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2013
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May
18
2013
Castroville Artichoke Festival
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May
18
2013
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May
18
2013
Monterey Rock n' Rod Festival
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May
18
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May
24
2013
California Roots Music & Arts Festival
May. 24-May. 26
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May
25
2013
2nd Annual Great Monterey Clam Chowder & Calamari Festival
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2013
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2013
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Carmel Art Festival
May 16 - 19, 2013
Carmel-by-the-Sea highlights its artist colony origins with the 20th Annual Carmel Art Festival. Centered around the visual arts, the festival features sculpture in Devendorf Park, a juried plein air painting competition, art activities for children, live performances and more. In addition, galleries throughout Carmel will hold receptions and demonstrations during the Carmel Art Festival.
Events at Devendorf Park
The heart of the Carmel Art Festival lies in Devendorf Park. View intriguing sculpture at the Sculpture-in-the-Park Exhibition. Listen to live musical performances throughout the weekend. Visit the information tent for a schedule of gallery events and to purchase a Carmel Art Festival poster.
Plein Air Competition
Sixty plein air painters will converge on Carmel from around the nation for the Carmel Art Festival. These painters will take their watercolors, pastels and oils to locations around the Monterey Peninsula on Thursday and Friday to create their paintings, which will be officially judged and awarded on Saturday. On Saturday and Sunday, these paintings will be exhibited at and around Devendorf Park.
Quick Draw Competition
Winners of the Plein Air Competition will progress to the Quick Draw Competition on Sunday, in which they will create a new painting. Carmel Art Festival attendees will have the opportunity to purchase these works of art at auction while the paint is still wet on the canvas!
Own a Plein Air Painting
Don't miss the plein air painting silent auction on Saturday, your chance to take home a piece of fine art created during this event! Visitors can bid on paintings beginning on Saturday. The live auction begins when bidding closes.
This isn't your only chance to buy a plein air painting. On Sunday, the juried artists of the Carmel Art Festival will exhibit other plein air paintings for sale along Mission Street in Carmel. And don't forget the Quick Draw Auction on Sunday, your chance to buy a piece of art immediately after the artist has created it!
Carmel Art Galleries
A score of individual galleries in Carmel will also hold receptions and demonstrations throughout the Carmel Art Festival. Past events have included live sculpting; demonstrations of woodsculpting, painting, drawing, and highlighting; lectures on artistic techniques; and opportunities to meet fine artists at intimate gallery receptions. Pick up a schedule of events at the Information Tent in Carmel-by-the-Sea's Devendorf Park.
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