Camden on Canvas plein-air event seeks submissions

The Camden Public Library and Page Gallery are collaborating to present Camden on Canvas, a plein-air fundraiser scheduled to be held Friday morning through Sunday at noon, July 21-23, in Camden and surrounding communities.

In the library’s third annual event, landscape artists will paint en plein-air (outdoors) at multiple local sites. The weekend culminates with a reception and live auction of one painting from each artist on Sunday, July 23. Artists receive 50 percent of the sale price; the library receives the remaining 50 percent as a donation, according to a news release from Julia Sagaser with the library.

Artists can email submissions to artists@librarycamden.org by Friday, Jan. 20, following these guidelines:

• Submit three digital photos of recent plein-air paintings;
• submit images in jpeg format at 72 dpi with the longest dimension being 2,000 pixels;
• include each painting’s dimensions; and
• include a website, gallery link, or Instagram link for further context.

Jurors will select the 2023 artist list by Wednesday, Feb. 1.

To learn more about Camden on Canvas and last year’s event, visit librarycamden.org.