For Registered Artists:
Competition Week Daily Schedule as of September 11, 2021: Click on spreadsheet to view in Google Sheets
Competition and Festival of Outdoor Painting
on the North Shore of Lake Superior
September 10-17, 2021
*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.
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WILDFIRE DANGER AND CLOSURES:
Please be alert to wildfire dangers and closures while out painting in Cook County. Parts of the BWCAW and other Federal lands up the Gunflint Trail have been closed to recreation. For current information, follow the U.S. Forest Service - Superior National Forest, Minnesota DNR, WTIP Community Radio, and Visit Cook County blog. |
2021 COMPETITION CLASS
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Susan Aamot
Richard Abraham Sandra Ackerman Scott Lloyd Anderson David R. Becker Doug Berg Kristin Blomberg Carl Bretzke Krystal Brown Thomas Buchs Michele Combs Christopher Copeland Mary Ann Cleary Linda Croteau Jack Dant Tom Dimock Patricia Duncan Allison Eklund Bridget Ertelt Susan Estill Greg Finnegan Abbey Fitzgerald |
John Franz
Laura Frykman Patrick Glander Paula Gustafson Nelia Harper Hannah C. Heyer Julie Highlen Amy Hubbard Julia Jaakola Matt Kania Cynthia Kath Tadas Kosciuska Brock Larson Christine Larson Mark Larson Cheryl LeClair-Sommer Kathleen Litwin Mary Lynch Dan Mackerman Cynthia Markle Sandra Maxwell Susan McLean-Keeney |
Joanne Meierhofer
Jimmy Navarro Gary Olson Mary Olson Sandi Pillsbury Erin Renier Naomi Tiry Salgado Kelly Schamberger Kurt Schulzetenberg Neil Sherman David Smith Lisa Stauffer Troy Tatlock Christine Tierney James Turner Patricia Undis Bob Upton Kenneth Valentas Patty Voje Michelle Wegler Sue Wipf Stephen Wysocki |
OPEN CLASS REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Registration for the Competition Class closed on May 1, but the Open Class will remain open until capacity is met as determined by our exhibit host. Be sure to subscribe to our PAGM Newsletter to stay informed and up to date.
Competition Painting Dates: August 1 – September 16, 2021
Competition Week in Grand Marais: September 10-17, 2021
Competition Exhibit: September 17 – October 10, 2021
Competition Week in Grand Marais: September 10-17, 2021
Competition Exhibit: September 17 – October 10, 2021
2021 Competition Juror:
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David Gilsvik is teaching a painting workshop the weekend after PAGM at the Grand Marais Art Colony (GMAC):
2021 Open Class Juror:
Sandi Pillsbury
Castle Danger, MN
Castle Danger, MN
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Plein Air Grand Marais is a 19 year tradition bringing outdoor painters to the North Shore of Lake Superior for a week of painting, learning, competition, and camaraderie. Since 2018, the event has been organized by Outdoor Painters of Minnesota together with the Cook County Historical Society's Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery.
Plein Air Grand Marais welcomes artists of all ages and abilities. The Competition Class consists of invitational and juried painters. The Open Class consists of registered artists who may exhibit their best original painting created during the event in an Open Class exhibit and compete for the Art On The Rocks award in the Quick Paint. A public art activity at Joy & Co. in downtown Grand Marais offers supervised plein air painting for children and adults and a clothesline art exhibit. Daily paint-outs and Mini-Workshops with professional plein air Competition Artists are open to all artists.
Thank you to our community partners and sponsors!
The Cook County Historical Society operates Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery, which hosts the PAGM Competition Exhibit.
Set Out Screen Printing in downtown Grand Marais will screen-print our PAGM logo in black or white ink onto a shirt that you provide. The cost is $20, and OPM receives half as donation. Call Mike to arrange a visit and have your shirt screen printed: 218-370-9353
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Wet Paint, through its suppliers, donates fine art materials for PAGM awards.
Joy & Co., which sells art materials and gifts from its store in downtown Grand Marais, donates gift certificates for Open Class Quick Paint awards, and supervises a public plein air painting activity in their alley during Competition Week.
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Mini-WorkshopsEvery year, some of our professional plein air painting instructors competing in the event offer a 3-hour workshop during the week of competition. These popular mini-workshops are attended by painters of all ability levels, helping to make Grand Marais a destination-painting event for artists to learn from each other and get inspired.
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Daily Paint-OutsIn 2021, paintings must be painted en plein air in Cook County between August 1 and September 17, 2021 to be eligible for Competition and Open Class exhibits. Watch for paint-outs and other opportunities to paint together beginning in August. During Competition Week, we'll have daily paint-outs at new and classic locations, including Artists' Point, Kadunce River and other access points for the Superior Hiking Trail, Sugarloaf Cove, Gunflint Trail, and a nocturnal paint-out in downtown Grand Marais.
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Public Art ActivitiesPlein Air Grand Marais provides opportunities for community members and visitors to try outdoor painting. Berton Boxes were available at local sponsor Joy & Co. for anyone to stop by and create a painting for public display in a picket-fence outdoor "gallery."
Artists' SocialsPlein Air Grand Marais is more than a painting competition: it is an opportunity for artists of all levels to socialize, learn, and make new connections.
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Painting Preview in Harbor ParkOn Thursday at 11am at Harbor Park before the Quick Paint, Competition artists may display their paintings and enjoy each other's work.
Hootenanny
It's a Thursday night tradition: After the Quick Paint, we gather at 7-10pm at the harbor picnic shelter at the Grand Marais Municipal Campground to sing, play music along with our ad-hoc band "The Plain Errors," and celebrate the week's painting achievements.
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