The first Arizona Plein Air Painters regular monthly member's meeting will be held at the Arizona Artists Guild building with future meetings being held there the first Thursday of the month.

The primary agenda for the first meeting includes The Artist of the Month Competition, plein air painting critique, committee assignments, paint out planning, plein air tips, brainstorming, and other orders of business. Please, bring your ideas and your enthusiasm. This is going to be a great year for Arizona Plein Air Painters!

If you'd like to participate in the ARTIST OF THE MONTH, please, bring one plein air painting, (framed and ready to hang), to enter each month. Your fellow artists will vote, confidentially, during the meeting for their favorite. The winner will receive a ribbon, a $25 cash prize, and be entered into the Artist of the Year Competition. Artist of the Year will be awarded at our Members Show and will receive a larger cash prize. We will feature Artists of the Month and Year on our website. This will be a short year, with the competition starting in October, but next year the competition will start in May and will run from May to May.

CRITIQUE: Need a little help with a plein air painting? Bring it in for critique! We will have one or two "official" critiquers with possibly a little help from the audience. I know critiques can be scary, but they can also lead to great growth. Sometimes, we just don't know what we don't know and a fresh set of eyes can make all the difference in our work.

Light refreshments will be served.

This is a member's meeting. However, if you are not a member and would like to attend before deciding to join, you are welcome to do so. However, non-members cannot participate in critiques or competitions.

If you'd like to become a member of Arizona Plein Air Painters, you may do so here: https://arizonapleinair.com/join-now#join