BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211014 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211015 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:2021 Falls Church Arts "Scenes in the City" Plein Air Festival DESCRIPTION:Artists paint outdoors in Falls Church City\n\nOctober 1-15\, 2021 \n\nPlein Air Festival and Quick Draw Event on Saturday\, October 16\n\n(rain date October 23)\n\n\n\nPlein Air Festival Judging\n\nParticipating artists check in and submit their competition works between 8 and 9 am\n\n(artists requiring early drop-off\, contact Alexia Scott\, alexiascott@mac.com) \n\nQuick Draw Competition: 8 am to 11 am\n\nQuick Draw is open to all levels and all ages. Artists register ($15 entry fee) at the Quick Draw table on October 16\,\n\ncreate their plein air works between 8 am and 11 am\, and submit their work to be judged that morning!\n\nWinners of both competitions announced at noon\,\n\nFalls Church Farmers Market\, Falls Church City Hall Grounds\n\nTo enter:\n\n\n Fill out entry form below. (Skip to entry form)\n Pay your one-time $40 entry fee online (includes three stamps\, additional stamps available\, $5 per substrate).\n Have substrates (canvases\, papers\, etc\,) stamped at a location named below\, prior to doing your work.\n\n\n\n\nStamping is available October 1-15 at:\n\n\n Falls Church Arts Gallery\, 700-B West Broad Street\, (gallery hours: Thurs.-Fri. 11 am to 6 pm\, Sat. 9 am to 6 pm\, Sun. 11 am to 4 pm)\n Art and Frame of Falls Church\, 205 West Jefferson Street\, (hours: Mon.- Sat. 10 am to 6 pm\, Sun. noon to 4 pm)\n\n\n\n\nArtist Participation Fee: $40 (includes 3 stamps) Additional stamps available\, $5 (cash or check) per substrate\n\nA maximum of four 2021 Plein Air "Scenes in the City" artworks can be entered per artist for judging. \n\n2020 Plein Air Prizes*\n\nBeyer Auto Group Plein Air Prize: $1\,250\n\nTori McKinney Rock-Star Realty Group Artists Choice Award: $1\,000\n\nJune Beyer Art Quick Draw Prizes: $750 (1st - $350\, 2nd - $250\, 3rd - $150)\n\nBarbara Cram Plein Air Prize (Falls Church Arts): $500\n\nThe Kensington Prize: $500\n\nPeople's Choice Award (Falls Church Arts): $350\n\nThe Young Group Prize: $250\n\n*Last year's prizes. Sponsorships of 2021 prizes are still available.\n\nPrize winners are selected by the Plein Air judges except for (a) the "Artists Choice Award" \,which is chosen by the artist entrants\, and (b) the "People's Choice Award"\, which is awarded to the artist with the most popular painting as voted by the general public who attend the Festival from 9:00 am to 11:30 am.\n\nConsider painting scenes at these and other attractions in the City of Falls Church:\n\nAround The Little City\n\nCherry Hill Farmhouse and Barn\, 300 block\, Park Ave.\n\nCity Hall\, 300 Park Ave.\n\nCommunity Center\, 223 Little Falls St.\n\nMary Riley Styles Public Library\, 120 N. Virginia Ave.\n\nFalls Church Farmers Market\, every Saturday\, at City Hall Parking Lot\n\n14 City Parks (descriptions and map)\n\nThe Eden Center\, Wilson Blvd. at Seven Corners\n\nThe Falls Church\, Fairfax and S. Washington Sts.\n\nThe State Theater\, 220 N. Washington St.\n\nTinner Hill Historic Sites: 106-108 Tinner Hill Rd.\, 307 S. Maple Ave.\, S. Washington St. and Tinner Hill Rd.\n\nWashington and Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail\n\nHouses on the National Register\, including the Birch House\, 312 E. Broad St.\, and Mount Hope\, 203 S. Oak St.\n\nBuildings on the Victorian Walking Tour\n\nCommercial and Residential Streetscapes throughout the City X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Artists paint outdoors in Falls Church City
\nOctober 1-15\, 2021 \;
Plein Air Festival and Quick Draw Event on Saturday\, October 16
\n(rain date October 23)
\n
\nPlein Air Festival Judging
\nParticipating artists check in and submit their competition works between 8 and 9 am
\n(artists requiring early drop-off\, contact Alexia Scott\, \;alexiascott@mac.com) \;
Quick Draw Competition: \;8 am to 11 am
\nQuick Draw is open to all levels and all ages. Artists register ($15 entry fee) at the Quick Draw table on October 16\,
\ncreate their plein air works between 8 am and 11 am\, and submit their work to be judged that morning!
Winners of both competitions announced at \;noon\,
\nFalls Church Farmers Market\, Falls Church \;City Hall Grounds
To enter:
\n\n
\nStamping is available October 1-15 at:
\nArtist Participation Fee: $40 (includes 3 stamps) \;Additional stamps available\, $5 \;(cash or check) \;per substrate
A maximum of four 2021 Plein Air "Scenes in the City" \;artworks can be entered per artist for judging. \;
\n\n2020 Plein Air Prizes*
\n\nBeyer Auto Group Plein Air Prize: \;$1\,250
\nTori McKinney Rock-Star Realty Group Artists \;Choice Award: \;$1\,000
\nJune Beyer Art Quick Draw Prizes: \;$750 (1st - \;$350\, 2nd - \;$250\, 3rd - \;$150)
\nBarbara Cram Plein Air Prize (Falls Church Arts): \;$500
\nThe Kensington Prize: \;$500
\nPeople's Choice Award (Falls Church Arts): \;$350
\nThe Young Group Prize: \;$250
*Last year's prizes. Sponsorships of 2021 prizes are still available.
\n\nPrize winners are selected by the Plein Air judges except for (a) the "Artists Choice Award" \;\,which is chosen by the artist entrants\, and (b) the "People's Choice Award"\, \;which is awarded to the artist with the most popular painting as voted by the general public who attend the Festival from 9:00 am to 11:30 am.
\n\nConsider painting scenes at these and other attractions in the City of Falls Church:
\n\n\n\nCherry Hill Farmhouse and Barn\, 300 block\, Park Ave.
\nCity Hall\, 300 Park Ave.
\nCommunity Center\, 223 Little Falls St.
\nMary Riley Styles Public Library\, 120 N. Virginia Ave.
\nFalls Church Farmers Market\, every Saturday\, at City Hall Parking Lot
14 City Parks \;(descriptions and map)
\nThe Eden Center\, Wilson Blvd. at Seven Corners
\nThe Falls Church\, Fairfax and S. Washington Sts.
\nThe State Theater\, 220 N. Washington St.
\nTinner Hill Historic Sites: \;106-108 Tinner Hill Rd.\, 307 S. Maple Ave.\, S. Washington St. and Tinner Hill Rd.
\nWashington and Old Dominion (W&\;OD) Trail
\nHouses on the National Register\, including the Birch House\, 312 E. Broad St.\, and Mount \;Hope\, 203 S. Oak St.
\nBuildings on the Victorian Walking Tour
\nCommercial and Residential Streetscapes throughout the City