ARTSPLACE
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    • 2023 Workshop Series >
      • Feb-Apr: 8 x Life Drawing Sessions
      • Feb. 11 - Introduction to Stained Glass
      • ...More workshops to be announced soon
      • Call for Workshop Proposals
    • Calls for Submissions >
      • Life Drawing Group Exhibition, Feb. 1-Mar. 25
      • Workshop Proposals
      • Main Gallery 2024
      • Chapel Gallery 2023
      • Library Gallery 2023
      • Mym Gallery 2023
      • OpenSpace 2023
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  • Paint The Town
Paint the Town, 2019. Photos and video credit: Andrew Tolson

Background

A plein air painting weekend where up to 80 artists set up their easels at various locations throughout Annapolis Royal. This popular event draws onlookers and art buyers from around Atlantic Canada and beyond. Emerging and established artists from Canada and the US find a special spot that inspires them to paint, sculpt, carve, photograph or sketch. Spectators can meet the artists at work while watching the creative process unfold on the boardwalk, the wharf, at Fort Anne National Historic Site, the Historic Gardens. As their paintings are finished, volunteers deliver the artwork to the Paint the Town Gallery at The Academy (590 St. George Street) where patrons can bid during the silent auction process (from 10am – 6pm daily), or grab the piece of their dreams immediately as each piece has a “buy it now” price (this option available until 5pm daily). 

Once registered for a unique bid number, patrons can bid on work as it arrives throughout the day.
Paint the Town grew from 25 artists in 1995, to over 80 in recent years. The event has been a highlight of Annapolis Royal, with artists and volunteers signing up to be a part of it year after year. The community embraces the event, offering places for artists to stay as well as porches, gardens and studio spaces to create. Among the favorites that make Paint the Town a regular stop each summer are Tom Forrestall, Rose Adams, Wayne Boucher and Geoff Butler. As well as these favorites you will find many new up and coming artists.

The last three years have seen Paint the Town recreated as an online only (2020/21) and a hybrid version in 2022. 

Paint the Town is a fundraiser for ARTSPLACE. Your bids support both ARTSPLACE and the participating artists - auction art sales are split 50/50.  

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Follow us on Instagram and Facebook plus our Paint the Town Facebook page

Artists 2022 - click on an artist for further info

Rose Adams / Sue Ashdown / Brynja Bachem-Jennings / Elaine Bergen / Virginia Bergmann / Wayne Boucher / Vera Burne / Connie Burnett / Geoff Butler / Sherry Caldwell / Richard Cianflone / Elizabeth Cole / Terry Havlis-Drahos / Tamaya Garner / Jennifer Goddard / Alexa Jaffurs / Aprille Janes / Miyoshi Kondo / Ted Lind / Pete Lockerbie / Connie Lowe-Parker / Wesley Lowe / Soraia Maurilio / Eva McCauley / Ian McKinnon / Joan McLean / Gavin McLellan / Paulette Melanson / Alexandra Merkx-Jacques / Debbie Mosher / Richard Mulroy / Brian Muszkie / Sally O'Grady / Louise Oliver / Karen Phillips-Curran / Jessica Robinson / Gary Selig / Rae Smith / Mahnaz Sobhani / Becky Thompson / Courtney Turner / Jessica Walker

ARTSPLACE’s vision is to share stimulating work and strengthen artistic life in our region.
​Creating environments for art and arts practitioners to thrive is key to our work, as is supporting audiences in their growth, awareness, and excitement about art. 


ARTSPLACE Gallery: Box 534, 396 St. George St. Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada : arcacartsplace@gmail.com : 902-532-7069  
The Annapolis Region Community Arts Council Registered Charity Number: 11878 7506 RR0001  
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  • What's On
  • About Us
    • Mission & Mandate
    • Donations
    • Scholarships
    • Press
    • Outreach
    • Location & Contact
    • Annual General Meetings >
      • AGM 2021
      • AGM 2020
      • AGM 2019
      • AGM 2018
      • AGM 2017
      • AGM 2016
      • AGM 2015
  • Creative Opportunities
    • 2023 Workshop Series >
      • Feb-Apr: 8 x Life Drawing Sessions
      • Feb. 11 - Introduction to Stained Glass
      • ...More workshops to be announced soon
      • Call for Workshop Proposals
    • Calls for Submissions >
      • Life Drawing Group Exhibition, Feb. 1-Mar. 25
      • Workshop Proposals
      • Main Gallery 2024
      • Chapel Gallery 2023
      • Library Gallery 2023
      • Mym Gallery 2023
      • OpenSpace 2023
    • ARTSPLACE Galleries
    • Studio Rental
  • Become a Member
  • Become a Volunteer
  • Paint The Town