2024 PAGM Registration

2024 Plein Air Grand Marais is open for registration! The deadline for all Competition Class applicants was May 1, 2024. The Open Class remains open until Competition Week, September 6-14, 2024.

Register now to participate in the Open Class. You may choose to be wait-listed for the Competition Class in case of cancellations.

Painters of all experience levels are welcome. The Competition Class is intended for experienced painters who commit to submit four framed Competition Class paintings for the exhibit at Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery. An Invitational Class features select painters from Minnesota's Arrowhead region plus Mini-Workshop Instructors and the previous year's Open Class winner. The Open Class is intended for learning painters desiring more time to attend Mini-Workshops, who may submit one painting for a Wednesday evening pop-up exhibit and awards reception.

The non-refundable application fee for all participants is $45.

Plein Air Grand Marais is all about artists: we have an educational focus on painters' development and camaraderie. We believe all painters who wish to compete should be given a chance to be in the Competition Class, but we are limited by space in JHP Gallery. Therefore, juried applicants who are not selected initially to be in the Competition Class are encouraged to participate in the Open Class and remain on a waiting list. Competition Class vacancies regularly occur—life happens—and will be filled from the waiting list in the Open Class on a first come, first served basis, based on the time and date of their PAGM registration. To date, all painters wishing to participate in the Competition Class have been accepted, eventually.

All registered artists may paint in the Quick Paint, register for Mini-Workshops, participate in daily paint-outs, and attend artists' socials with their guests. The best-in-show award winner of the Open Class Exhibit will be invited to be a Competition Artist in next year's PAGM.

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Open Class Applicants:*

Please confirm my registration for the Open Class. I understand that I may submit one painting for the Wednesday evening pop-up exhibit and awards reception.Please confirm my registration for the Open Class AND place me on the waiting list in case of an opening in the Competition Class. I understand that priority is based on the time/date of my application.

Invitational Competition Applicants:

Please confirm my registration as a confirmed Workshop Instructor, North Shore Invitational, or last year's Open Class winner invited to be a Competition Artist in 2024 PAGM.

Juried Competition Applicants:

I wish to compete in the Competition Class and submit 4 framed paintings to the Competition Exhibit displayed from September 16 to October 6, 2024.If the Competition Class is juried and I am not selected, I will not participate in Plein Air Grand Marais.If the Competition Class is juried and I am not selected, I wish to participate in the Open Class and be on the waiting list in case of an opening in the Competition. I understand the waiting list priority will be first come, first served based on the date/time of this registration.

Juried Competition Applicants: Upload 2 images of your best plein air paintings.

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Only JPEG files please. File quality should be at least 1 up to 7.5 megabytes.

Are you willing to volunteer?

Daily artist-orientation at the Campground Rec Hall on a morning or afternoon during Competition week.Help retrieve unsold paintings for other artists after the exhibit ends on October 6, 2024. (Free stay at Sugarloaf Cabins in Schroeder is offered to drivers!)Help transport cups and beverages to Artist Socials during Competition Week.Help set up/take down easels at Open Class reception.Help distribute awards at the Open Class or Final Reception.Other

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Non-Refundable Application Fee*

USD$45 for all PAGM applicants