artist registration

May 15, 2026

1. Please fill out the application on line before participating and pay your entry fee of $60., this will include parking and a boxed lunch. The event will be limited to a total of 100 artists, both professionals and amateurs. Sign up as soon as possible to reserve your spot. If you have any questions, please contact Jen Lewer at jenlewer@cfl.rr.com.

2. PROFESSIONAL ARTIST vs. AMATEUR/HOBBYIST ARTISTS VS DESIGNATION: To help define each category we submit the following designation as a guide: It is generally understood that professional artists are in the business of creating and producing art to generate their income. As such they hang in galleries, sell work online, teach, and participate in gallery shows and/or juried shows. While amateur or hobbyist artists may also sell some of their work but not as their primary motivation.

Artists are welcome to participate in our 2025 Plein Air Event under one of two self-designated categories of their choosing, Professional Artist or Amateur/Hobbyist Artist.

3. Please check in and have your canvases stamped between 7am-9am. Stamping will not be available after 10am. Canvases that are not stamped will not be qualified for judging.

4. Please paint within the confines of the map to include area’s within and around Perkins Cove, Marginal Way, Ogunquit downtown and Ogunquit Beach.

5. This is a one-day Plein Air Event. All paintings must be done outside, “en plein air.”

Please: No photos or phones may be used as reference by plein air artists.

6. JUDGING:

Amateurs: Participants must have their completed, framed painting placed on their easel in the Perkins Cove Judging Area between 2:15pm and 2:30pm. Amateur works’ judging starts promptly at 2:30pm.

Professionals: Participants must their completed, framed painting on their easel in the Perkins Cove Judging Area between 2:45 and 3pm. Professional works’ judging starts promptly at 3pm.

Please no early drop offs due to the limited amount of space and volunteers. You are responsible to have an easel to set up you’re painting for display, judging and wet paint sale. Artists can display one framed painting for judging. A second painting is also allowed for the wet paint sale. The second painting should be placed at the base of your easel after the judging. The second painting may be painted during the event OR may be a plein air piece previously completed.

7. You will be given a tag with your artist number to put on your easel for judging. Be sure NOT to put your name on tag for judging.

8. Sales of paintings. The actual selling of the paintings will be the individual participant’s responsibility. You will be provided a separate tag for pricing: your name may be on this tag BUT not on the judging tag. You will need to have your own payment processing, take checks, Venmo, or ask for cash.

NOTE: If possible, please bring a box with tape for your buyer to take your wet painting home in. Clean pizza boxes work great for this.