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2010 Schedule of Events
Free daytime events will take place throughout Door County, July 19-24, 2010. Monday, July 19 Peninsula School of Art volunteers are available to answer questions about the festival at information booths located near participating galleries. Tickets, t-shirts, and other festival merchandise is also available. For more information, please call 920.868.3455. Thursday, July 22 Friday, July 23
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Sunrise - 10am Artists gather at Rowleys Bay for a spectacular sunrise over the Mink River Estuary. Visitors are invited to watch the artists paint and enjoy the beauty of this natural area. Map on page 42.
11am - 2pm Watch featured artists paint on site in Ellison Bay and Baileys Harbor.
5:30-8pm Welcome Dinner at Peninsula Players Theatre, for Palette Sponsors only ***
Tuesday , July 20
11am - 2pm Work your way from Juddville Clay Studio south to Popelka Trenchard Glass in Sturgeon Bay, stopping at five gorgeous galleries along the way. You can find markers for these galleries on our maps on pages 42-44.
Wednesday , July 21
11am - 2pm The Village of Sister Bay and outlying areas welcome the festival artists to paint at their businesses and parks. For a listing of participating artists and businesses, visit our information stand at the waterfront park, downtown Sister Bay.
6pm - Sunset Artists from the Door County Plein Air Festival will be scattered across the beach and marina, painting the gorgeous Sister Bay sunset. Take a sunset stroll and watch artists paint. Free and open to all.
7:30-9:30pm This private party offers live music, wine, hors d’oeuvres, and a preview of paintings created earlier that day. Tickets $35, Sister Bay Waterfront Park
10am - 3pm Hop aboard Door County Trolley for a tour of Edgewood Orchard Galleries and Fine Line Designs Gallery. Festival artists will be painting at both galleries, as well as the School. The trolley can be picked up at either gallery, or at Peninsula School of Art, where we will also be serving up a picnic lunch.Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children 12 and younger, with lunch sold separately. The last tour departs Peninsula School of Art at 2pm.
5-6pm ~ Collector’s Preview & Champagne Kick-Off, for Palette Sponsors Only *** Just one of many benefits, open exclusively for Palette Sponsors, is the Collector’s Preview. Palette Sponsors enjoy an hour in our gallery before Gala ticket holders arrive. This hour includes the first buying opportunity of the festival, and a chance to take home the artworks you really love. Passed hors d’oeuvres and champagne toast to celebrate the best art of the Door County Plein Air Festival.
6-9pm ~ Gala Auction If you could attend any party in Door County this summer... this would be one not to miss! Hors d’oeuvres, wine, live jazz, desserts, plus fresh paintings from each of our Door County Plein Air Festival artists. Paintings, sold by silent auction, are ready to go home when you are. Tickets $55.
Saturday, July 24 - FREE EVENTS ALL DAY
In Fish Creek's Clark Park:
Festival artists will be joined by artists from the community to paint at Fish Creek’s Clark Park. In just two hours they will paint their artwork from start to finish. Paintings from our 40 featured festival artists will be sold at noon on live auction. Paintings from all other artists participating in the Dockside Quick Paint will be on display for judging and sale during this evening’s Opening Reception at Peninsula School of Art.
9-11am ~ Quick-Paint competition by Featured Artists.
Dockside Painters compete for a spot as featured artist in next year's festival.
9-11am ~ Kid's Paint in Clark Park
11am-noon ~ View the freshly completed paintings
Noon ~ Live auction of Featured Artists' work begins
At Peninsula School of Art:
Artworks from the Door County Plein Air Festival will be on display in Peninsula School of Art’s Guenzel Gallery. Paintings created by local artists during the morning’s Dockside Quick Paint will be on display for sale and judging. Free and open to the public. Wine sold by the glass.
9am-3pm ~ Exhibition and Sale
6-8pm ~ Public Opening Reception & Dockside Artist Exhibit
Sunday, July 25
10am - 4pm Peninsula School of Art's Guenzel Gallery open for special Sunday hours
Monday, July 26 - Saturday, August 7
Exhibition continues at Peninsula School of Art
***Welcome Dinner & Collector’s Preview for Palette Sponsors only
A limited number of Palette Sponsor Tickets are available for $185, and will include entry to all ticketed events and other exclusive priveleges. Palette Sponsor Tickets may be reserved now by calling Peninsula School of Art at 920-868-3455.
Other Door County Gallery Events
May Daybreak-Exhibit I May 1-June 8 Reception Saturday, May 1, 10am-5pm, David Aurelius, Jeanne Aurelius, Rodger Bechtold, Michael Michaud, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek 920.868.3579
Exhibit I May 1-June 8 Reception Saturday, May 29, 4-7pm, Gene Reneking, Paul Klein, Colin Page, Bill Murray, Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim 920.854.4343
Reception Saturday, May 29, 4-7pm, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek 920.868.3579 Reception Sunday, May 30, 4:30-7pm, Jim Rericha, Liz Maltman, Margaret Lockwood, Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor 920.868.2912
Demonstrations Sunday, May 30th, 11am-2pm, Paul Klein And Colin Page, Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim 920.854.4343
June
Exhibit II June 11-July 6 Reception Saturday, June 12, 4-7pm, Lori Beringer, Allan Servoss, Julie Crabtree-Pfannes, Jude Ryan Reiling, Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim 920.854.4343 Exhibit II June 12-July 13 Reception Saturday, June 12, 4-7pm, Judi Ekholm, William Jauquet, Tim Marcott, John A. Sayers, Jonathan Wilde, Ingrid Regula, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek 920.868.3579
Demonstration Sunday, June 13, 11am-2pm, Allan Servoss, Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim 920.854.4343
Earth, Stone, Water-Exhibit June 26-August 28 Reception Saturday, June 26, 4-7pm, Judith Gahn Murphy, Lynita Santora Murphy, Jessie Schroeder Voss, Off The Wheel Pottery, Egg Harbor 920.868.9608
July Trunk Show July 2-July 5, 10am-5pm, Julie Shaw, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek 920.868.3579
Exhibit III July 8-August 2 Reception Thursday, July 8, 4-7pm, Pam Murphy, Stephanie Evans, Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim 920.854.4343
Reception Saturday, July 10, 6-9pm, Chad Luberger, Angela Lensch, KNOCK Magazine summer issue release, Plum Bottom Pottery, Egg Harbor 920.743.9143
Reception Sunday, July 11, 4:30-7pm, Chris Egger, Dale Vandenhooten, Richard Edelman, Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor 920.868.2912
Exhibit III July 17-August 17 Reception Saturday, July 17, 4-7pm, Craig Blietz, Kristine Martineau Gellerman, Shawn Messenger, Jim Rose, Jack Schmidt, William A. Suys Jr., Marcia Mcdonough, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek 920.868.3579
Demonstration Sunday, July 18, 1-3pm, William A. Suys Jr., Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek 920.868.3579
Demonstration Thursday, July 22, 1-5pm, Douglas Sanders, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek 920.868.3579
Trunk Show July 22-July 25, 10-5pm, Ken Loeber and Dona Look, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek 920.868.3579
Exhibit July 23-July 26 Reception Saturday, July 24, 4-7pm, Neva Sills, Sandra and Wence Martinez, Martinez Studio, Jacksonport 920.823.2154
August Door County Plein Air Festival Exhibit August 1-31, Monday-Friday, noon-5pm, Presented by Peninsula School of Art, The Link Gallery at Door Community Auditorium, Fish Creek 920.868.2728
Exhibit IV August 5-September 9 Reception Thursday, August 5, 4-7pm, Donna Lindboe Trupin, Steve Langenecker, Ed Lazzeroni, Elodie Holmes, Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim 920.854.4343
Trunk Show August 7-August 8, 10-5pm, Elizabeth Garvin, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek 920.868.3579
Door County Festival of the Arts, Saturday, August 14, 10am-5pm, Sister Bay Waterfront Park, Artist demonstrations, live music, cultural tours, children’s activities and more, Sister Bay Advancement Association, 920.854.2812
Exhibit IV August 21-September 21, Rozanne Hubbard, Gretchen Klug, George Shipperley, Mark Sudduth, Regina Imbsweiler, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek 920.868.3579
Reception Sunday, August 22, 4:30-7pm, John Sargent, Nan Helscher, Simon Levin, Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor 920.868.2912
September Reception Saturday, September 4, 4-7pm, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek 920.868.3579
Demonstration Sunday, September 5, 1-3pm, George Shipperley, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek 920.868.3579
Gifts from the Heart & Into the Night-Exhibit V September 25-October 31 Reception Saturday, September 25, 1-5pm, Demonstration Mary Ulm Mayhew, 1-5pm, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek 920.868.3579
October Townline Art Fair Saturday, October 9, 10am-5pm, & Sunday, October 10, 10am-4pm, Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim 920.854.4343
Trunk Show October 9-October 11, 10am-5pm, Deb And Mark Sparshott, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek 920.868.3579
Reception Sunday, October 31, 1-5pm, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek 920.868.3579
8th Annual Holiday Open House Saturday, November 27, 10am-5pm, Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim 920.854.4343
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