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The twelfth 'Art in the Open' - an international plein air painting festival of paint-outs, workshops, exhibition and good company. The annual August event is open to all and attracts visitors from Europe, USA and all of Ireland to Wexford in the sunny south-east.

Website: http://www.artintheopen.org
Location: County Wexford.
Members: 95
Latest Activity: Sep 6, 2022

In addition, there are several half-day demonstrations and workshops on location, plus barbecue, music and get-togethers, life-drawing sessions, a Quick-Draw fun event with prizes and all the craic that goes with this festival.

All are welcome. Come to paint or come to watch.

Visit the website for further information on how to take part.

To participate, you must register online HERE and click on the Registration button.

You must book online. If the festival is oversubscribed, latecomers may miss out.

You can also book some of our great workshops. See website for details.

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Comment by Elaine Hurst on March 10, 2012 at 0:03: Absolutely! I will keep up with how AITO 2012 goes.

Comment by Tony Robinson on March 9, 2012 at 20:44: Well you can't miss that. Not even for AITO.

Have a good year and thanks for the good wishes. Same to you and I am sure we'll meet up to paint again.

Comment by Elaine Hurst on March 9, 2012 at 16:10: Have a great time this year! Wish I could be there, but exciting news here, our younger daughter is getting married at the end of July!

Comment by Tony Robinson on March 9, 2012 at 12:31: That's great news, Midge. Glad to meet you then. The eagerly awaited www.artintheopen.org festival website should go 'live' early next week (just dotting a few 'i's and crossing some 't's to the programme) and you will be able to see the line-up for what should be a great event.

Comment by Midge Ace on March 9, 2012 at 9:03: Hi All I am hoping I can make it over to participate this year!

Comment by Plein Eire Administrator on February 11, 2012 at 3:27: See this video for a flavour,

read Gemma Tipton's Irish Times article from 2010

or see Lori Putnam's 2011 blog.

Comment by Plein Eire Administrator on October 21, 2011 at 0:49: Californian artist Paul Strahm, who travelled with his wife Denise to take part in Art in the Open 2011, has returned to the USA to prepare this exhibition about his Irish journey.

Comment by Plein Eire Administrator on June 29, 2011 at 0:11: Here's an interview with Plein Eire member Catherine Elliott of Connecticut, who will be coming over to Ireland for Art in the Open next month.

Comment by Tony Robinson on June 18, 2011 at 23:01: Enniscorthy, Friday 29th July is the location for the launch of Art in the Open 2011.

If you've already registered online, bring your canvas or paper to the 1798 Centre for stamping and receive your welcome pack. There's even a free coffee and scone waiting for you before 11am.

Details are in the brochure and on the website.