International Parrsboro Plein Air Festival

Plein Air – painting in real time in the open air – is the fastest growing art movement in the history of North America, and the International Parrsboro Plein Air Festival is coming back for another edition from Thursday thru Sunday

Thirty of North America’s finest plein air painters will be in Parrsboro to compete for more than $8,000 in prizes.

A Meet the Artists social at the Two Islands Brewery is planned for Friday at 7  and on Saturday  at 6:45 there’s the Collectors Preview and Awards Night’s Party with 60 new paintings hot off the press. The preview will be followed by the Awards Celebration with live music, appetizers and bar. Public art sales at The Hall and Art Lab are available Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with free admission. Also on Sunday is the Quick Draw, a crowd favourite with plein air artists painting all over town.