Plein Air Artists can win $500 or stay at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony

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Plein Air painters and visual artists are encouraged to enter the fourth Annual Ralph Love Plein Air Festival that runs concurrently with the Old Town Temecula Street Painting Festival Friday June 24 through Sunday, June 26.

The Ralph Love Plein Air Festival offers a $500 purchase award from the City of Temecula. First place award is $200 and a weekend stay at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony. Artists' choice award is $100. An event within the event, Plein Air artists paint on location on canvas sometimes painting the street painters who are on their hands and knees creating murals.

A silent auction of the plein air paintings is held Sunday, June 26, 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. at Villa di Calabro. Artists can name their starting price and receive all of the proceeds of the auction.

Applications for both Plein Air artists and Street Painters are available at www.temeculacalifornia.com or by calling (951) 678-1456.

Street Painters and Plein Air Artists Wanted for Temecula Event

Painters and muralists are encouraged to enter the 11th Annual Old Town Temecula Street Painting Festival and 4th Annual Ralph Love Plein Air Festival Friday June 24 through Sunday, June 26.



Over 100 muralists and visual artists create giant pastel murals on Main Street in Old Town Temecula during the event. Families, children, and beginners join in the creative endeavor in the family section where more than 500 smaller squares are blocked out for spectators to paint with pastels on the asphalt canvas.


There are two scheduled workshops:
Sunday, May 22 from 10 a.m. to Noon during Western Days and the Chili Cookoff at Town Square on Main and Mercedes Streets the other will be Saturday, June 11th from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in Old Town at 6th Street and the Chaparral Building.


Cecelia Linayo's Winning Black & White at Night Entry



The 2011 event will also include a Black and White at Night division where artists use a monochromatic or black and white color palette. The event expands this year, utilizing all of the Old Town Temecula's Town Square circle, plus portions of Mercedes between Third and Fourth Streets.


"New black asphalt. Really!" stated Melody Brunsting, organizer and event promoter. "Each year we have hoped to have Town Square at Mercedes and Main complete. This year it is complete, so artists will enjoy more space, and smooth asphalt for their creations."


Best of Show winners receive a $500 cash prize and are honored the following year as the featured artist. Additional prizes are awarded for People's Choice, best Monochromatic, and Best Youth. Best Black and White wins a weekend for two at the Welk Resorts in either San Diego or Palm Springs, plus golf for two.

The Ralph Love Plein Air Festival started four years ago and offers a $500 purchase award from the City of Temecula. First place award is $200 and a weekend stay at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony. Artists' choice award is $100. An event within the event, Plein Air artists paint on location on canvas.


Applications for both Plein Air artists and Street Painters are available at www.temeculacalifornia.com or by calling (951) 678-1456.

Temecula Street Painting and Plein Air Awards Announced

Winning artists were announced yesterday, June 27, at the conclusion of the 10th Annual Temecula Street Painting Festival, and third Annual Plein Air Festival in Old Town Temecula.


Artists painted on canvases “en plein air” and the asphalt of Main Street over three days creating over 18 plein air paintings, 75 street painting murals and 850 small children’s paintings. Over 100 street painters participated. While most were Inland Empire artists, muralists came from Montebello, San Diego, and Orange County. Plein Air is described as “on location” and is known as the way master Impressionist painters like Monet painted.

The 2010 award winning street painters were: Best of Show Gayle DuRivage, Menifee for “Meditations”, Best Youth, Alina Bartolini-Verna, San Diego, for “Raven,” Best Newcomer (first time to Temecula event) Norberto Villez, Murrieta, for “Portrait of Inspiration,” Best Black and White, Cecelia Linayao, San Diego, for “The Color of Beauty,” People’s Choice, tied between Lee Rupp, Winchester, and Rebecca Hayes-Johnson, Comeback Award tied with Rice Family/Stephen Tawater, Sun City and Mackenzie Tate.

Ralph Love Plein Air winners were Best of Show Gabriel Baber for “Cottage #2,” 1st Place David Musser for “St. Catherine’s Rose Garden,” and Artists’ Choice to Shawn McKelvey for “Come & Sit a Spell”.

Both festivals are sponsored by the City of Temecula and held annually on the fourth weekend of June as part of the city’s Summerfest. For more information contact organizer Melody Brunsting at (951) 678-1456 or the city at (951) 693-3952.

For more photos go to http://temeculacalifornia.com/Street_Painting_Festival/street_painting_festival.html

Street Painting Festival & Plein Air event in Old Town Temecula June 25-27

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Painters and muralists will fill the streets of Old Town at the 10th Annual Old Town Temecula Street Painting Festival and 3rd Annual Ralph Love Plein Air Festival Friday June 25 through Sunday, June 27. This year organizers are bringing in lights for night painting on Friday and Saturday

“We’ve started a second division - Black and White at Night -for artists who prefer cooler temperatures, but also to offer a new challenge,” explained Melody Brunsting, event producer.

Over 100 muralists and visual artists create giant pastel murals on Main Street in Old Town Temecula during the event. Families, children, and beginners join in the creative endeavor in the family section where more than 500 smaller squares are blocked out for spectators to paint with pastels on the asphalt canvas.

The Black and White at Night division is for monochromatic and black and white murals. Lights will be provided the artists for night time painting until 9 p.m. All artists can paint into the night, but the lighting purpose was to encourage monochromatic paintings.

“Many artists want to enter both categories; the traditional full color palette and the black and white at night. It’s a new challenge that they are eager to try,” Brunsting added.

Traditional street painting is done with a full color palette of pastels. Pre-registered artists receive a 48-piece set of artist’s pastel chalk. The traditionalists and families will start Saturday and Sunday at 7 a.m. Their creations often take 12 to 20 hours to complete.

The 2010 featured artist is local muralist Jesus Gutierrez. He won the 2009 event for his entry “Aztec Princess.” A special treat this year is provided by the art students at Mount San Jacinto College/San Jacinto campus. They will be creating a giant 3D painting on Main Street similar to the popular “chalk guy” Julian Beaver.

The Ralph Love Plein Air Festival started three years ago and offers a $500 purchase award from the City of Temecula. An event within the event, Plein Air artists paint on location on canvas.

Plein Air Artists will scatter throughout Old Town in search of the perfect scene depicting the historic town. The event was named after Ralph Love. For many years, Ralph Love taught as well as painted. His students were made up of avid artists throughout Southern California, and their classroom was the wide-open spaces. On rainy days, the class would meet in the old Art Shack in Temecula, California, which Love opened in the mid-fifties. It was from this Art Shack that his work received national recognition. The courtyard at Old Town Front Street Bar & Grill is now known as the Love Courtyard and the scene of numerous concerts during Hot Summer Nights.

Both art events are free to the public and one of the many event offerings provided by the City of Temecula during Summerfest. Artists can still register for the events and children and families can participate at the event without registration. They are provided free pastel chalk and a place to try their creative hand at street painting. Classic Rock tunes from the Two of Us will entertain Friday evening. Flamenco guitar by Javid and Maoko provide a Latin and world music backdrop on Saturday. Sunday live Big Band tunes by the Valley Winds will close out the Festivals.

A Plein Air Art Auction is held Sunday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Applications for both Plein Air artists and Street Painters are available at www.temeculacalifornia.com or by calling (951) 678-1456.

Street Painting & Plein Air Festival June 25-28 Starts Hot Summer Nights

Painters and muralists will fill the streets of Old Town at the 10th Annual Old Town Temecula Street Painting Festival and 3rd Annual Ralph Love Plein Air Festival Friday June 25 through Sunday, June 27.


Over 100 muralists and visual artists create giant pastel murals on Main Street in Old Town Temecula during the event. Families, children, and beginners join in the creative endeavor in the family section where more than 500 smaller squares are blocked out for spectators to paint with pastels on the asphalt canvas.

This year organizers are bringing in lights for night painting on Friday and Saturday

“We’ve started a second division - Black and White at Night -for artists who prefer cooler temperatures, but also to offer a new challenge,” explained Melody Brunsting, event producer.

The Black and White at Night division is for monochromatic and black and white murals. Lights will be provided the artists for night time painting until 9 p.m.

Traditional street painting is done with a full color palette of pastels. This will continue on Saturday and Sunday beginning at 7 a.m. with artists painting 12 to 20 hours to complete their giant murals. The 2010 featured artist is local muralist Jesus Gutierrez. He won the 2009 event for his entry “Aztec Princess.” Gutierrez will teach a workshop Saturday, June 12 in Old Town Temecula at 9 a.m. The workshop is free as is the event.

The Ralph Love Plein Air Festival started three years ago and offers a $500 purchase award from the City of Temecula. An event within the event, Plein Air artists paint on location on canvas.

Plein Air Artists will scatter throughout Old Town in search of the perfect scene depicting the historic town. The event was named after Ralph Love. For many years, Ralph Love taught as well as painted. His students were made up of avid artists throughout Southern California, and their classroom was the wide-open spaces. On rainy days, the class would meet in the old Art Shack in Temecula, California, which Love opened in the mid-fifties. It was from this Art Shack that his work received national recognition. The courtyard at Old Town Front Street Bar & Grill is now known as the Love Courtyard.

There is no fee for either Festival. Children and families are provided free pastel chalk and a place to try their creative hand at street painting. Classic Rock tunes from the Two of Us will entertain Friday evening. Flamenco guitar by Javid and Maoko provide a Latin and world music backdrop on Saturday. Sunday live Big Band tunes by the Valley Winds will close out the Festivals. A Plein Air Art Auction is held Sunday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Applications for both Plein Air artists and Street Painters are available at http://www.temeculacalifornia.com/ or by calling (951) 678-1456.

Additional prizes provided by Dick Blick Art Materials.

We could use some UMBRELLA SPONSORS ... Rite Aid has Umbrella's for $30.  The current stock is a bit beat up. Anyone purchasing an Umbrella and donating to the Festival or sponsoring an umbrella or e-z up by paying $50 sponsorship, will have their company name painted at one of the artist murals. Call Melody for details.

We are also looking for food sponsors. $5 lunch coupons or $500 cash as the sponsor for one day.