Artists, challenge yourselves to create in a short time frame, and be amazed! Cash prizes & art show reception.
Attention northern New Mexico artists and painters! If you are filling up your calendars with fun art events, don’t miss this special collaborative Quick-Draw event, held in Red River, NM. Get ready to leave the four walls of your studio and come paint “en plein air!”
There will be prizes awarded and sales to be made at the reception. Area youth are also invited to participate and will be given free painting supplies.
Register between 8 and 9 am at the gazebo in Brandenburg Park, get your canvases stamped, and find your special place to go paint & draw! By 3 pm, move to the location of the reception, down the street.
Meet at the gazebo at Brandenburg Park in front of the Red River Visitors & Conference Center, in Red River, on State Hwy 38.
8 – 9 am
Artist check-in & registration. Size is restricted to 16 x 20″ canvases. Receive a mini-canvas that will help fundraise for the QCC, too. Get your materials and hop on one of the free buses that are running around Red River all day between the three parks and the on-demand bus can take artists further afield. Or take off on your own, to historic Questa or lakes or meadows, just be back by 3 pm! The registration packet will have suggestions for where to go.
3 pm
Art is brought to The Vine restaurant, 601 W. Main Street (formerly T-Bucks), by 3:15. Artists will attach their labels with titles, medium, and asking prices on the back of the canvas. Staff will place artwork on easels or walls and assign #s to them. Staff will count art and match registrants with their art to make sure we have everyone’s entries. Make sure you do NOT sign the artwork at this point. Artists will leave the building by 3:30.
Judges will deliberate and determine awards between 3:30 and 4 pm. Staff will take labels off the hidden location and affix to the wall adjacent to where the art is hanging.
Awards:
Adults: 1st place $200, 2nd $100
Youth: 1st $100, 2nd $75
People’s Choice $100
4 pm
Art is on display to the public, who can vote for People’s Choice award, citing the #s we have assigned and affixed. Visitors will need to be reminded to vote and hand in their ballots! Artists also welcome to come back in and enjoy the reception!
Drinks, finger food, and live music will help us celebrate. Staff will tally People’s Choice award ballots. Announcement of prizes and awards by 5:30 pm. Art is for sale during reception, with checks or cash as accepted payment. Commissions as stated below.
Photos taken of winners and their art.
