Grand Prix d'Art Painting Race and Art in Action Art Fair

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Saturday, July 26th, 2014
Grand Prix D'Art 11am to 3:30pm Art in Action Art Fair 9am-4pm

Grand Prix D'Art Painting Race

Let�s get artists out of their studios and onto the streets. The Old School House Arts Centre (TOSH) in Qualicum Beach does just that once a year to the great enjoyment of artists as well as the general public. Each year it attracts about fifty Plein Air Painter participants from Vancouver Island and BC�s Lower Mainland and hundreds of spectators.

Our Grand Prix d'Art is a "race"; competing artists must complete a work of art �en plein air� (working outside on location, not in a studio) within three hours. Each Plein Air Painter will find a location in the picturesque town of Qualicum Beach. The work must represent or be inspired by some thing or person that is visible from the assigned location. All locations are within walking distance of TOSH, visitors are encouraged to watch the process and the progress of the artists, and maps are provided. The Plein Air Painters must complete their work within the three-hour limit and have the paintings in display condition, titled and priced for sale no later than one hour after completion. A panel of three judges then determines the winners of the contest. All the paintings from the event will hang in our galleries until August 5th.

Our twenty-first annual Grand Prix d'Art painting race begins at 11:00. Painters of all levels and mediums from all over BC will spread out all over our lovely town to complete a painting of their location in three hours. At 2:00 PM the paintings are brought back to TOSH for framing and judging in the prize competition. At this point they go on sale to the public and then will be placed on display in the TOSH gallery.
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Art in Action Art Fair
ART IN ACTION Art Fair/ Grand Prix d�Art Painting Race
Saturday, July 26, 9:00 AM � 4:00 PM

The Old School House Arts Centre (TOSH) in Qualicum Beach invites everyone
to a spectacular extravaganza of the arts on Saturday, July 26.

ART IN ACTION arts fair begins at 9:00 AM in the parking lots around the TOSH building. Visitors can browse an interactive arts festival that includes demos by artists, local guilds and art groups as well as hands-on activities for the kids. We will feature nearly 70 artists: Beadmakers to Blacksmiths!


Our annual Grand Prix d'Art painting race begins at 11:00. En plein air painters from all over BC will convene at TOSH, draw locations from a lottery and then spread out all over our lovely town to complete a painting of their assigned site in three hours. At 2:00 PM the paintings are brought back to TOSH for framing and judging in the prize competition. At this point they go on sale to the public and then will be placed on display in the TOSH gallery.

FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT from 12:30 to 3:30 PM by the MAUREEN WASHINGTON SEXTET!

Take a seat in the shade under the audience tent, or simply listen (and dance, if the spirit moves you) while browsing the many, diverse artisan booths and stalls. You are sure to enjoy the great sounds of jazz, funk, rhythm-and-blues and pop performed by this all-star ensemble featuring Victoria vocalist extraordinaire Maureen Washington, guitarist/vocalist Daniel Cook, clarinetist Liam Hockley, pianist Ron Hadley, bassist Joey Smith
and drummer Hans Verhoeven.

In addition, on this special day the Qualicum Beach Farmers� Market will be held from 8:00 AM to 4:00 next to The Old School House Arts Centre, and, of course, the annual St. Mark�s fair will be going on (8:30 AM � 3:00 PM) in its usual location in town.