THE PLEIN AIR CONNECTION NEWSLETTER September 3rd, 2013

CALLING ALL PLEIN AIR PAINTERS: COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THE LAST PLEIN AIR LIVE AUCTION OF THE SEASON!

Auctioned-off Art benefits the Bangor Public Library!

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PRESS RELEASE:

DOWNTOWN BANGOR PAINT OUT AND AUCTION: 
A FUNDRAISER FOR THE BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY ROOF,
Saturday 7^th September, 2013
6am to 3pm (paint out in downtown Bangor) and
6 pm to 8pm (reception and auction of paintings at Library).


Calling all artists, art lovers, book lovers, and Bangor Public Library patrons!

Paint an image of Bangor, then have that painting auctioned to raise funds for the new library roof. 
If you are not an artist, then come to the evening reception and bid on one of the freshly made paintings.

This year the Bangor Art Society’s Paint Bangor Day is raising funds for the library roof, in response to Stephen and Tabitha King’s challenge grant.

We invite artists of all ages and skill levels to paint Downtown Bangor on Saturday 7^thSeptember between 6am and 3pm.  Artists and all others who wish to support the fundraiser are invited to an evening reception and live and silent auctions to bid on art and other donations that same evening, from 6 to 8pm at the BPL.

Artist participants, please register online at www.bpl.lib.me.us or at the library entrance on Saturday September 7^th. Children and Bangor Art Society members register free. All others, $25.  Cash prizes for children and adults, thanks to our generous sponsors. Free parking available opposite library all day.

Bring your canvas/paper to be stamped at the BPL before setting out to paint. If possible, paint downtown.
Bring your finished painting back to the library by 3pm. 
The top paintings will be juried in to the Live Auction (Sue McKay, auctioneer). All paintings will be judged for cash prizes, which will be awarded in the evening, during the Reception and Auctions. (Best in Show, $250. Prizes for adults, $200, $100, $50; for children, $50, $30, $20.)

Tickets for evening events (reception, live auction, silent auction) are $10 at the door for non–artists and include a glass of beer/wine and hors d’oeuvres. Catering help from Schooners.

At least 25% of all profits go to the BPL, 25% to BAS, 50% of painting price to artist (unless s/he wants to donate more to BPL and/or BAS)

BAS and the BPL thank our generous local sponsors who include:
Brewer Creative Arts Center, The Craft Barn, Darlings, Dawson Insurance Agency, Eaton Peabody, ERA Bradford Dawson Real Estate, Husson University, Machias Saving Bank, Mardens, Nocturnem Draft Haus, One Lupine Fiber Arts, Phenix Title, Schooners, The Sea Dog, & WBRC.


Paint Out: 6am to 3pm. Register now online at www.bpl.lib.me.us or from 6am to 1pm at the BPL on 9/7.
Evening Reception, Silent Auction, Live Auction: 6 to 8pm at BPL. For reservations, and further information, call 942 6593. Tickets also available on site on the day.


Contact information:
Ulrike Guthrie, President, Bangor Art Society
207 942 6593  [email protected]


A note from Michael E. Vermette The Vice President of the Bangor Art Society.

To all Plin Air Painters, Photographers and patrons,

Please consider participating in the Downtown Bangor Wet Paint Out and Auction this year. As far as I can tell it's the last wet paint auction of the summer/fall season where artists can gather once again, paint beautiful wet paintings and affect positive change in their community, namely the Bangor Library Roof Campaign. Please consider also framing your work and building a box for your wet work. This helps for a higher sale.  If you are not a painter please come and support us by bidding high on the paintings and bidding often. No one appreciates a painting more than the one who pays the most for it! And this is especially true every time you look at your newly purchased painting knowing that you helped to support a great cause that affects the whole region. I have traveled as far South as Portland to take part in the Cape Elizabeth Paint For Preservation Wet Paint Auction this year as one of their artists. We raised $60.000m dollars there to preserve land forever.  How about some of you Southern artists traveling up here to make that kind of difference? This will be covered by the news, and we have a chance to impact our world in a positive way!
This is the most exciting wet paint out on my radar this year because the Bangor Public Library hosts one of the largest art book collections in all of New England, partly due to artists in the past who were members of our society who donated them early on. Some of these books can not be found North of Boston. Also the Bangor Public Library provides the Bangor Art Society with a free meeting place each month and exhibition space for our Open Juried Shows each year. If you have participated in one of these shows, or have enjoyed one of our presenters from our lecture series than this is your opportunity to give back and have a lot of fun in the mean time. So won't you give to this great cause with your talents and financial support ? Lets show the region how Beauty can truly change our world for the better in the form of our library's elegant copper roof addition!

Paint with your whole heart, bid often, bid high, and positively affect your world! If you see me Saturday rendering an oil painting downtown this Saturday be sure to introduce your self. I would love to paint with you, offer you one of my free art cards or just talk with you on this beautiful day that will truly make a difference in our world,

Michael E. Vermette
Coordinator of the Plein Air Connection
Vice President of the Bangor Art Society