Plein Air Grand Marais

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About

Competition and Festival of Outdoor Painting on the North Shore of Lake Superior

Plein Air Grand Marais is a 20-plus-year tradition that brings outdoor painters to the North Shore of Lake Superior for a week of competition, workshops and friendship.The event is hosted by Outdoor Painters of Minnesota and Cook County Historical Society's Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery.

The competition class has invitational and juried painters. An Open Class of painters exhibit their work and compete in the Quick Paint event on Artist's Point. Throughout the week you will find painters in every corner of Cook County painting the scenery - at the end of the week you can see their work displayed at the Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery (115 Wisconsin St, Grand Marais). 

Competition Week: September 5-13, 2025

Exhibition Dates: September 14 - October 5, 2025

More information at: http://www.outdoorpaintersofminnesota.org/plein-air-grand-marais.html

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