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