Artist Submissions
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Interested in participating in the 2022 Plein Air New Bern event? Read the prospectus here or download it through the link to the right. All artists must submit at least one work sample of a plein air painting and pay the $40 entry fee. All work samples should be .jpegs of print quality (300 dpi, 4"x6" minimum). Please name all files as "LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_TITLE." Please contact Craven Arts Council if you have any questions.
Submissions are due by 11:59pm, January 10th, 2020 |
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This Year's Juror: Nancy Tankersley
Nancy Tankersley began her career as a portraitist and later entered the gallery scene with figurative paintings of people at work and at leisure. Expanding on her people at work series, in the past five years the artist has actively painted the working watermen of the Chesapeake Bay. In 2019 she will be the Featured Artist at the Waterfowl Festival in Easton, Maryland. She enjoys painting all subjects including landscape, still life and portraiture.
Active in the current plein air movement, and a founder of Plein Air Easton, she travels worldwide participating in competitions, judging and teaching. In 2018 and 2019 she was invited to be an instructor and demonstrator at the Plein Air Convention and released two instructional videos with Lilliedahl Videos. In 2016 and 2017 she was invited to exhibit at the prestigious Masters Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club in NYC. Recent honors include Award of Excellence at the 2018 American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, Best Architectural Painting at 2018 Plein Air Easton, Best of Show at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia International Plein Air 2018, Best of Show at the Lighthouse Plein Air Festival 2017 and the Dickinson Award for Best Painting by a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society 2016 Annual Juried Exhibit.
She is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society, the American Society for Marine Art, and the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters and also holds memberships in the California Arts Club, the Washington Society for Landscape Painters and the Salmagundi Club. Founder and Director of the Easton Studio, a workshops facility begun in Easton in 2010, the artist mentors and teaches there and internationally, and also hosts nationally known teachers for painting workshops. www.nancytankersley.com
Active in the current plein air movement, and a founder of Plein Air Easton, she travels worldwide participating in competitions, judging and teaching. In 2018 and 2019 she was invited to be an instructor and demonstrator at the Plein Air Convention and released two instructional videos with Lilliedahl Videos. In 2016 and 2017 she was invited to exhibit at the prestigious Masters Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club in NYC. Recent honors include Award of Excellence at the 2018 American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, Best Architectural Painting at 2018 Plein Air Easton, Best of Show at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia International Plein Air 2018, Best of Show at the Lighthouse Plein Air Festival 2017 and the Dickinson Award for Best Painting by a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society 2016 Annual Juried Exhibit.
She is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society, the American Society for Marine Art, and the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters and also holds memberships in the California Arts Club, the Washington Society for Landscape Painters and the Salmagundi Club. Founder and Director of the Easton Studio, a workshops facility begun in Easton in 2010, the artist mentors and teaches there and internationally, and also hosts nationally known teachers for painting workshops. www.nancytankersley.com
Submission has closed for the 2020 Plein Air New Bern Event. Check back soon for information on selected artists!
