Mark Your Calendar

April 1
  • Quick Draw registration open.

  • April 15
  • Collectors Preview tickets on sale.

  • Tuesday, June 18
  • Artists register and begin painting.

  • Tuesday-Friday, June 18-21
  • Plein-air painters at their easels.

  • Wednesday, June 19, noon
  • Quick Draw registration closes; Quick Draw painting boundaries published.

  • Friday, June 21
  • Artists submit two competition paintings and two additional paintings for exhibit and sale.
  • Collectors Preview.

  • Saturday, June 22
  • Quick Draw Competition and sale.
  • Public Exhibit and Sale.

  • Check back often for the latest information about this premier Mid-Atlantic plein-air arts competition.

    The GRAND EXHIBITION

    Private Collectors Preview

    Friday Evening, June 21, 2013

      6:30 Reception Begins
      7-9:30 Enjoy the Exhibit
      William Talley Recreation Center
      121 N. Bentz Street,
      Frederick, Maryland

    Be among the first to see more than 100 fresh, original paintings of Frederick County scenes completed by the 2013 Easels in Frederick artists. Enjoy champagne, wine, and canapés from the area's finest caterers. Talk with the artists. Mingle with friends, neighbors, and out-of-town art lovers.

    Cast your ballot for the $1,500 Collectors Award. Learn from Awards Judge Roy Donoughe which paintings will take home $14,000 in prizes and why they garnered such high praise.

    Take home your favorite work of art. Apply your full ticket price toward the purchase of one painting during the Collectors Preview. Attendees not purchasing a painting can claim $30 of the ticket price as a donation to the Frederick Arts Council, a 501(c)(3) arts organization that is Easels in Frederick's proud partner.

    Limited tickets available, $50 per person. Tickets available for purchase Monday, April 15.

    Purchase tickets one of 4 ways:

    • Online. You will receive email confirmation and get your ticket(s) at the door.

    • Mail your check, made payable to Frederick Arts Council with Easels in Frederick written on the memo line, to:

      Easels in Frederick
      PO Box 3087
      Frederick, MD 21705

      Please complete and include this form with your payment. Your ticket(s) will await you at the door of the Preview.

    • Purchase in person at the Frederick Arts Council's new office, 22 S. Market Street Suite #3, Frederick. Open Monday-Friday, 9-4. Please complete this form and deliver it with your check or payment information. You will receive your ticket(s) at that time.

    • Order by phone, 301-662-4190. Your ticket will await you at the door of the Preview.

    Ticket/receipts provide all relevant tax information.