Camp Fire USA’s 2nd Annual Invitational Paint Out, a unique outdoor painting event, will be held at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden October 15 – 18, 2009.

Free to the public, visitors can enjoy watching professional artists as they create their paintings Thursday through Saturday in the Garden from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. On Sunday morning, beginning at 9:00 am, all Artists will be challenged to a Quick Draw event, where each artist will have 2 ½ hours to create a new painting.

The Paint Out will culminate in a Champagne Artist’s Reception and Auction on Sunday, October 18 at the Garden Center. All works of art will be available for sale at the Champagne Artists’ Reception on October 18 with sales continuing at the 25th Annual An Artists’ Christmas gala auction on November 14.

'Plein air' is a term derived from the French phrase en plein air, which literally means 'in the open air'. It's a familiar concept today, but in the late 1800s when the Impressionists ventured out of their studios into nature to investigate and capture the effects of sunlight and different times of days on a subject, it was quite revolutionary.
More information will be posted to the website through the year, so please stay tuned!

Funds raised support Camp Fire USA youth development programs in Tarrant, Denton, Parker, Johnson, Hood and Wise Counties.

For more information contact Maren Gibbs at 817-831-2111 ext 167  Maren@CampFireFW.org.