The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens (Facebook Website) will host the seventeenth annual Winter Park Paint Out from April 20-26, during which, the gallery and sculpture gardens will be free.

The Winter Park Paint Out is a distinguished weeklong festival that invites over 20 artists to paint “en plein air,” just like the 19th-century French Impressionists. Audiences can watch the artists in action at the Polasek Museum and locations around town as they create more than 200 paintings that become part of a pop-up exhibition and flash sale at the end of the week. Artwork created during the Winter Park Paint Out will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds going to support the museum.

This year’s shopping list of 22 participating artists includes:

  • Linda Apriletti
  • Irina Kovnacka Ashcraft
  • Jonathan Aycrigg
  • Stacy Barter
  • Charles Dickinson
  • Katie Dobson-Cundiff
  • Rachel Dowd
  • Catherine Hillis
  • Mary Hoffman
  • Julia Kamenskikh
  • Preston King
  • Chris Kling
  • Nathan Leemis
  • Maurizio Maso
  • Abby Ober
  • Barbara Ortiz
  • Michael Pintar
  • Morgan Samuel Price
  • Jim Rehak
  • Tom Sadler
  • Don Sondag
  • Blair Updike

The week includes a number of standalone events to participate in, including a Paint-In on Park Ave on Wednesday, April 23, from 5:30-8 p.m., with plein air artists setting up their easels outside participating businesses. Guests can stroll the avenue while enjoying a selection of wine and appetizers while watching the artists in action for $25 per person.

For more information, visit polasek.org.

Brendan O'Connor

Editor in Chief of Bungalower.com

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