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    September 16 & 17, 2022
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    Join Crooked Tree Arts Center in Downtown Bay Harbor for a Plein Air (outdoor) Paint-Out & Wet Paint Sale on September 16 & 17 as part of the Balloons Over Bay Harbor festivities. 

    INFO FOR ARTISTS: 

    CANVAS STAMPING & PREPARATION
    All canvases and substrates (maximum 3 per artist, but only 1 may be submitted) must be pre-stamped.
    Stamping will take place at CTAC-Petoskey's front desk on Monday – Friday, September 12 – 16, during business hours (10 AM – 5 PM).

    Canvases may be toned before stamping, but we respectfully ask you do not begin formally painting until Friday, September 16th, onsite in Bay Harbor, after your canvas has been stamped. 

    Artwork can be submitted at the check-in station from Noon - 1 PM on Saturday the 17th. See map and schedule of events for more info.


    WHERE TO PAINT 
    You may paint in any PUBLIC space in downtown Bay Harbor, at any time on Friday, September 16, and the morning of Saturday, September 17. Please do not access private residences or lawns.  

    Locations of note: 
    • Sunset Beach 
    • The Marina & Boat Launch (where hot air balloons will be staged)
    • The grounds at Inn at Bay Harbor 
    • Friday evening “Glow Bash” for painting nocturnes at the Marina 
    • Main Street shops & food trucks  
    • Please see the full schedule of events for additional activities and locations 

    PARKING 
    Free parking is available in several lots in Bay Harbor. Balloons Over Bay Harbor is a popular event and  parking fills quickly. We encourage you to arrive early to secure parking near your desired location to  avoid carrying your easels and supplies long distances. 

    ARTWORK CHECK-IN 
    Completed and ready-to-hang artwork must be turned into the artist check-in table from Noon - 1 PM on Saturday, September 17, near the boat launch on Main Street in Downtown Bay Harbor (see map). Look for the CTAC logo flags! 


    WET PAINT SALE 
    The Wet Paint Sale will take place near the boat launch on Main Street from 2 – 4 PM on Saturday, September 17th.
    All sales are split commission, with 60% going to the artist and 40% retained by CTAC.
    CTAC will absorb all processing and credit card fees from the retained percentage.

    Artists are responsible for pricing all artwork. For large or heavy paintings, we respectfully ask you to leave your easel for display purposes.  
    Artists must pick up unsold artwork at 4 PM at the conclusion of the sale.  

    ARTIST AWARDS 
    An independent juror will award prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.

    Prizes are as follows: 

    First Place: $500 
    Second Place: $300 
    Third Place: $200

    Click for Balloons Over Bay Harbor Schedule of Events (subject to change).


     

    Eligibility

    Adults painters aged 18 and up.

    Must be US residents. 

    All painting media are eligible (watercolor, acrylic, guoache, oil, and more!).

    Juror(s)

    Heidi Amenda Marshall

    Heidi Amenda Marshall grew up on the shore of Lake St. Clair near Detroit, Michigan and the banks of the Rhine in Dusseldorf, Germany.  She comes from a long line of artists including her father, William Amenda, who was Chief Editorial Illustrator for the Detroit News. 

    While she enjoys savoring and studying art in museums and galleries across the United States and Europe, Heidi is first and foremost a lover of the outdoors who deeply appreciates the power and poetry of the landscape, which she reflects in her plein air paintings and studio works.  She prefers the graphic richness and reflective properties of pastels and their beautiful immediacy for plein air work.

    Heidi has had one-woman exhibits at the University of Michigan and Lake Superior State University. She was also presented with a residency through a National Parks Award by the Department of the Interior, and enjoys painting in wild places.  Recent honors include acceptance of her painting “Winter Track” for the Pastel Society of America’s 2018 Enduring Brilliance exhibition at the National Arts Club in New York, and further selection of this painting by Chief Curator Dr. Lois A. Zona for an exclusive exhibit at the Butler Institute of American Art.  The International Association of Pastel Societies awarded Heidi the Paula Ford Memorial Award in 2018 for her painting, “Summer Barn.” 

    Heidi received her BFA from Albion College in Painting and Printmaking and MFA from Wayne State University.  As pastellists, she cites W. Truman Hosner and Albert Handel as having been her most influential mentors.  She divides her time between her home on the sandy beaches and Great Lakes dunes of Petoskey, Michigan, and her adopted home in the Land of Enchantment, Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Of recent note, Heidi received an Honorable Mention in The Pastel 100 for 2021. Every year Pastel Journal chooses the 100 best pastels in the world, and Heidi received such recognition. Prior to this award, in 2019 Heidi received the Paul Ford Award for the International Association of Pastel Societies, known as IAPS. Of the many who apply to be in the exhibit, only about 140 are chosen, and only 6 awards are given. This was quite an honor. 

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