Gallery and Gar­dens Open Daily

Free to the Pub­lic All Week
Sun­day April 22 through Sat­ur­day April 28

Sun­day April 22 — 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM
Mon­day April 23 — 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM
Tues­day April 24 through Fri­day April 27 — 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM
Sat­ur­day April 28 — 10:00 AM until 12:00 noon
Sun­day April 29 — 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 28 — 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 28 — 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Tick­ets $45.00 in advance, $60.00 at the door

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 2012 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

Mon­day, April 23
10:00 to 12:00 Noon

Mor­gan Samuel Price, Oil Paint­ing Demon­stra­tion
Nat­ural Light in Plein Air Paint­ing – Mor­gan dis­cusses the impor­tance of light in plein air paint­ing and demon­strates tech­niques for cap­tur­ing var­i­ous light­ing effects on canvas.

Tues­day, April 24
10:00 to 12:00 Noon

Tim Malles, Oil Paint­ing Demon­stra­tion
Paint­ing the Noc­turne — Tim shares his meth­ods for paint­ing a night scene in the broad day­light. Learn how to con­vert day­light to moon­light and cre­ate a suc­cess­ful noc­turne. You will also learn insights into astron­omy and observ­ing and work­ing on a land­scape under a dark sky.

Wednes­day, April 25
10:00 to 12:00 Noon

Stew­art Jones, Water­color Demon­stra­tion
Water­color En Plein Air — Stew­art shows how to cap­ture nature in all of its 3-dimensional glory in water­col­ors. He will show you how to see nature and focus on the essen­tial ele­ments and elim­i­nate the unnec­es­sary obstruc­tions. This will be a direct approach paint­ing en plein air with watercolors.

Thurs­day, April 26
10:00 to 12:00 Noon

Bill Farnsworth, Oil Paint­ing Demon­stra­tion
Inte­grat­ing Fig­ures into the Land­scape — Bill shares his knowl­edge about fig­u­ra­tive paint­ing using a model in a nat­ural setting.

Fri­day, April 27
10:00 to 12:00 Noon

Harold Frontz, Oil Paint­ing Demon­stra­tion
Paint­ing En Plein Air Overview — Harold shares tips with the audi­ence on how to ana­lyze and resolve the chal­lenges encoun­tered when paint­ing out­doors. Ques­tions are encouraged.

 

Other Spe­cial Events

Paint Out Kick-Off (Artists, Patrons, Spon­sors)
Mon­day April 23 — 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 25 — 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 26 — 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.