Plein Air Paint Out

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

The information below is from the 8th Annual Plein Air Paint Out event in 2024. We will update the information as we confirm event details. If you have specific questions, feel free to email us. 

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 24 through 28, including:

• Avenida Menendez & the Bayfront
• Aviles Street
• Bayfront Marin House
• Beaches on Anastasia Island
• Castillo de San Marcos
• Charlotte Street
• Dog Rose Brewing Co.
• Henry Flagler Model Land Company Neighborhood
• Lightner Museum Gardens
• Oldest House Museum
• Pena Peck House
• St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum
• St. Augustine Historical Society Research Library Courtyard
• St. George Street (South of the Plaza)
• Villa Zorayda Museum
• Ximenez-Fatio House Museum

Artists may submit one piece to the "Plein Air Pop-Up Exhibit" at the St. Augustine Yacht Club on April 28. Awards total more than $2,500, including a $1,000 Best in Show prize.

Artists are invited to join the Jacksonville Urban Sketchers in a sketch crawl on April 26 at 9:30 a.m. to explore and sketch downtown St. Augustine. The Lightner Museum will also open the Radzinski Family Garden to registered participants at 12:30 p.m. for a Paint & Picnic gathering.

This Plein Air Paint Out is a Romanza Festival event.

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 19, 2024, 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 various 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.