Sneed's Nursery Paint Out and Plein Air Competition

Name: Sneed's Nursery Paint Out and Plein Air Competition
Start: 2025-10-16T08:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-16T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Sneed's Nursery

Schedule

Thu Oct 16 2025 at 08:30 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Sneed's Nursery | Richmond, VA

(Day2) 8756 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond, VA 23235 …Digital submissions due October 18th by 5pm. Winners announced (top 4) Monday Oct 20th. Framed and wired submissions due (winners only) by Saturday Oct 25 by 5pm. Website release & placement in gift shop (winners only) Monday, Oct 27. Artwork pickup (winners only) Saturday, Dec 20. Paint Out at Sneed’s Nursery – Plein Air Competition 2025 - Page 2
RULES FOR THE EVENT:
1. Location: An artist may paint any subject or scene outdoors, provided it is within the
premises of Sneed’s Nursery & Garden Center, located at 8756 Huguenot Rd. Richmond,
VA 23235.
2. Painting Time Period: A work of art must be started and completed, "en plein air", on
either Thursday, October 9th, 2025, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and/or Thursday, October 16th, 2025, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00pm. The event will be held rain or shine so come prepared.
3. Size of artwork: Size of unframed artwork not to exceed 16" x 24".
4. Artist Participants: Participation is open to all. Artists are welcome to participate in the
paint out and are not required to submit their work for jury process.

JURY PROCESS:
1. All paintings must be delivered DIGITALLY no later than 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 18th
, 2025 for judging. Please email the following information to [email protected]:
- Digital scan of art submission (High quality, print resolution photo; .jpg or .png)
- Please name your piece with your first and last name!
- Artist’s name and contact (email and phone number)
- Title
- Medium and surface
- Unframed size
- Price
2. No more than one (1) artwork can be submitted for the competition per artist
Registration due by 11:59pm Monday, Oct 6th. There is no fee. All artists, whether participating or not, will need to register for the event. The link is...https://www.sneedsnursery.com/plein-air-competition-2025