"Plein Air Plus" 2020 - Fifth Annual National Juried Competition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts, NJ.

*Covid-19 Update as of June 9 - The online process has allowed us to continue accepting submissions. In light of the current relaxation of  of Covid-19, at this time we move ahead with an exciting exhibit of Plein Air Plus. We will keep you updated. Health and public safety is of prime concern. If this exhibition must be cancelled by the LBIF due to the Corona virus /Covid-19  after the Juror has made his selection, application fees will be refunded to those artists who were selected to participate in this event. 

Entry Deadline: June 22, 2020
Apply On Line: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=7278
Accepted artists names will be posted on LBIF site: June 29

The Juror is David C. Levy 
Paint Out: July 1st - August 31st
"Island Life" Exhibition: September 12th - November 1st

Long Beach Island has a vibrant artist community and is a vacation destination which draws its audience of collectors, supporters of the arts and artists from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, Maryland, Washington, DC and beyond. The LBIF, founded in 1948, is celebrating its 72nd year anniversary in 2020.

The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the fifth "Plein Air Plus" Competition and Exhibition on Long Beach Island, New Jersey. The juror, David C.Levy, will pick 35 artists to participate in the Paint Out on Long Beach Island during July and August. The accepted artists will exhibit the paintings created in the LBI Paint Out in the "Island Life" exhibition scheduled for September through October.

We welcome artists to apply to a unique Plein Air Event!  Our Paint Out is over a two month period, allowing artists to visit and paint the scenic, seashore environment of Long Beach Island (LBI) New Jersey on their own schedule, any time between July 1st through September 4th. Artists can choose the time of day, weather, and varied locations to paint.

Finished paintings will be shown in the exhibition "Island Life" in September.  This exhibition will feature the selected artist's Plein Air works and/or studio paintings developed from their Plein Air studies. We encourage that artwork exhibited is for sale.

Prizes will be awarded by the Juror David C. Levy at the reception on September 13. (Artists are not required to attend the reception).

JUROR:   We are very pleased to have David C. Levy as our Juror in 2020.

David C. Levy has an illustrious career as an internationally known and highly respected art professional. He is an artist/designer, educator, photographer, museum director, art historian and musician. His current role is as President of the Education Division of Cambridge Information Group. Levy is also President of Sotheby's Institute of Art, and Chairman of Bach to Rock.

David Levy was the Judge for Plein Air Easton in 2019, as well as the Juror for Plein Air Easton in 2018.

The son of artists Edgar Levy and Lucille Corcos and godson of sculptors David Smith and Dorothy Dehner, David Levy grew up in the midst of the creative community that moved the world’s art capital from Europe to New York during the seminal years of the late 1940s and early ‘50s. Dr. Levy served for 19 years as the CEO of the Parsons School of Design, transforming the school from a small, struggling, non-degree-granting trade school into one of the largest and most diversified visual arts colleges in the United States. He served as President and Director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art and Design. Over his 14-year tenure, Levy rebuilt both the museum and its college of art, mounting more than 300 exhibitions and expanding the museum’s 1990 attendance of 80,000 to just under one million by 2004.  In 2005, Levy began a consulting relationship with Cambridge Information Group (CIG) and, in 2007, became President of its Education Group and of its graduate school, Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Other accomplishments include the creation of The New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music, co-founding the Delaware College of Art & Design and Bach to Rock, a chain of music schools with an innovative curriculum based on the formation of small bands. His professional accomplishments are unparalleled as an educator and innovative leader in the arts.

ABOUT THE COMPETITION:

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18 years and older in the continental US.
The Plein Air application will be available on line through June 15, 2020 on CAFÉ (www.callforentry.com)
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=7278

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ABOUT THE SEPTEMBER EXHIBITION:
The "Island Life" exhibition will show two types of Plein Air painting.  The selected artists will have two choices for submission to the exhibition:

Classical "Plein Air” painters are requested to exhibit up to four Plein Air paintings to be shown together in an approximate space measuring four feet by four feet.

Plein Air Plus artists are requested to submit two (classical) Plein Air paintings and one “Plein Air Plus+”, and the studies (photographs, sketches, drawings) for Plein Air Plus for a total of four paintings plus studies.

Plein Air and Plein Air Plus are described below. The amount of allotted space per artist remains four feet by four feet, so artists should plan accordingly.
 
"Plein Air" (classical) is defined as the painting being completed on site, without the use out photography. Plein Air artists are asked to submit a maximum of four paintings on any size canvas that will fit into a 4’ x 4’ exhibit space.

“Plein Air Plus+” is defined as inspired by a specific location on Long Beach Island observed during the Paint Out during July through August, with studies painted out of doors and completed in the artists’ personal studio.  The size up can be up to 36 inches wide and 48 inches long. We request that no paintings be created entirely from photographs, but photos and Plein Air sketches can be used to produce a Plein Air Plus painting.  Large size paintings are encouraged. The minimum size for "Plus" work submitted to exhibit is 20" x 24".

EXHIBITION DATES:
The “Island Life” Exhibition will be held from September 12– November 1, with a Reception and Awards Presentation on a Sunday on September 13, from 2-4 pm. Artists are not required to attend.
 
All work for the exhibition must be made during the period of July 1-August 31, 2020.  Subject themes include: Beaches, Salt Marshes, Barnegat Bay, Island Towns, Water Sports, Surfing, Fishing, Boating and Family entertainment venues.  Check www.lbifoundation.org  website for map.
 
Only paintings begun and completed during the July 1st through September 4th are eligible for submission. Canvas stamping is not required.  All artwork submitted for the exhibition must be ready to hang and firmly wired.
 
SALES:
Submitted work must be available for the duration of the exhibition. The LBIF retains 40% of the retail price of the work exhibited.

Application Requirements

Eligibility Criteria