When: Saturday, August 8th

Where: Foster Avenue Beach, Chicago - Foster Avenue at the lake front.

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Elkhart County Convention and Visitor's Bureau, is teaming up with Sycamore Fine Arts in the Old Bag Factory to host our first annual, county-wide, Quilt Gardens Tour Paint Out. The tour follows the Heritage Trail, which has many beautiful sites along the way.

Location: Elkhart County, Indiana.
Dates: Saturday & Sunday, August 8 & 9, 2009.
Check in: Sycamore Fine Arts at the Old Bag Factory
1100 Chicago Ave.
Goshen, IN 46528
574-533-8900
www.sycamorefinearts.com
www.oldbagfactory.com

Schedule of Events:

Saturday, August 8:

When: Saturday 8/15

Where: The Grove 1421 Milwaukee Ave
Glenview, IL

Time: 8:30 am

Thanks to Martha Stevens for letting me know that the Lilly Pond will be closed this weekend...probably because of the Air & Water Show.

In lieu of we will be painting at The Grove in Glenview.
Its been awhile since we've been there...lots to paint..nature, buildings, houses...meet at the main building with the long open porch.

When: Saturday 8/22

Where: The Alfred Caldwell Lily Pond (Directions:
The Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool is located south of Fullerton Avenue, directly north of the Lincoln Park Zoo. There is a north entrance on Fullerton Avenue and a handicapped accessible entrance on the east side off the Cannon Drive parking lot.)

Time: 8:30 am Critique @ 12:00

PALOS PLEIN AIR EXHIBITION
October 7 - November 5, 2009

Hosted at McCord Gallery & Cultural Center

Artists are invited to submit up to 3 plein air paintings for
inclusion in an exhibition celebrating the 95th Anniversary
of Palos Park and 50th Anniversary of Palos Heights.

General Specifications and Rules:
- Paintings must be done on site between August 1 and September 20.
- All artwork submitted for review must
be "plein air," which means the paintings are to be executed outside, depicting any one of the many
interesting places in the Palos Park/Palos Heights area.

When: Saturday, 8/29

Where: Andersonville / Edgewater (We will meet at Starbucks, 5300 N. Clark St., Chicago.)

Time: 8:30, group view @ 12:00 at Starbucks

This weekend we will be painting in Andersonville / Edgewater in order to complete paintings for our upcoming show at the Edgewater Historical Society the first part of October. This will be our third consecutive year of participating in this show which has been a successful event for the PAPC with a number of paintings sold.