Gallery and Gar­dens Open Daily

Free to the Pub­lic All Week
Sun­day April 21 through Sat­ur­day April 27

Sun­day April 21 — 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM
Mon­day April 22 — 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM
Tues­day April 23 through Fri­day April 26 — 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM
Sat­ur­day April 27 — 10:00 AM until 12:00 noon
Sun­day April 28 — 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM

Artists paint in the Polasek’s sculp­ture gar­dens and at other loca­tions through­out Win­ter Park. Works will be on dis­play and for sale as soon as they are com­pleted and dropped off at the museum’s wet room. Stop by to see and pur­chase works pro­duced dur­ing this year’s Win­ter Park Paint Out!

 

A Plein Air Celebration!

Patrons and Spon­sors Pre­view Recep­tion
Sat­ur­day April 27 — 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Paint Out Patrons and Spon­sors gather for an exclu­sive pre­view of Win­ter Park Paint Out art­work. Join us for a pri­vate recep­tion with the artists and first choice of paint­ings deliv­ered Sat­ur­day before the Gar­den Party sale. Please con­tact the Polasek Museum at (407) 647‑6294 for more infor­ma­tion about becom­ing a Paint Out Patron or Spon­sor.

Paint Out Gar­den Party
Sat­ur­day April 27 — 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Join us for a spe­cial night “en plein air” at the Polasek Museum. We’ll be cel­e­brat­ing the mas­ter­ful works of our paint out artists as we bring the 2013 Win­ter Park Paint Out to a close. Meet the artists from this year’s event and see the entire exhi­bi­tion. For ticket infor­ma­tion, click here or con­tact the Polasek Museum at (407) 647‑6294.

 

Free Paint­ing Demonstrations

Sat­ur­day, April 20
1:00 to 4:00 PM

Kelvin Hair
The week kicks off with a splash of Florida His­tory in this spe­cial pro­gram by acclaimed High­way­man, Kelvin Hair.

Mon­day, April 22
10:00 to 12:00 Noon
Pas­tel Demo

Gary Rupp — Intro­duc­tion to Plein Air Pas­tels
Gary will dis­cuss the plea­sure of draw­ing with pas­tels en plein air dur­ing this two-hour demon­stra­tion. He’ll pro­vide point­ers on the type of equip­ment and sup­plies required to work in pas­tels out of doors and show how they are used to cap­ture a beau­ti­ful land­scape image.

Tues­day, April 23
10:00 to 12:00 Noon
Oil Paint­ing Demo

Jane Chapin — Fig­ures in the Land­scape
You’ve just set up to paint your favorite cor­ner cafe or park when peo­ple start enter­ing the pic­ture. They don’t sit still, they walk out of the scene. What do you do? Some­times you have only sec­onds to record peo­ple in your paint­ing. In this demon­stra­tion Jane Chapin talks about how to han­dle mov­ing sub­jects and how to suc­cess­fully add fig­ures to your scene.

Wednes­day, April 24
10:00 to 12:00 Noon
Oil Paint­ing Demo

Ken Dewaard — Essence and Design
In the out­doors, we see the essence of the land­scape – it’s intrin­sic, fun­da­men­tal and true nature. The work of the artist is to cap­ture that essence and inter­pret it with a spe­cific pur­pose, inten­tion or design in mind. Ken Dewaard will show how to uti­lize and build on what nature gives us through design and inter­pre­ta­tion, with­out being a slave the scene in view.

Thurs­day, April 25
10:00 to 12:00 Noon
Oil & Acrylic Demo

Irina Kov­nacka Ashcraft — Paint­ing on Col­or­ful Back­grounds
Get over the fear of a white can­vas by “mess­ing it up” with color before start­ing your paint­ing. Irina Kov­nacka Ashcraft takes the tra­di­tional toned can­vas up a notch by using reds, greens and blues as her under­ly­ing col­ors. This unique approach results in paint­ings with a vibrant color palette typ­i­cal of the artist’s work.

Fri­day, April 26
10:00 to 12:00 Noon
Oil Paint­ing Demo

Mor­gan Samuel Price — From Start to Fin­ish
Mor­gan Samuel Price shows the over­all process of cre­at­ing a beau­ti­ful land­scape paint­ing. Her demon­stra­tion starts with a quick com­po­si­tional sketch that devel­ops through the block-in of shapes and the refine­ment of details, all while explain­ing her pro­ce­dures and answer­ing ques­tions. Mor­gan will also describe her mate­ri­als, her Impres­sion­ist paint­ing tech­niques, and the ways in which she cap­tures the light, color, and beauty of the nat­ural world.

 

Other Spe­cial Events

Paint Out Kick-Off (Artists, Patrons, Spon­sors)
Mon­day April 22 — 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Help us wel­come this year’s artists dur­ing a pri­vate, catered event at the Polasek Museum.  This is a great oppor­tu­nity to meet and talk to artists about their work and their plans for the upcom­ing event.  Please con­tact the Polasek Museum at (407) 647‑6294 for more infor­ma­tion about becom­ing a Paint Out Patron or Spon­sor.

Sun­set “Paint-In” on Lake Kil­lar­ney
Wednes­day April 24 — 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

The pub­lic is invited to come by as Paint Out Artists gather on the shore of Lake Kil­lar­ney at Hill­stone Restau­rant (for­merly Houston’s).  There we’ll cap­ture a beau­ti­ful Florida sun­set, then take a break from the week’s activ­i­ties. Come share the vista with us and watch as these out­stand­ing artists cre­ate a sun­set mem­ory on can­vas.  Hill­stone is located at 215 S. Orlando Avenue in Win­ter Park.  Call (407) 740‑4005 to reserve a table for this spe­cial night.

Artists and Patrons Din­ner
Thurs­day April 25 — 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

The Polasek Board of Trustees hosts a casual evening meal for Sil­ver and Gold Level Patrons and Artists.  Join us for this mid-week repast and a unique oppor­tu­nity to talk to our artists about their work.  Please con­tact the Polasek Museum at (407) 647‑6294 for more infor­ma­tion about becom­ing a Paint Out Patron.