The Patchogue Arts Council (PAC) is pleased to announce Paint the Great South Bay 2025 Plein Air Event, Exhibit, and Wet Paint Sale. The Patchogue Arts Council invites artists to paint en plein air along the Great South Bay, ranging from Smith Point Beach to The Fire Island Lighthouse.
Proceeds from this event help the Patchogue Arts Council continue to create events and programming that encourage, promote, and support the Arts on Long Island.
PROCEDURE: To certify work is created during PGSB artist must complete the following;
During the PGSB Painting time frame (June 27 - July 7, 2025) artists must:
• Email two photographs of themselves in front of the work at the painting location at the start of the piece and one image with the finished piece.
• Each photograph should also include the official PGSB 2025 date card filled out with the day’s date. (These cards will be included with registration packets)
• Email these images before drop off to info@patchoguearts.org.
**Submissions will not be accepted without them
Important Event Dates:
• June 27 - July 7, 2025
Artists at work and Painting the GSB - RAIN OR SHINE
June 26 - Packet pick up from 2:00 - 7:00 PM
July 7 from 3:00 - 6:00 PM - Registered artists are invited to bring their framed and ready to hang work to the Patchogue Arts Gallery located at 20 Terry Street, Suite 116. You may drop off each other’s works too!
Ready to hang means works MUST BE WIRED. Staff will not wire work.
July 10 – July 20, 2025: Exhibition, Reception and Wet Paint Sale to celebrate the end of the PGSB plein air event.
July 20 from 3:00 - 5:00 PM: PGSB Artists Reception
July 20 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM: Paintings picked up from Patchogue Arts Gallery. PAC will not be responsible for work not picked up by Sunday, July 20, 2025 by 7 PM
Special drawing events/ meet ups will be announced in May!
Locations
The Great South Bay on the South Shore of Long Island, which includes the towns/villages/areas of Shirley, Bellport, East Patchogue, Patchogue, Blue Point and Bayport, Sayville and West Sayville, essentially the areas south of Sunrise Highway.
Plein Air Artists must agree to the following rules for the Plein Air event:
Event will be limited to 40 plein air artists in the 18+ category and is on a first come first serve basis. This year we are happy to announce a special Young Artist category for artists 17 and under. There is no fee for the young artist category and the same rules apply.
To be eligible to participate in the exhibit and wet paint sale, painting must be done between
• All artists must register prior to the PGSB event.
• All art must be completed en plein air during the outing.
• No work done with photo references will be permitted.
• Completed work no larger than 24x24 inches.
• Attend the reception July 20 from 3:00 - 5:00 PM
• All painting mediums will be accepted for exhibit and sales.
• Paintings must be properly framed and wire mounted, (gallery wraps accepted, although the painting MUST be wired correctly) with no hooks or brackets, and brought to the Patchogue Arts Gallery on Monday, July 7 from 3:00 - 6:00 PM.
• At drop-off, all paintings entered into the show will be checked for the email with image sent to: info@patchoguearts.org.
• Labels and other paperwork will be included in your artist registration packet.
• All art must be completed during the plein air outing and done on location on the South Shore. A Facebook group has been set up for artists to post their locations so that spectators will know where the artists are painting. Hashtags and Instagram will be set up and artists are encouraged to post their progress.
ARTISTS MUST AGREE THAT ALL ART PAINTED DURING THE EVENT WILL BE SUBJECT TO 30% commission. If you are painting at a location and are approached by someone interested in purchasing the painting you are working on, that painting is under the contract of the event, and the 30% commission must be paid to PAC. Failure to pay the commission to PAC will result in the artist being ejected from the event, and any participation fees will be forfeited by the artist. NO EXCEPTIONS. This event is based on the honor system and is relying on the INTEGRITY of the artists participating in this event.
Artists are encouraged to submit 2 pieces.
Allow images of work entered into the sale to be used by the Patchogue Arts Council for publicity purposes.
Artists are responsible for making arrangements to have your paintings picked up on Sunday, July 20, 5 PM - 7 PM. The Patchogue Arts Gallery will not store paintings, so please make arrangements to have your unsold work picked up. PAC will not be responsible for work not picked up by Sunday, July 20, 2025 by 7:00 PM
PAC will not be responsible for any personal injury or property loss or damage regardless of the cause during this event.
Registration Details:
*Patchogue Arts Council Current Paid Members $15.00:
Non-members: $30.00
*Artist may become a member or renew at time of registration.
• May 15, 2025 Register by this date to be included in promotional materials.
All applications must be accompanied by the non-refundable registration fee and PAC member form. Please make checks out to The Patchogue Arts Council and write PGSB in the memo section.
Registration will remain open until all 40 spots are filled.
Participating artists must agree to the terms and conditions of the Paint the Great South Bay Plein Air Event, Exhibit, and Wet Paint Sale.
Once 40 artists have registered, a waiting list of artists will be created. Fees will not be held for those on the waiting list, and CASH payment will be due on Friday, May 15, 2025 for those on the waiting list.
Please contact info@PatchogueArts.org for any questions or concerns;
REGISTRATION FEES - SCROLL AND PAY BELOW
CATEGORY:
Professional artist 18+
Young Artist 17 and under (FREE no registration fee)
Payment Category:
Event fee for current paid PAC Member: $15.00
Event fee for non-Member: $30.00
To become a member or to submit your registration with your renewal:
PAC Artist Membership ($30) + Event Fee ($15): $45.00
PAC Student/Senior (60+) Artist Membership ($20) + Event Fee ($15): $35.00
ABOUT OUR JUROR
Maria Macedonio (also known as Maria Ritter)
Artist Maria Macedonio has a particular interest in the development of abstract painting techniques created during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Over the past several decades, her studio practice has focused on the analysis of pictorial spacing on a two-dimensional picture plane. She employs several approaches to create both representational and abstract paintings.
After earning a master’s degree from Stony Brook University, she continued her studies at the School of Visual Arts and The Art Students League of New York.
From 1998 to 2015, Maria owned and operated The Center for Visual Arts, located in Blue Point, New York. Since 2004, she has taught art in the Connetquot Central School District. Maria has also served as an adjunct professor at Dowling College and has guest lectured at the Islip Art Museum, The Heckscher Museum of Art, and the East End Arts Council. She resides in Blue Point, New York.