Plein Air Paint Out

The St. Augustine Art Association presents the 9th Annual Plein Air Paint Out from April 23 to April 27, 2025.

This exciting community-wide event invites artists to choose among the landmarks, hotels, buildings, open spaces, and cityscapes that reflect the culture and history of the nation's oldest city. In past years, as many as 70 artists from around the region and the U.S. have participated in the Paint Out.

"En plein air" (in open air) is a French term used to describe painting outdoors. Painting outdoors was very popular in the mid-19th century. Artists participating in the Plein Air Paint Out will be positioned all over St. Augustine's Historic District and the beaches on Anastasia Island from April 23 through 27, including:

• Avenida Menendez & the Bayfront
• Aviles Street
• Bayfront Marin House
• Beaches on Anastasia Island
• Castillo de San Marcos
• Charlotte Street
• Collector Luxury Inn & Gardens
• Dog Rose Brewing Co.
• Flagler College
• Henry Flagler Model Land Company Neighborhood
• Lightner Museum Gardens
• Oldest House Museum
• Peña Peck House
• St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum
• St. Augustine Yacht Club
• St. George Street (South of the Plaza)
• Villa Zorayda Museum
• Ximenez-Fatio House Museum

Exhibit at the St. Augustine Yacht Club

The St. Augustine Yacht Club Pop-Up Exhibit will be judged for in-person awards. Registered artists may submit one completed piece to the April 27 "Plein Air Pop-Up Exhibit" at the St. Augustine Yacht Club, 442 Ocean Vista Avenue. Awards total more than $2,500, including a $1,000 Best in Show prize.

Plein Air Paint Out Exhibit

Registered artists may exhibit up to two works completed during the Paint Out, in the Plein Air Paint Out exhibit, which will be shown from May 2 through June 1. One work is free to enter, and the second work may be entered for $10.00. The work may have been previously exhibited in the Pop-Up Exhibit at the Yacht Club

Admission: Free for spectators watching artists paint at various locations throughout historic St. Augustine. Artists can register for $55.00 per person for St. Augustine Art Association Members, and $80.00 for non-members. Registrations after April 16, 2025, will incur a late fee of $25.00.

When: Artists will paint "en plein air" in St. Augustine from April 23 through April 27, 2025.

Where: The Plein Air Paint Out will be at several locations throughout historic St. Augustine. The "Plein Air Pop-Up Exhibit" will be at the St. Augustine Yacht Club at 442 Ocean Vista Ave., St. Augustine, Florida 32080. The St. Augustine Art Association will exhibit works from the Paint Out from May 2 through June 1, 2025