2020 Winter Plein Air
Annual painting retreat and exhibit
Retreat: Sunday, January 26–Friday, January 31, 2020 at YMCA Camp Menogyn, 55 Menogyn Trail, Grand Marais, MN
Public Reception: 5-7pm Friday, January 31 at Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery, 115 Wisconsin St, Grand Marais Exhibit: January 31 – February 23, 2020 Cost: $285 per person including 5 nights' lodging and meals. Dog-sledding activity is available for $60 extra. |
Winter Plein Air is an annual painting retreat at YMCA Camp Menogyn, a wilderness camp with lodge and cabins located a half-mile walk/ski/snowshoe across Bearskin Lake at an entry to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). The parking lot at YMCA Camp Menogyn is 31.5 miles up the Gunflint Trail from Grand Marais, Minnesota.
WPA is not a competition. It is a painting expedition to a wilderness camp to spend 5 days painting the beauty of the BWCAW and enjoying the camaraderie of other painters. At the end, paintings from the retreat may be displayed in a special February exhibit at Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery in Grand Marais. 2020 will be our 11th annual retreat. Registration for 2020 is now closed. Subscribe to our WPA Newsletter for information about next year's retreat. Subscribe to our WPA Newsletter to receive information and updates. Organizer: Allison Eklund (651) 592-7858 allison@outdoorpaintersofminnesota.org |
Read about Winter Plein Air in a 2018 article in OutdoorPainter.com and in the January/February 2019 issue of The Artist magazine.
Paintings from 2020 Winter Plein Air Retreat
On display January 31 through February 23, 2020 at Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery, 115 Wisconsin St W, Grand Marais, MN.