VIP Meet & Greet with Featured Artists
May 17 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Hor d’oeuvres by Guest French Chef MARC BOST
paired with Wine -Specialty Drink – Beer brewed for the occasion
Music by CLAY STEINWINTER
Welcome the featured artists after their first day in New Bern. Artists will be coming off the streets and out of the fields to share their first day’s work. The guests at the Meet & Greet will have the first view and chance to purchase the freshest of paintings. You can even buy a painting in progress if the artist isn’t quite finished.
Wet canvases on the artists’ easels will surround the opening exhibition making a perfect setting for the first taste of special bites served up by Marc Bost, our guest event chef, flown in from France, the birthplace of en plein air.
This event is closed to the public, open only to VIP Passport Holders.
Passports are presented to Sponsors and Donors as commiserate to the Sorolla, Cassatt, Monet, Van Gogh and Renoir levels.
PISSARO level donation $150 receive Two (2) VIP Passports for passage to:
- 2 Tickets for the Meet & Greet private event Monday, May 12, 2025. 6:00-8:00. Hors d’oeuvres prepared by Chef Marc Bost will be accompanied with paired wine and special beer brewed for the occasion.
- 2 Tickets to the competition preview Saturday, May 17, 2025, 5:00-6:00. Ticket holders will have first look and chance to buy available paintings before the awards ceremony. Artists choose three paintings to be judged for awards ($16K+ ), two may have already been sold during the week, but one of the three must be for sale during this event.
- Your name (or family) will be listed as Special Friends of the North Carolina Plein Air Art Festival on signage in gallery and published material.
- NEW PERK: VIP Passport holders may opt-in to being notified by text upon arrival of fresh, wet canvases as they are delivered by the artists throughout the day and throughout the week.
PISSARO LEVEL DONATION – VIP PASSPORT TICKET $150 – receive 2 VIP PASSPORTS