OPM Painting Trips

**COVID-19 Notice: For everyone's safety and reasonable assurance, participants should be at least 2 weeks past their final CDC approved vaccination by departure. As organizer of group activities, OPM will comply with any current local or State requirements and asks all participants to follow current CDC recommendations and guidelines.
OPM looks for opportunities to offer affordable painting trips for small groups to travel and paint together. In 2021, we have scheduled an October painting trip to Pagosa Springs, Colorado and an option to stay at Sugarloaf Cabins, a privately owned former resort in Schroeder, Minnesota on the North Shore of Lake Superior to paint before and during Plein Air Grand Marais.

Space is limited. To inquire about availability and details of each trip, or if you have suggestions for future painting trips, please email our Events Director, Allison Eklund.
You may pay here if you have already confirmed your spot for an upcoming trip and wish to pay with PayPal or credit card. **All payments for Sugarloaf trips go directly to OPM as a donation; no funds are received by Allison Eklund or her family.**
REFUND POLICY: If you must cancel your reservation before the cancellation deadline for a trip, OPM will refund your payment minus the PayPal transaction fee. If you must cancel after the cancellation deadline, your payment is nonrefundable and may be considered a tax deductible donation to OPM, a 501c3 charitable nonprofit.

Painting Trip to Sugarloaf Cabins

August 1-6, 2021
Schroeder, Cook County, Minnesota
$375 per double bedroom for 5-night stay
Cancellation Deadline: July 25, 2021

​Paintings eligible for exhibits and awards in 2021 Plein Air Grand Marais may be completed in Cook County, Minnesota beginning August 1, 2021. Take advantage of this new, extended painting period with a painting trip to Sugarloaf Cabins, a former resort now privately owned by organizer Allison Eklund's family. There are five double bedrooms and a loft in the lakeshore cabins, each available for 1-2 people at a cost of $375 for the week. Proceeds are donated to OPM to help with costs of organizing PAGM. Meals will be collaborative, and daily painting trips to BWCAW, waterfalls, rivers, and Superior Hiking Trail overlooks may be planned together or independently. 
Contact Allison Eklund for more information or to reserve your room.

PAGM Competition Week at Sugarloaf Cabins

September 10-18, 2021
Schroeder, Cook County, Minnesota
$450 per double bedroom for 8-night stay
​Cancellation Deadline: ​August 27, 2021

Sugarloaf Cabins are available for reservation during Competition Week of Plein Air Grand Marais as a fundraiser for OPM toward costs of organizing the event. The property is on the west end of Cook County, 37 miles from Grand Marais and less than a mile from Sugarloaf Cove.
Contact Allison Eklund for more information or to reserve your room.

Fall Colors in Pagosa Springs, Colorado

October 2-9, 2021
Elk Park Lodge, Pagosa Springs, Colorado
​$375 per queen bedroom for 7-night stay

Our first trip to Elk Park Lodge in June 2019 was so successful, we're thrilled to have the opportunity to return! This time we look forward to the splendor of fall colors in the Rocky Mountains just minutes from Wolf Creek Pass.
This trip is currently full, but you may travel on your own and join us for daily paint-outs. Contact Allison Eklund for details, to be included in paint-out planning, or to be on the waiting list in case of cancellations.