FARM HERITAGE CONSERVANCY
1st Annual Sunflower Festival at Serenity Farm
6960 Serenity Farm Road
Benedict, Maryland 20612
Labor Day Weekend 2019, August 31 and September 1, 10am – 4pm
En Plein Air Day, August 30 8am-dark
Plein Air Entries created on August 30 will be judged by Dr. Margaret Dowell, Adjunct Professor of Art, College of Southern Maryland. Artworks will be available for public viewing and purchase at the festival on August 31 and September 1. Twenty percent of all art sales will go to the Farm Heritage Conservancy, a non profit 501(c)3.
Prizes
1st Prize: $200
2nd Prize: $100
3rd Prize: $50
AUGUST 28: Deadline for artists to contact Franklin A Robinson, Jr to reserve a spot. Space is limited to twenty entrants. E-mail fhcbenedict2015@gmail.com
AUGUST 30: En plein air day, 8am-9am, artists report to the Harvest House at Serenity Farm to fill out Artist Participation Form and to join us for donuts and coffee for meet and greet. Then the full day to wander the farm and paint.
9am-dark, paint on location at Serenity Farm, at the end of the day works will be given to Franklin Robinson for hanging. Canvases MUST HAVE eyehooks and wire. Artists will submit title and price for work.
AUGUST 31 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 10 am – 4 pm. Art works created on August 30 at the farm will be on public display during the festival.
SEPTEMBER 1, 3-4 pm. Artists’ reception in the Yellow Barn. Artists pick up works not sold during festival.
1st Annual Sunflower Festival at Serenity Farm
6960 Serenity Farm Road
Benedict, Maryland 20612
Labor Day Weekend 2019, August 31 and September 1, 10am – 4pm
En Plein Air Day, August 30 8am-dark
Plein Air Entries created on August 30 will be judged by Dr. Margaret Dowell, Adjunct Professor of Art, College of Southern Maryland. Artworks will be available for public viewing and purchase at the festival on August 31 and September 1. Twenty percent of all art sales will go to the Farm Heritage Conservancy, a non profit 501(c)3.
Prizes
1st Prize: $200
2nd Prize: $100
3rd Prize: $50
AUGUST 28: Deadline for artists to contact Franklin A Robinson, Jr to reserve a spot. Space is limited to twenty entrants. E-mail fhcbenedict2015@gmail.com
AUGUST 30: En plein air day, 8am-9am, artists report to the Harvest House at Serenity Farm to fill out Artist Participation Form and to join us for donuts and coffee for meet and greet. Then the full day to wander the farm and paint.
9am-dark, paint on location at Serenity Farm, at the end of the day works will be given to Franklin Robinson for hanging. Canvases MUST HAVE eyehooks and wire. Artists will submit title and price for work.
AUGUST 31 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 10 am – 4 pm. Art works created on August 30 at the farm will be on public display during the festival.
SEPTEMBER 1, 3-4 pm. Artists’ reception in the Yellow Barn. Artists pick up works not sold during festival.