Friday – Saturday,
September 13 – 14
The annual Carmel on Canvas Plein Air Paint Out for 2024 will be held on Friday & Saturday, September 13 – 14. This open-air painting exhibition and competition takes place on the sidewalks throughout the Carmel Arts & Design District, Carmel’s Midtown the City Hall Japanese Gardens, Carmel City Center and again, we are expanding to Carmel Central Park with its 161 acres of beautiful green space!
The Carmel on Canvas plein air event hosts nearly 60 highly-acclaimed artists from states around the Midwest including Kentucky, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and many Indiana communities as well. The artists will compete in a variety of plein air contests within the three-day event. They will register in a division that matches their skill level; professional, non-professional, teen and child.
On Saturday morning, a Quick Paint takes place at the Carmel Farmers Market at Carter Green. The winners of the adult and child categories will be selected by visitors to the market, which raises community awareness of the event overall.
There will be more than $13,000 in total prizes.
Register Online for Carmel on Canvas 2024
Please click below to sign up (please note processing fees do apply):
For your convenience, we encourage credit/debit card payment for on-site registration. Cash or checks will also be accepted, but please have the exact amount ready. We will not be able to provide change or break bills.
Register Online for Carmel on Canvas 2024
Please click below to sign up (please note processing fees do apply):
On-site registration begins at Indiana Design Center, 200 S. Range Line Road, Carmel, IN 46032, starting Friday, September 13th at 8 a.m.
CARMEL ON CANVAS PLEIN AIR PAINT OUT – SEPTEMBER 13 – 14
Carmel on Canvas Plein Air Paint Out provides artists with two days of plein air painting in the Carmel Arts & Design District, Carmel Midtown, the City Hall Japanese Gardens and again, we are expanding to Carmel Central Park with its 161 acres of beautiful green space! There are 4 divisions; professional, non-professional, teen and children. There will be more than $13,000 in total prizes.
Friday, September 13th
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. – All Day Plein Air Paint Registration & Canvas Stamping
Indiana Design Center, 200 S. Range Line Road, Carmel, IN 46032
8 a.m. – Plein Air Painting Begins
For your convenience, we encourage credit/debit card payment for on-site registration. Cash or checks will also be accepted, but please have the exact amount ready. We will not be able to provide change or break bills.
Saturday, September 14th
QUICK PAINT – Carmel Farmers Market Registration & Check-in at Carmel Farmers Market, 2 Carter Green, Carmel, IN 46032
8 – 9 a.m. – Quick Paint Registration & Canvas Stamping
Carmel Farmers Market, 2 Carter Green, Carmel, IN 46032
9 a.m. – Quick Paint Starts
10:30 a.m. – Quick Paint painting must be turned in at judging tent
10:30 – 11 a.m. – Quick Paint “Community Choice” Judging, Awards to Follow
ALL DAY PLEIN AIR PAINT
8 a.m. – Noon – Registration & Canvas Stamping
Indiana Design Center, 200 S. Range Line Road, Carmel, IN 46032
4 – 5 p.m. – Plein Air Painting must be turned in at judging tent
Carmel Midtown Elm Street and Monon Boulevard
ARTWORK WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN 4 – 5 p.m.
5 p.m. – All Day Plein Air Reception and Public Viewing
6 p.m. – Tents Closed for Judging
6:30 p.m. – All Day Plein Air Award Ceremony
8 p.m. – Tent Closed (all paintings must be picked up)
Carmel on Canvas Creative Kids Zone
Saturday, September 14th, Noon – 3 p.m.
Do you know of a young, budding artist? Come visit us at the Carmel on Canvas Creative Kids Zone! We have two locations available for some kid-friendly art fun. The Creative Kids Zone is FREE to the public.
Kids Zone location:
The Carmel Art Council’s Children’s Art Gallery, 40 West Main Street, Carmel
Magdalena Gallery of Art, 27 East Main Street, Carmel
Purchase Awards
Carmel on Canvas artists have the opportunity to compete for Purchase Awards by painting the sponsoring business’ establishment and winning the listed monetary prize. Purchase Awards paintings are not included in the Plein Air Paint Out Awards entry or prize money, only Purchase Award prize money. Winners will be chosen on Saturday night.
List of participating businesses:
Box Market: $500
Goodness Gracious: $300
Hotel Carmichael: $300
Indiana Design Center: $300
CARMEL ON CANVAS PLEIN AIR ENTRY FEES & AWARDS
Professional Division Paint Out
$40 pre-registration
$50 day-of
Grand Prize/Best of Show – $3,000*
2nd Prize – $2,000
3rd Prize – $1,500
4th Prize – $1,000
10 Merit Awards – $200 each
Non-professional Division Paint Out
$20 pre-registration
$25 day-of
1st Prize – $500
2nd Prize – $300
3rd Prize – $200
2 Merit Awards – $100 each
Teen Division (ages 13-18) Paint Out
$15 pre-registration & day-of
1st Prize – $150
2nd Prize – $100
3rd Prize – $50
Children’s Division (12 & under) Paint Out
$10 pre-registration & day-of
2 Merit Awards – $50 each
*Please note the Grand Prize/Best of Show winning painting becomes the property of the City of Carmel with an agreed upon purchase price not to exceed $1,500. See Rules for Carmel on Canvas page for more details.
Quick Paint
$15 pre-registration & day-of
Adult 1st Prize – $300
Adult 2nd Prize – $200
Adult 3rd Prize – $100
Child Merit – $50
Register Online for Carmel on Canvas 2024
Please click below to sign up (please note processing fees do apply):
Registration fees are valid until Thursday, September 12, 2024. Please note, the registration fees will increase starting Friday, September 13, 2024.
CARMEL ON CANVAS ART FAIR (SUNDAY)
The Carmel on Canvas Art Fair takes place on Sunday afternoon from Noon – 4 p.m. Artist Lane is along the Carmel Monon Greenway during the popular Porchfest at 2nd Ave. NW between Main Street and 1st St.
- Only registered Carmel on Canvas All Day Plein Air artists are eligible to sell their art at the Art Fair.
- There are a limited number of spots available and will be reserved on a first come, first served basis
- Artists may show only their own art
- Set-up begins Sunday at 9 a.m., however, artists are responsible for their own items
- Artists must provide their own easels and displays for their art
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CARMEL ON CANVAS RULES
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We’re delighted that you’re choosing to spend your weekend in Carmel, Indiana. Please see items below to help answer your Carmel on Canvas questions.
> Arts & Design District Map
> Event Boundary Map
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Rules:
Plein Air Paint Out & Quick Paint
Only one work may be submitted for each of the painting events, the All Day Plein Air Paint Out and Quick Paint; plus each canvas must have the correct stamp.
Purchase Award paintings are not included in the Plein Air Paint Out Awards entry or prize money, only Purchase Award prize money.
- All mediums are included in judging (watercolor, oil, drawing.)
- Each artist’s canvas stamp must be visible at the time of turn in for each registered event.
- Artists shall not sign their paintings.
- All Day Plein Air Paint Out artwork submissions will only be accepted at the Artists’ Lane tent at Midtown Plaza, 365 Monon Blvd., between 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. Artists must provide their own easels and canvases.
- No painting or drawing of the Amish, please.
- The City of Carmel purchases the Grand Prize/Best of Show winning painting and reserves all rights to future use of image for an agreed upon purchase price not to exceed $1,500.
- Plein Air Paint Out locations include the Carmel Arts & Design District, Carmel Midtown, the City Hall Japanese Gardens, Carmel City Center, and Carmel Central Park with its 161 acres of beautiful green space!
- The Carmel Arts & Design District is generally framed by the masonry and steel arches along Main Street and Range Line Road, up to and including the following intersections:
- Smoky Row & North Range Line Road Roundabout
- Richland Ave. (4th Ave) & East Main Street stop light (west of the Carmel Clay Public Library and Carmel High School)
- Elm Street & South Range Line Road Roundabout
- 4th Ave. SW and West Main Street Roundabout
- Carmel’s Midtown follows The Monon Greenway from 1st Street SW, south to Walnut Street and bordered by 4th Ave SW becoming 3rd Ave SW on the west and Range Line Road on the east.
- The Japanese Gardens can be found just south of the City Hall building, located at One Civic Square.
- Carmel City Center is on the south side of City Center Drive including Hotel Carmichael and numerous shops, restaurants and services. It resembles an international village.
- Carmel Central Park with its 161 acres of beautiful green space is near 111th and College Ave!
Registration:
- The All Day Plein Air Paint Out registration and canvas stamping takes place at the Indiana Design Center, 200 S. Range Line Road, Carmel, IN 46032.
- The Quick Paint registration and canvas stamping takes place at Carmel Farmers Market, 2 Carter Green, Carmel, IN 46032.
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