Driggs Plein Air Festival
The 13th Annual Driggs Plein Air Festival will take place for registered artists from July 17-27, 2024. Public Festival dates are Sunday, July 21 – Saturday, July 27th. Plein air workshops will be offered by Suzie Baker and David Koch. Artists and collectors enjoy many activities like the extended Exhibition & Sale, Opening Reception, Quick Draw Competitions, Workshops, Paint-Outs, Competition Awards Ceremony, and Closing Reception.
2024 Driggs Plein Air Registered Artists
This list will go live in early July 2024.
Driggs Plein Air Competition Event Information
Downtown Driggs Association’s 13th Annual Driggs Plein Air Festival
Calendar of Events
Wednesday, July 17 – Saturday, July 27
ARTIST CHECK-IN
Driggs City Center, 60 South Main Street, Driggs
Wednesday, July 17 • 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Thursday, July 18 • 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Friday, July 19 • 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Saturday, July 20 • 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sunday, July 21 • 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Thursday July 18 - Friday, July 19
David Koch WORKSHOP
Details coming soon
Saturday, July 20 – Sunday, July 21
Suzie Baker WORKSHOP
Details coming soon
Sunday, July 21
DOWNTOWN SOUNDS CONCERT, OPENING RECEPTION, AND PAINT OUT
Driggs Plaza, 60 South Main Street, Driggs
5:00-8:00 pm *concert starts at 6:00 pm
Free Downtown Sounds Concert - details coming soon
Monday, July 22
PAINT OUT - Grand Targhee Resort • Alta, Wyoming
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Use your free chair lift tickets to meet fellow artists atop Grand Targhee Resort with stunning Teton Views.
DWAYNE HARTY OPEN STUDIO *open to the public, details coming soon
Gallery and Tent Exhibition and Sales - 9:00 am - 6:00 pm, Driggs City Center Gallery
Tuesday, July 23
QUICK DRAW • Downtown Driggs
7:00 am – 11:00 am
Gallery and Tent Exhibition and Sales - 9:00 am - 6:00 pm, Driggs City Center Gallery
Wednesday, July 24
QUICK DRAW • Location to be announced
7:00 am – 11:00 am
Gallery and Tent Exhibition and Sales - 9:00am - 6:00 pm, Driggs City Center Gallery
Thursday, July 25
FINAL COMPETITION SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE
4:00pm - Final competition submissions due at Driggs City Center
Gallery and Tent Exhibition and Sales - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Driggs City Center Gallery
Friday, July 26
JUDGING, AWARDS CEREMONY, and CLOSING RECEPTION
Driggs Plaza, 60 South Main Street
9:00 am - Competition Judging
9:00 am - 3:00 pm - Peoples Choice Voting
11:00 am - 3:00 pm - Artists Choice Voting
5:00 pm - Awards Ceremony
FREE DOWNTOWN SOUNDS CONCERT
6:00 – 7:00pm, Driggs Plaza
Tent and Gallery Sales - 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Driggs City Center Gallery
Saturday, July 27 • ARTIST CHECK-OUT
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Gallery and Tent Exhibition and Sales - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Driggs City Center Gallery
Sunday, July 28 • ARTIST CHECK-OUT
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Gallery and Tent Exhibition and Sales - 9:00 am – 1:00pm, Driggs City Center Gallery
Monday, July 29 – Sunday, September 8 • EXTENDED GALLERY EXHIBITION & ONLINE SALE
At artist check-in, all artists must sign an Artist Waiver and a IRS W9 form.
GENERAL
Please display your easel sign while you are painting to help promote the event and give people the connection to Driggs Plein Air and the Gallery, Tent Sales and Treasure Trove. Please wear your name badge as well. Your name badge must be visible in order to take advantage of the business discounts listed on the back of the badge. For last minute supply needs, the Local Galleria (across from the Driggs City Center) has paint and other supplies available and will give Driggs Plein Air artists a 10% discount on all purchases. Artists will be given discounts at local restaurants. Painting boundaries are limited to Teton Valley as artists are encouraged to paint the Driggs/Victor/Tetonia/Alta area.
SALES AND COMMISSION
A completed and signed Artist Waiver and current W-9 must be completed at Check-in for an artist to display and sell paintings during the event. All painting sales during the event MUST be processed through Driggs Plein Air! This includes all paintings in the Gallery, Tent, Quick Draws and Paint Outs. If someone wishes to buy a wet painting off your easel - great! Give me a call (216-235-7532) and I will run their credit card over the phone. It is common to be approached by individuals while you are out painting, and in some cases artists are commissioned to paint for local business owners, landowners and other interested parties. While we can't monitor your sales remotely while you are painting, we ask you to please work on the honor system. Let us process the sale in order to support the continuation of this event. Your host, the Downtown Driggs Association is a small nonprofit that relies mostly on sales commissions from the event to produce Driggs Plein Air. Commissions on art sales are used to cover expenses in order to keep the event free to the public. Driggs Plein Air will retain 30% of the painting sale price (plus all applicable sales tax). See Competition. Artist commissions representing 70% of the total sale price, plus taxes, will be mailed to the artist within 30 days of the event closing date. 1099's will be mailed to artists selling more than $600 by the deadline the following January. Artists are not allowed to hang their own paintings or any other artists work, unless expressly asked by staff to do so when artist is working as a volunteer. ONLY STAFF is allowed to hang and display artwork.
PAINTING RULES
Paintings will be displayed and for sale in the Gallery and a Tent. At Check in - You can bring up to two (2) previously painted works ready to hang in the Gallery, PLUS one (1) more for the Tent. Maximum painting size for the event is 20x20 IMAGE size, and 26x26 FRAMED size. Deep Canvas Wrap and cradled board must be at least 1 1/2 inches deep and wired for hanging. All paintings must be FRAMED and ready to hang. Our hanging system only works with wire. Canvases/boards/paper may be stamped at sign in and at the registration desk in the Driggs City Center during open Gallery hours. Canvases must be free of images prior to stamping. A base coat of paint (any color) is allowed. We will provide identification tags that you may use to mark your paintings with Title, Artist, and Price. Paintings that do not comply to these rules will not be eligible for the event or the competition. Only STAMPED paintings completed during the week can be swapped out or added to the Gallery or Tent. Only STAMPED paintings completed during the week can be submitted in the final Competition. Up to 2 paintings can be submitted for the Competition in the Gallery. Oil, acrylic, pastel and watercolor are accepted media. Any paper like watercolor paper or pastel paper and any non canvas surface must be STAMPED on the back. Upon submission for hanging, the back of the paper must be visible BEFORE the frame backing is put on. Paintings completed during the workshops are NOT eligible for the Competition. In the traditional definition of ‘Plein Air’, you must complete your work 100% outside from what you see during the week, within the allowable boundaries. No paintings from photographs and no entries produced using manipulated photographic processes, computer enhanced imagery, or other non-plein air means.
COMPETITION
Each artist will be allowed to enter up to two (2) paintings - STAMPED, FRAMED and wired and READY TO HANG - into the judged competition. Only stamped paintings completed during the week will be allowed to hang in the gallery during the competition judging. All final competition paintings must be submitted by 5pm Thursday, July 28 - NO late entries will be accepted. All paintings must remain in the Gallery until the conclusion of the Final Reception to allow guests to view all the competition pieces as a group and facilitate the People’s and Artist's Choice selections. The Gallery will be closed to artists during Judging on Friday morning from 9am -10:30 am. Competition paintings will be available for sale all day Friday, in order to give the public the opportunity to purchase paintings before the Awards Ceremony. Buyers will be asked to leave the paintings in the gallery through the end of the Awards and Reception. The Gallery Exhibition will extend to Sept. 10. Unsold paintings may be picked up anytime after the Awards Ceremony on Friday night until Sept 10. After the Main Event, the Gallery Exhibition will be available ONLINE. Additional Rules for the ONLINE Exhibition and Sale will be shared with those exhibiting.
TENT SALES
TENT SALES - Each artists is allowed to display two (2) Driggs Plein Air stamped paintings in the TENT. This can be a paint out, quick draw or any other stamped painting. See paint out and quick draw information below. Maximum painting size Tent is 20x20 IMAGE size, and 26x26 FRAMED size. Eligible paintings must be submitted on a FRAMED and wired READY TO HANG canvas/board/paper.
QUICK DRAWS
Participation in the Quick Draw competitions are not required, but they are great opportunities to promote your artwork and Driggs Plein Air. Traditionally, these have been high traffic events with good on-site sales. Wet paintings will be available for sale immediately following the Quick Draw at the TENT, and cash prizes will be awarded. Quick Draw paintings have to be picked up by 5pm the day of the Quick Draw, unless you submit it into one of your four spots (2 Gallery, 2 Tent) Stamping for Tuesday's Quick Draw takes place at 7:00 am the Gallery. Tuesday morning's Quick Draw in downtown Driggs will be awarded based on People's Choice voting at midday. Artists will be given a different color paper for their votes. Each person is given one vote only. Artists are asked NOT to talk to the public to promote their painting. Voting will be carefully monitored to ensure fairness. The downtown Driggs Quick Draw paintings must be started and completed on-site or within three blocks of the traffic light in Driggs. Stamping for Wednesday's Quick Draw takes place at 7:00 am on a private property. Location details will be given out the day before this event. Artists are asked NOT to return to the private property after the Quick Draw unless given permission. One of the workshop instructors will judge the Wednesday Quick Draw paintings midday in downtown Driggs. Both Quick Draws require that paintings be completed within the timeframe of the Quick Draw (see schedule) No Quick Draw paintings are allowed from photographs or digital devices, and no entries produced using manipulated photographic processes, computer enhanced imagery, or other non-plein air means will be accepted. All paintings must be completed on a stamped canvas or paper and must be framed.
PAINT OUTS
Participation in Paint Outs is optional and your competition piece is not required to be completed at a Paint Out. Paint Outs are opportunities to see some beautiful places and mingle with other artists. Framed Paint Out paintings can be sold in the Tent. You will have access to Grand Targhee Ski & Summer Resort with two tickets to use during the week.
Driggs Plein Air Festival Awards
2024 Judges are Suzie Baker and David Koch
2024 Competition Awards
1st Place $1,200
2nd Place $800
3rd Place $600 *Sponsored in by Plein Air Painters of Idaho
Susan M. Rose Artist's Choice - $100
People's Choice - $100
Quick Draw 1st Place $300
Quick Draw 2nd Place $200
Quick Draw 3rd Place - $100
Plein Air Painting Workshops - Details coming soon $300 for 2-day workshop | Maximum number of students is 16
David Koch Biography
Plein Air Painting Workshop with Suzie Baker - details coming soon
Suzie Baker - Biography