Central Florida Plein Air Artists-Calendar

Central Florida Plein Air Artists regularly paint out on location "en plein air", organize our own Paint Outs, Exhibits, paint in Garden and Home tours, plan painting excursions to other areas or states, sponsor Workshops and Demos, and promote plein air painting in the Central Florida area. Exhibits & Events: Mary J. Gray at	Bob Brewer painting at Orlando Wetlands

Current / Upcoming CFPAA Activities
2010	Activity	Location
TBA	Painting at various locations, Garden/Home Tours, Exhibits, out of town Paint Outs and excursions. Next up Sanford Garden tour: TBA Contact: Sharon Muldoon, shar1007@aol.com	Various

CFPAA Painting Sites
We paint every 2nd Saturday and the following Tuesday at the same location each month. Bring a lunch. Painting begins at 9am. No Painting as a group, June-July-August.

Dates

Location Details

Sat - Mar 13
Tue - Mar 16

Painting at Wekiva State Park in Apopka. Join us at the museum - concession in the park near “the Boil”. Please feel free to go off and paint wherever you like. There are also nice places to paint around Sand Lake. However, be aware that painting at Sand Lake requires a bit of hiking. There are no boardwalks or paved trails at Sandlake – except to the restrooms. Map to Park : Map Inside Park

A Little History and Highlights
Central Florida Plein Air Artists was organized as a not-for-profit group in November of 2003 for the purpose of furthering Plein Air painting in the Central Florida area. Original board members were artists, Robert Brewer, Patricia Geary, Mary J. Gray, Elisabeth Ferber, and Sharon Muldoon. Our first Invitational exhibit at Harry P. Leu Gardens in March 2004 was a resounding success. With a lot of hard work, some good publicity, and team work, we soon became well established as a "very active" and successful group of plein air artists.

Mary J. Gray soon became Director and, along with Sharon Muldoon and key members, we created other venues for artists to learn, sell, and excel. Painting workshops with local, national, and international art teachers, getting a calendar of artists' work published, a website, and keeping the painting sites going created interest for new artists to join, and created public interest in plein air painting. We added some very exciting Open Invitational Paint Outs and Exhibits and decided to focus on Garden and Home tours for added ways to increase individual sales. Some highlights of the past 6 years are listed below:

2010
The Sanford Garden tour: Info to come
2009
We Participated in the first Flagler Beach Paint Out presented by the Gallery of Local Art, GOLA. Our members won 3 Honorable mentions and one 2nd place and various other prizes. Winter Park Garden Tour: April 4th. Paint Out week before. Sanford Garden Tour, April 25. Paint Out week before. Christmas Party & Painting gift Exchange
2008
CFPAA Exhibit at Metro Gallery, Orlando, FL
Eola Heights Garden Tour, Orlando, FL
Photos and events about Plein Air and CFPAA in particular were covered in the Orlando Sentinel on four occasions. Orlando Leisure magazine, and several newspapers in the Mount Dora and Sanford area put the spotlight on Plein Air painting and CFPAA in particular.
2007
Workshop at Leu Gardens with Morgan Samuel Price
Painting excursion to St. Simon's and Jeckyl Island, GA
College Park Home Tour and the Winter Park Annual Garden Tour
Light Up Mt. Dora Paintout & Exhibit at Mt. Dora Center for the Arts
2006
Juried Exhibit & Paint Out at Mount Dora Center for the Arts, Mt. Dora, FL
Earth Day Paint Out & Exhibit at Lemon Bluff on the St. Johns River
Tour of the "Private Gardens of Eola Heights", Orlando, FL
2004-2005
Invitational Paint Out & Exhibit at Leu Gardens, Orlando, FL
Calendars of 12 artists' paintings for marketing at Disney World and for fund raising
Exhibit & Reception at the Citrus Club, Orlando, FL
Exhibit at Orlando Broadway Theatre
Paint Out & Exhibit/Reception at Mead Garden, Winter Park, FL (International Plein Air Painter's annual)
Paint Out & Exhibit at Merritt Island Visitor's Center,Titusville, FL

Past CFPAA Activities
2010	Activity	Location
Jan 16	Painting at Kelly Park	Apopka, FL
2009	Activity	Location
Jan 10 & 13	Painting at Polasek Museum	Winter Park, FL
Feb 10 & 14	Painting at Gemini Park	Debary, FL
Mar 10 & 14	Painting at Mead Gardens	Winter Park, FL
Apr 4	Annual Garden Tour	Winter Park, FL
Apr 11 & 14	Painting at Langford Park	Orlando, FL
Apr 18	Digital Photos Workshop	Sanford, FL
Apr 25	Gardens Around the Parks	Sanford, FL
May 9 & 12	Painting at Hidden Harbor Marina	Sanford FL
Jun-Jul-Aug	Summer Break	None
Sep 8 & 12	Painting at Gemini Springs	Debary FL
Oct 6 & 10	Painting at Mead Garden	Winter Park, FL
Nov 10 & 14	Painting at Langford Park	Orlando, FL
Dec 12	Painting at Kelly Park	Apopka, FL