The 2024 Boulder County Plein Air Festival

Festival Exhibit open to the public Noon to 5pm Thursdays - Sundays through July 5th

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Thirty eight artists from across Colorado and beyond arrived in Boulder County on June 1st and spent six days painting images of the county's towns, open space lands, parks and other places of their choice. The paintings they produced during the Festival paint-out period are on exhibit and offered for sale at the Niwot Feed & Grain Store,  291 2nd Avenue, Niwot. WATCH THIS PAGE for a link to an online gallery of Festival artworks TO COME.

 

A storm tore through Niwot on June 8th, the opening day of the Festival Exhibit, knocking out electrical power. We held an opening reception, largely in the dark that evening - that was one for the record books! When the lights came back on, shortly after 7pm, Festival artists cast votes in a peer-selection system for artwork they felt should receive awards.

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The following awards were presented:

 

Best in Show ($1,000 cash award) to Kathleen Lanzoni, Boulder, for “Past & Present”

1st Place ($750 cash award) to Betsy Menand, Ohio City, CO, for "South Boulder Creek"

2nd Place ($500 cash award) to John Slivjak, Philadelphia, PA for “Chautauqua Park”

3rd Place ($250 cash award) to George Sanderson, Boulder, for "The Flatirons"

Honorable Mention ($100 cash award) to Linda Bice, Boulder, for “Boulder Spring”

Honorable Mention ($100 cash award) to Scott Willhite, Boulder, for “Mostly Sunny on Cherryvale”

Best Flatirons Image ($300 cash award) to Lindsay Jane Ternes, Boulder, for “Flatirons Early Bird Special”

Best Historic Niwot Image ($300 cash award) to Marcio Correa, Longmont, for “The Tribune en Plein Air”

Best Nocturne ($300 cash award) to Kathleen Lanzoni, Boulder, for “From Dusk ‘til Dawn”

Purchase Award ($375 cash award) to Katie Curcio, Manitou Springs, CO for "Viele Reflections"

Director’s Honorable Mention ($50 cash award) to Katie Curcio, Manitou Springs, CO for “Timeless Treasures” 

 

The following artists were selected through a rigorous jury process to compete in this year’s Festival. Click on artists' names to visit their websites, view portfolios, and learn about them.