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Nothing Plain About Plein Air
Issue: 2020/06 - June
This summer is the Sixth Biennial Cashiers Plein Air Festival, a festival to celebrate the outdoor lifestyle of the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau, July 15-19.
Plein air is French for “open air.” The festival will feature invitational artists painting outdoors, in the open air, capturing on canvas the beauty of the landscape and the bucolic way of life in the North Carolina mountains. Their original art is displayed for viewing and sale at a pop-up art gallery free and open to the public in The Village Green Commons in Cashiers.
Special ticketed events are planned during the festival. These include festival artists demonstrating their methods and techniques. Two outdoor themed cooking classes will feature picnic and grilling recipes for open air entertaining. In addition to these offerings at The Village Green, several exclusive locations will be available for art patrons to visit and watch the artists painting en plein air. Information about how to purchase tickets to have access to these can be found on the Cashiers Plein Air Festival website (CashiersPleinAirFestival.com) or by emailing [email protected].
Cashiers Plein Air Festival originated in 2008 from members of the The Village Green Board of Directors at the time – Mary Palmer Dargan, Trish Warriner and Karen Weihs. They launched the first festival of professional Plein Air artists in 2010 to compete and sell works created live during a concentrated time for the community to enjoy.
This festival continues to be firmly established as a premier art event for the Southeast. Cashiers Plein Air Festival is a biennial fundraiser to enhance The Village Green.
Due to the restrictions and guidelines during the coronavirus pandemic, events and plans are subject to change. For a complete schedule of festival events as well as a listing of the invitational artists, visit VillageGreenCashiersNC.com or CashiersPleinAirFestival.com
