4th Floyd Plein Air Biennial

The Floyd Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the return of the Floyd Plein Air Biennial, the week-long outdoor painting festival, to take place at sites in and around beautiful Floyd County on September 22 – 28, 2024. This will be the fourth time the Center has invited and hosted a field of regional and national artists as part of this Biennial Event, which also occurred in 2017, 2019, and 2022. The Center is excited to bring artists back to paint.

Fulfilling the role of 2024 event judge, we will welcome Laura McManus, who serves as Curator of Education for the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College. Artist and Virginia native Joli Ayn Wood will return as Chairperson for the 2024 event.

Below is the list of the talented pool of artists that have been accepted into this year’s festival. Stay tuned for more information on each artist. Up to the moment updates: follow #FPAB24 on Social Media.

Natalia Andreeva (’22 1st Place Winner), John Eiseman (’22 2nd Place Winner), Beth-Ann Wilson (’22 3rd Place Winner), Steve Hessler, Rose Kennedy, Lee Halstead, Sean Hatter, Alison Hatter, Pat Brodowski, Scott Maynard, Lauren Waterworth, William Hendricks, Jim Rehak, Mary Veiga, Coakley Brown, Arlene Daniel, Katie Dobson-Cundiff, Alex Eisenzopf, David Finnell, Tarryl Gabel, Matt Gentry, Kim Hall, Kesra Hoffman, Adam Houston, Rajendra KC, David Peacock, Lynne Polley, Orit Reuben, Elizabeth Rhoades, Margaret Sheridan, Elbert Shubert, Leo Stafsnes, Lyudmila Tomova, Jennifer Young, Vicky Zhou