A Full Day of Events

See You Saturday, September 6th 2025!

(Rain date: Sept. 7th.)

the main attraction

ogunquit’s 5th annual perkins cove plein air painting event

Ogunquit is hosting its Annual Plein Air Painting Event in beautiful Perkins Cove:

Saturday, September 6th, 2025 (rain date: Sunday, Sept 7, 2025)

Artist Registration opens May 1, 2025

The 2025 Event Schedule is still tentative.

Once finalized, it will be update here, sometime in the summer!

Painting Competition - Ogunquit, Maine's Perkins Cove Plein Air Art Event

Painting Event, en Plein Air

Saturday, September 6th – 9am – 3 pm

Event Judging - Ogunquit, Maine's Perkins Cove Plein Air Art Event

Art Judging- Amateur & Professional

Saturday, September 6th – 2:30pm-3:30pm

Wet Paint Sale - Ogunquit, Maine's Perkins Cove Plein Air Art Event

Wet Paint Sale

Saturday, September 6th – 3:30 pm – 5 pm

About Our 2025 Judge: Olena Babak

Olena Babak

Back for a 2nd year! Our esteemed judge for the Ogunquit, Maine’s 2025 Perkins Cove Plain Air Event is Olena Babek

Olena Babak is an award-winning, classically trained artist, whose landscapes and figurative works can be found in galleries, public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad.

Some of her selected awards: Best of Show in Tilghman and St. Michaels, Easton Plein Air, Best Marine Cape Ann Plein Air, Artists Choice Plein Air Richmond, 1st place Quick Draw & People’s Choice Award Finger Lakes Plein Air, Best Representation of Rockies National Park, 1st place Booth Bay Plein Air and many others.

Her work has been featured in “Plein Air Magazine”, the “Poet’s and Artist’s: 100 Great Drawings,” and the “Classicist” as well as “Strokes of Genius” series.

Visit Olena Babak’s Website

The 5th Annual Plein Air Event will showcase more than 100 plein air painters

This year artists will compete for a combined $9000 in prizes!

The 2025 PRIZE CATEGORIES:

Professionals: 1st Place, 2nd Place & 3rd Place, and Amateurs: 1st Place, 2nd Place & 3rd Place. And, new this year some special additional prize categories.

Professional Division Awards

  • 1st place $2000.
  • 2nd place $1500.
  • 3rd place $1000.

Amateur Division Awards

  • 1st place $750.
  • 2nd place $500.
  • 3rd place $300.

PLUS a special amateur award will be given: the David Lussier Gallery of Excellence Award for $250.

New Award Categories for 2025:

Best use of Light $1,000. Best Depiction of Marginal Way  Celebrating the 100th year of the Marginal Way – $1,000.,Quintessential Perkins Cove – $500., and a Future Generation Prize – which encourages younger artists to participate. $200.

for your listening pleasure

relax to live music in perkins cove

Make a full day of it! See the artists, dine at a local restaurants, drink-in the salty scenery, and relax to our schedule of live music in Perkins Cove!

Live Music - Ogunquit, Maine's Perkins Cove Plein Air Art Event

Live Jazz in Perkins Cove

Saturday, September 6th, 11am – 5pm

additional events

painting demonstrations & more

Watch this space for news to come!

Painting Demonstration - Ogunquit, Maine's Perkins Cove Plein Air Art Event
Ogunquit Art History - Ogunquit, Maine's Perkins Cove Plein Air Art Event
Ogunquit Art History - Ogunquit, Maine's Perkins Cove Plein Air Art Event
Ogunquit Art History - Ogunquit, Maine's Perkins Cove Plein Air Art Event