Outdoor Painters of Minnesota is a 501(c)3 charitable nonprofit formed to promote and share the practice of outdoor (plein air) painting. We are governed by an all-volunteer board of directors. Our 2022 membership is almost 200, and we welcome new members of all backgrounds at every level of experience. OPM strives to coordinate outdoor painting activities, develop opportunities to exhibit together, educate both artists and non-artists in plein air painting, and inspire awareness of the beauty found in nature through painting outdoors.
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Call for Artists: Minnesota Plein Air Collective (MPAC) Inaugural Exhibit & Paint-Out
OPM has teamed up with Red Wing Arts and Art of the Lakes to promote our annual plein air events in a combined spring exhibit of paintings.
Our inaugural exhibit will be hosted by Villa Maria in Frontenac, Minnesota, near Red Wing. Follow the links below for details and to register to hang up to 2 paintings. Space is limited to 60 artists hanging 2 paintings each. Preference is given to artists submitting paintings from the last 2 years of Plein Air Grand Marais, Red Wing Plein Air, and Prairie Lakes en Plein Air.
Our inaugural exhibit will be hosted by Villa Maria in Frontenac, Minnesota, near Red Wing. Follow the links below for details and to register to hang up to 2 paintings. Space is limited to 60 artists hanging 2 paintings each. Preference is given to artists submitting paintings from the last 2 years of Plein Air Grand Marais, Red Wing Plein Air, and Prairie Lakes en Plein Air.
Member Workshop with Dan Petrov
Outdoor Painters of Minnesota Presents:
Landscape - Origin, Universal Meanings and Philosophy: A Conversation with Dan Petrov
Saturday, January 7, 2023 • 10:30am Presentation in Auditorium followed by continuing conversation over sack lunch (BYO) and afternoon paint-out in the wildlife refuge or indoors in the activities area along the windows.
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Bloomington Visitor Center (Auditorium)
3815 American Blvd E
Bloomington, MN 55425
Dan Petrov - https://danpetrovart.com/ - is a classically trained painter who studied at a Russian atelier in Serbia, where he was born. He was working as an attorney by day and a painter by night when the Balkan war broke out, and he moved to Canada before emigrating to the United States. He has deeply considered views about art and how it can be an important means of expression, not only of beauty but of the entire range of human experience.
The conversation will be moderated by StarTribune editorial board member Patricia Lopez, who also is a painter and member of OPM. Dan will give a presentation, display some of his own paintings as well as a slideshow of contemporary and historical paintings, and invite conversation and questions. Expect to learn and be challenged in your ideas about art and art history, Russian compared with French and American atelier painting education, artistic process and expression. This long-awaited conversation has never been more timely considering the current state of world affairs and rapidly increasing interest in painting.
Landscape - Origin, Universal Meanings and Philosophy: A Conversation with Dan Petrov
Saturday, January 7, 2023 • 10:30am Presentation in Auditorium followed by continuing conversation over sack lunch (BYO) and afternoon paint-out in the wildlife refuge or indoors in the activities area along the windows.
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Bloomington Visitor Center (Auditorium)
3815 American Blvd E
Bloomington, MN 55425
Dan Petrov - https://danpetrovart.com/ - is a classically trained painter who studied at a Russian atelier in Serbia, where he was born. He was working as an attorney by day and a painter by night when the Balkan war broke out, and he moved to Canada before emigrating to the United States. He has deeply considered views about art and how it can be an important means of expression, not only of beauty but of the entire range of human experience.
The conversation will be moderated by StarTribune editorial board member Patricia Lopez, who also is a painter and member of OPM. Dan will give a presentation, display some of his own paintings as well as a slideshow of contemporary and historical paintings, and invite conversation and questions. Expect to learn and be challenged in your ideas about art and art history, Russian compared with French and American atelier painting education, artistic process and expression. This long-awaited conversation has never been more timely considering the current state of world affairs and rapidly increasing interest in painting.
2023 Art Materials Scholarships
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OPM and Wet Paint are teaming up again to offer Art Materials Scholarships, each including a gift card for art supplies at Wet Paint plus art materials contributed by suppliers. Nominations by art teachers, instructors or mentors will open in January and winners will be announced in April.
Special thanks to our partner and sponsor, Wet Paint Art Materials & Framing in St. Paul, for helping create this opportunity for young artists. 
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2022 Scholarship Winners with OPM board members at Wet Paint for presentation on April 2, 2022
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