For Immediate Release
Contact:
Brittany Racca
(337) 365-1540
(888) 942-3742
Shadows-on-the-Teche
Plein Air Paint Out
NEW IBERIA, La. --- The Shadows-on-the-Teche invites artists of all ages and skill levels to the 6th annual Paint Out to be held on Fri., March 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Participants will be able to paint in the gardens of the Shadows (317 E. Main St.) and along downtown Main Street New Iberia. Starting at 1 p.m., artists will bring their artwork to the Shadows Visitor Center (320 E. Main St.) where Kenn Backhaus, Bucks County, Pa. plein air artist and judge for this year’s juried competition, will present awards for the Paint Out.

Participation in the Paint Out is free, but registration is required. All participants are to check-in at the Shadows Visitor Center prior to painting in order to complete a registration form and have their canvas stamped with the official Shadows-on-the-Teche Plein Air stamp. Registration forms are also available online here.

The Shadows-on-the-Teche Plein Air Painting Competition will take place March 14 - 21, 2020. Visitors are invited to travel around the seven-parish area and watch artists paint en plein air. Other festivities planned during competition week are an art talk, two painting demonstrations, awards reception and fine art sale, and quick draw competition. All activities and events are free to attend and participate unless otherwise noted.

  • Tuesday, March 17 at 1 p.m.: Kenn Backhaus will lead a Plein Air Painting Demonstration at the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

  • Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m.: Kenn Backhaus will lead a Plein Air Painting Talk at the Shadows Visitor Center.

  • Thursday, March 19 at 2 p.m.: Kenn Backhaus will lead a Plein Air Painting Demonstration near the Shadows-on-the-Teche.

  • Friday, March 20 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Artists of all ages and skill levels are invited to participate in a Paint Out in Downtown New Iberia. Works produced at the Paint Out will be judged, awarded ribbons, and available for sale. Free to participate, but registration is required.

  • Friday, March 20 at 6:30 p.m.: Shadows Plein Air culminates in an Awards Ceremony & Fine Art Sale at the Shadows Visitor Center. Awards will be announced at 7 p.m. All paintings completed during the week will be available for sale.

  • Saturday, March 21 at 9 a.m.: Artists have two hours to complete a Quick Draw painting in downtown New Iberia. Once time is up, artists will bring their completed paintings to the Shadows fence on Main Street. Works will then be judged, awarded ribbons and prizes, and available for sale off the easel. Participation in the Quick Draw is open to all artists for a fee of $10.

About the Shadows-on-the-Teche:
The Shadows-on-the-Teche, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, opened to the public in 1961 with the mission to preserve the buildings, landscape, collections, and historical integrity of the site; to research and interpret through education programs a 19th century southern Louisiana plantation economy and community and their evolution; and to encourage an appreciation of and interest in historic preservation. The National Trust, which owns and operates the Shadows, is a private, non-profit organization. The Shadows does not receive funding from federal, state, parish, or city government. The site supports itself through admissions, special programs and events, and donations to the Friends of the Shadows. For more information, visit shadowsontheteche.org.

For more information, please contact the Shadows at (337) 369-6446 or Shadows@ShadowsOnTheTeche.org or follow the event on Facebook. Any funds raised from this event provide funding for art education.

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