Share the adventure!
Outdoor Painters of Minnesota looks for opportunities to offer affordable painting trips for small groups to travel and paint together. We have coordinated painting trips to the Black Hills of South Dakota, Pagosa Springs in Colorado, the North Shore of Lake Superior, Georgia O'Keefe's studio at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, and our annual Winter Plein Air Retreat at YMCA Camp Menogyn near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
If you have suggestions for future painting trips, please email our Events Director, Allison Eklund.
Painting Trips
Plein Air Grand Marais Kick-off Trip
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Each year, Plein Air Grand Marais Organizer Allison Eklund hosts a fundraising summer trip to her family’s private Sugarloaf Cabins on Lake Superior, which historically were used as a resort until 1975.
The property includes four small vertical-log cabins along the shore, two with bedrooms, one for gathering and dining, and one with a hot tub and sauna. There are a total of five bedrooms with a double bed, plus a loft area with two singles and one double bed. A small caretaker's house up the driveway on Highway 61 has an additional bedroom with two twin beds.
Painters collaborate to prepare meals, enjoy unstructured painting time in Cook County, and create paintings eligible for exhibits and awards in the Plein Air Grand Marais competition.
To inquire or reserve a spot, contact Allison Eklund.
