Capitola Plein Air Annual Art Festival 2024
Capitola Plein Air Annual Art Festival
Monday – Sunday, October 21 – 27
Join Capitola’s Plein Air, annual arrt ffestival, a juried art competition, exhibition, and sale. It is a FREE event, with hands-on art-making for all visitors, live music, and forty local and regional artists selling their works and competing for the top prize.
Dozens of professional artists will paint en plein air in varied mediums, outdoors, throughout Capitola, at locations including New Brighton Beach, Depot Hill, the Esplanade, and the Jewel Box.
The Exhibition and Art Sale is on Sunday, October 27th, from 11am—4pm, New Brighton Middle School. more than 100 framed paintings will be on display for the competition, exhibition and sale. The public is invited to vote for the People’s Choice Award!
The best in show will be purchased for $1,800, and displayed as part of the City of Capitola’s public art collection. A $1000 second place prize and other ribbons will be awarded.
This event is FREE to the public. All are welcome! (But come prepared to purchase and collect a piece of Capitola Art and Culture if you are inspired!)
2024 Event Schedule
Monday, October 21 – Artists arrive and check-in. Painting begins! Keep an eye out for easels set up throughout Capitola as artists begin to capture the beauty of our landscape.
Tues, Oct 22- Sat, Oct 25 – Artists will be painting throughout Capitola including New Brighton Beach, Depot Hill, the Esplanade, and the Jewel Box.
Friday, Oct 25 – 10:00AM—2:00PM, All artists are required to paint during this time. The public is invited to view those artists in action! We’ll have a booth set up in the Esplanade near Capitola Beach with a map that shows where all the artists plan to paint that day. Come say hello!
Exhibition – Sunday, Oct 27, 11am—4pm, Exhibition & Art Sale at New Brighton Middle School – More than 100 framed paintings will be on display for the competition, exhibition, and sale. The public is invited to vote for the People’s Choice Award.
