We ask that all artists please pre-register online. After reading the rules and instructions, click on the link below to do this. The registration fee is $20. You will choose either the Professional or Open Class for the competition. Deadline for online pre-registration is Thursday, March 14th.

On site registration is allowed after online registration closes and begins at 8:00 am EST on March 16th. Please come to the Marine Street Pavilion along the waterfront in Carrabelle. This event is open to anyone over the age of 14 who wishes to participate and has their own supplies and easels.

Artists may use any medium, but must paint in the plein air tradition. Canvases must be blank, and design work cannot begin prior to the 9 am horn.

Contact us at info@forgottencoastenpleinair.com if you have questions about this.

Saturday, March 16 - 8:00 am - 8:45 am EST: Artists check in at the registration desk at the Marine Street Pavilion in Carrabelle, pay if they haven’t already paid online, have their blank canvases stamped, and pick up their title & price label. No canvas will be stamped if painting/design has been begun prior to the starting time.

Saturday, March 16 - 9:00 am EST: A horn will sound and artists may begin painting en plein air style on any subject. The Quickdraw artwork must be created during the Quickdraw time frame. Any violators will be banned from future events.

Saturday, March 16 - 11:00 EST: The closing horn will sound and the Quickdraw artists bring their just completed artwork and easels to the exhibit/sale area for the judging and sale. Artists are responsible for returning on time even if they are not within hearing distance of the horn. Paintings must be framed and ready to hang before judging begins. Some paintings will be selected for the exhibit and need to be wired to hang immediately after selection. There is little turnaround time, so please be prepared with a title and price when the Quickdraw volunteer visits you.

All artists must be set up for judging by 11:30 pm EST.

Judging will begin at 11:30 pm EST and end at 12:30 pm EST.

The Quickdraw Awards are announced and ribbons are awarded. The judge will make comments about the winning paintings selected and reception will be held at the Center for History, Culture and Art, 86 Water Street in Apalachicola at 6:00pm that evening. All paintings selected as winners and to be included in the exhibit will hang at this location.

A special exhibition of a limited number Quickdraw works will be selected and hung at the Center for History, Culture and Art at 86 Water Street in Apalachicola during the next few days of the event. Please note that all paintings must be properly framed and ready to hang at time of judging. Volunteers will be available to assist, but artists must provide their own frame, so plan in advance and bring one with you. The exhibit will be open each day from 11 am to 5 pm, March 18-20, 2024. It will close at 5:00 pm on the 20th. There is no additional charge to participate in the exhibit and sale if your painting is selected. Each artist selected for the exhibit will be required to fill out a special form before leaving that afternoon to have your painting returned to you if it is not sold in the exhibit.

Each artwork is required to be for sale and to have a title and a price written on the provided label. Each participating artist should consider Forgotten Coast en Plein Air his or her gallery. There will be a 50% commission collected from the proceeds of each Quickdraw sale to fund this event; any violators will be banned from future events.

Proceeds from our annual plein air event are shared with communities along the Forgotten Coast.