. Join them for a reception and see the still wet paintings at the Eastham Public Library from 2 to 4.

  • Outermost Inspirations

    Eastham Public Library 190 Samoset Road, Eastham, MA

    Outermost House Inspired by the Cape Cod National Seashore and Henry Beston's Outermost House Henry Beston’s 1928 book, The Outermost House, is a classic of American Literature. Beston (1888-1968) wrote the book after spending a solitary “year” in a 20x16 house on the dunes of Eastham on Cape Cod, studying and observing the wonders of the elements in this stunning setting. Plein air painting in the morning, talk, book signing and reception in the afternoon. The Outermost House is considered … Read More