Now accepting 2020 Artist Applications
60 artists will be accepted for the event. Apply by July 10, 2020
Click Here to Apply
Click HERE for COVID-19 Artist Grants and Resources
Virtual Gallery Opening App
This year our event will be virtual in place of our physical Opening Reception. We will launch the Plein Air Brandywine Valley Virtual Gallery App on September 25th for our sponsors, patrons, and the public at large. This exciting new app was developed specifically for CBH and PABV which allows us to exhibit and offer artists’ works for sale in a new, simple to use and engaging way.
2020 Plein Air Brandywine Valley Sponsorship Opportunities
2019 Event Sponsors
DIAMOND
- Jerome I. Marcus, MD
PLATINUM
- Janet C. Hohnholt
- William and Katharine Gahagan
GOLD
- Ellison M. Carey
SILVER
- June Buck
- "In Memory of James R. Buck"
- Mary and Jim Culley
- Patricia Lowe
- A. Roy Smith
- James J. McLaughlin
BRONZE
- Joe and Bernie Polinski
- Jay and Martha Tschantz
- John Lilley and Bob Lohrmann
- Brooke Mitchell and Scott Best
- Nancy Ellis, State Farm
- Karen D. Poore, ChFC
- Alexandra Ergon
- The Honorable Christina D. Sappey and Mr. Jonathan Sappey
Plein Air Brandywine Valley Schedule of Events
Tuesday, Sept. 01, 2020 – Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020
Artists paint within and around the Brandywine Valley including incredible landscapes, gardens, churches, architecture, and riverways among others. Artists are required to work only in allotted time frames. Work completed outside of those time frames will not be considered for judging. Also, all work is to be done outside in natural lighting. Please see the complete rules and regulations for artists.
Friday, Sept. 25
Judging for the Plein Air Brandywine Valley will be done virtually and announced during the Virtual Gallery Opening starting at 6pm.
Saturday, Sept. 26 - Sunday, Sept. 27
Virtual Gallery Exhibition and Sale continues Saturday and Sunday from 10:00am - 4:00pm.
A graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA cum laude in Drawing, Ann Crostic has been painting Plein Air since 2008. Her studies have included workshops with artists: Lee Boyton, Bethanne Kinsella Cople, Bill Schmidt, Kenn Backhaus and David Lussier. Ann has been juried into Plein Air competitions in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Virginia. Recent Plein Air awards include: Best Depiction of Nature, Ellicott City; Artist Choice award, Solomon's Island Plein Air; and Third Place in Havre de Grace's Plein Air Competition. Ann resides in White Marsh Maryland, within easy reach of infinite subjects to study. You may see her painting downtown in Fells or Hamden, or in the rural areas of Baltimore and Harford Counties.
