Call for Entry:
Point Lobos: Jewel of the Central Coast
Signature Members: Click on Call for Entry to view details and application now available for the 2012 Signature Exhibition. Entries due July 13.
Plein Aire San Juan Bautista 2012
We will return to San Juan Bautista in August for our second annual Paint San Juan, details tbd.
Farm to Fork Paintouts 2012
Advance signup is required. Paintouts will take place from May 1 through October 2012. If you are a MBPAPA member and wish to take part in any of these special escorted paintouts to private ranches and farms, please send your request to our PaintOut Chairperson, Sue Elliott by June 1, 2012. Paintings will be eligbile for inclusion in the 2013 exhibit at Natividad Medical Center.
Impressions of the Central Coast:
A Member Exhibition
The upcoming Impressions of the Central Coast showcases MBPAPA members' plein air and plein-air-inspired paintings of their impressions of
California's beautiful Central Coast.
Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, CA Directions
Exhibition: February 16, 2012 through January 2013
Reception: Thursday, February 16, 2012
Exhibit DetailsAre you an Art Patron?
Click here to read about the benefits of Patron Membership.. Or join MBPAPA and meet the artists at the Annual Meeting on January 14, 2012.
Did you miss these events?
See our Event Archive for additional exhibits you may have missed.
Annual General Membership Meeting
The Annual Meeting was held at Porters Grill, Poppy Hills Golf, 3200 Lopez Road, Pebble Beach on Saturday, January 14, 2012, 11:30am.
Small Treasures:
Signature Artists Exhibition
Small Treasurers showcases MBPAPA Signature Artist members' small format plein air and plein-air-inspired paintings.
Carmel Art Institute, 3728 The Barnyard, Carmel, CA 831.309.8455
Exhibition: December 18, 2011 through January 6, 2012
Reception: Friday, December 16, 2011, 5-8pm
Exhibit Details
Art on the Wharf
See Art on the Wharf, an art fair held on Monterey's Fisherman's Wharf, in conjunction with the Art in the Adobes festival. MBPAPA artists exhibiting and helping with the MBPAPA information booth are: Murray Wagnon, Julia Seelos, Nina Hyatt, Rhett Owings and Fran Minglana.
Saturday, October 1, 2011, 10am - 8pm.
Monterey Tapestry: A Members Exhibition
Monterey Tapestry showcases MBPAPA members' plein air and plein-air-inspired paintings of Monterey County at Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, CAExhibition: ends December 6, 2011
Exhibit Details Directions
small to LARGE
Click on More details to view online the small paintings that were juried into the small to LARGE show, a juried exhibition held July 22nd to September 1 in the David Henry Gill Gallery at the Pacific Grove Art Center. Mark Farina was the juror. The Artists Reception was held July 22, 7-9pm. See the MBPAPA Newsletter for the award winners. More Details
PAINT SAN JUAN
Paint San Juan, a plein air paint festival and exhibit, was held during August in Historic Downtown San Juan Bautista. Paintings were exhibited at Galeria Tonantzin, 115 Third Street, San Juan Bautista, CA. Festival paintings are on exhibit August 7 through August 27. More Details
