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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with the Pros - Who? What? Where?  Behind-the-Scenes look at how the festival works.
DESCRIPTION:Event: Opening Day Lecture / Q&ASpeaker: Festival Founder & 2026 Event Organizer\, Kippy Hammond \n\nFestival: North Carolina Plein Air Art Festival 2026\nDate: (First day of festival – May 11\, 2026)\nLocation: New Bern\, North Carolina\nVenue: Festival Hub (Farmers Market area near Tryon Palace)\nFormat: Presentation + audience Q&A\n\nThis kickoff session sets the tone for the entire week and gives attendees a behind-the-scenes look at how the festival works. \nTopics covered: \n\nHow artists are selected (jury process & criteria)\nMeet the jurors and how judging works\nHistory of the festival and how it has evolved\nFuture outlook and growth of the event\nHow the festival is organized\nTeam structure (leaders\, volunteers\, roles)\nWeekly workflow and what happens each day\n\n\n💬 Why attend\n\nGet insider knowledge about how major plein air events operate\nLearn what it takes to be selected as an artist\nUnderstand judging criteria and expectations\nMeet leadership and ask direct questions\n\nThis is your chance to ask questions to last year’s top award winners and jurors: \n• How are artists chosen?\n• What criteria are considered by the selection jurors in reviewing applications?\n• What award selection criteria does the award judge use?\n• How does the organization decide on the featured artists for their selection process?\n• How do award winners prepare themselves for competitions?\n• What do artists look for when they first visit the communities they’re going to paint?\n• What personal obstacles do artists overcome to produce their best work within the event guidelines?\n• What do artists look for when choosing three competition paintings?\n• What should people consider when building their own collections?\n• How does an artist decide what they want to paint? \nNC Plein Air Team Leaders and past award winners will be answering these and other questions daily from noon to 1 p.m. at the Exhibition Gallery.
URL:https://ncpleinair.org/event/gallery-talk-with-the-pros/
LOCATION:New Bern Farmer’s Market\, 421 S Front Street\, New Bern\, NC\, 28560\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery Events|New Bern
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet with Featured Artists  - Dueling Brushes & Auction
DESCRIPTION:FREE to the PUBLIC\nCash bar & Food Truck Onsite\n\nDueling Brushes\nMonday\, May 11\, 2026 | 5:30–8:00 PMNew Bern Farmers Market \nGet ready for one of the most exciting nights of the week—Dueling Brushes\, a fast-paced\, live painting competition where creativity meets strategy and teamwork. \nFeatured artists\, grouped into 4 teams of 7-8\, will go brush-to-brush against rival teams to create a single collaborative painting in just 80 minutes. Once the clock runs out\, teams have 10 minutes to frame their work before the finished paintings—signed by every team member—are sent straight to live auction. \nThe action will be narrated play-by-play by a high-energy Sports Cast MC\, calling the “plays\,” momentum shifts\, and creative strategies as the competition unfolds. Teams will cheer one another on\, huddle to strategize\, and race the clock to create the strongest painting possible. \nDueling Brushes also serves as a full Meet & Greet\, with all featured artists present throughout the evening. Guests and collectors are invited to mingle\, ask questions\, and connect directly with the artists while exploring the artwork on display. \nThe main Exhibition and Sales Gallery will be fully hung by Monday morning\, making May 11 a complete sales day. Wet canvases from the days work will be exhibited on the artists’s easels…for display and sale in the evening event. \nTeam captatins are: Jill Banks\, Katie Dobson-Cundiff\, Craig Reynolds and Oleg Shvets. \nOur esteem Sports Caster is Wayne Dzubak-Retired Sportscaster/Sun Journal Sportswriter \n\nDzubak’s career spans 52 years of Radio and TV as a Sports Anchor and Play by play in Omaha\, Nebraska\, Salt lake City\, Utah and Boise\, Idaho.\n    Also includes contract work for ESPN\, ABC and CBS. Dzubak was the TV voice of Boise State football and basketball. He also called TV games for Creighton basketball and covered Nebraska football and other Husker sports for nearly a decade.\n    Dzubak and his wife Margaret retired to New Bern four years ago\, and he  stays active as a sportswriter for the New Bern Sun Journal.\n\nThis evening also hosts the New Bern Chamber of Commerce\, creating a lively blend of art\, business\, and community. \nEvent highlights include: \n\nLive team painting competition\nPlay-by-play narration by an auctioneer-style MC\nLive auction of completed team paintings\, signed by all team members\nMeet & Greet with all featured artists\nSales Gallery fully installed by Monday morning\nNew wet paintings added daily throughout the week\nStudio\, field\, and in-progress works available for purchase\nCash bar\nFood truck will be onsite.\n\nFast. Fun. Loud. Creative.This is art as sport—and the sales start early. \nOPEN AND FREE TO THE PUBLIC (drinks and food truck for purchase) \nBEVERAGES OF THEIR CHOICE INCLUDED FOR VIP PASSPORT HOLDERS \nPassports are presented to Sponsors and Donors as commiserate to the Sorolla\, Cassatt\, Monet\, Van Gogh and Renoir levels. \nPISSARO level donation $150 receive Two (2) VIP Passports for passage to: \n\n2 Tickets for the Meet & Greet event  Monday\, May 11\, 2026. 5:30-8:00. Your choice of beverages during the event.\n 2 Tickets to the competition preview Saturday\, May 16\, 2026\, 5:00-6:00. Hor d’oeuvres with with your choice wine\, beer and special drink. 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.\nYour name (or family) will be listed as Special Friends of the North Carolina Plein Air Art Festival on signage in gallery and published material.\n\nPISSARO LEVEL DONATION – VIP PASSPORT TICKET $150 – receive 2 VIP PASSPORTS \n 
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