Photo by Debra Zarne
We Invite You to Discover
June 5 - 12, 2027
The public is encouraged to step into the creative process.
Stroll historic streets and picturesque countrysides, meet the artists, ask questions, and watch paintings come to life in real time—from blank canvas to finished masterpieces.
Be Part of Wisconsin’s Largest Plein Air Event
Join a nationally recognized gathering of 165 plein air artists working in oils, watercolor, pastels, and more. Experience six inspiring days of creativity, community, and collaboration set throughout charming Cedarburg and scenic Ozaukee County.
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VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITES 2027
Get out of
your comfort zone!
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Challenge yourself and take your art to the next level.
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Enjoy the comradery of fellow artists and experience the challenge of working in different conditions outdoors
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Over $8,500 in prizes awarded every year
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Be a part of Wisconsin's largest gathering of plein air artists
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You'll have multiple opportunities to show and sell your work
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Appreciate and support the process, talent and courage it takes to participate!
Photo by Tropilo Photography
ARTIST INFORMATION & RESOURCES
Make the most of your
Plein Air: Paint Cedarburg experience
This non-juried event is open to plein air artists of any skill level.
2027 Registration will open January 15th
to the first 165 registered artists
2026 has 165 artists & registration is now closed.
2024
AWARDS
2026
AWARD WINNERS
2026 BEST OF SHOW
HECTOR ACUNA | ”Window Shopping at Ritter's Soda“
2nd PLACE MAIN EVENT
Logan Hudson | “Beauty of Silence”
3rd PLACE MAIN EVENT
Steve Monske | “Lil Turq”
Honorable Mention
MAIN EVENT
Steven Wysocki
“Fading Light at Camp Bar”
Honorable Mention
MAIN EVENT
Doug Schermer
“Fresh Color”
Honorable Mention
MAIN EVENT
Mary Ulm Mayhew
“Hickory Road Farm”
Honorable Mention
MAIN EVENT
Erin Laughlin
“Golden Trees”
Best of the City of Cedarburg
1st PLACE
BEST OF CEDARBURG
Tom Linden | “A Café, a Boutique, and a House”
2nd PLACE
BEST OF CEDARBURG
Maximilano Vasquez | “Cedarburg Fire"
3rd PLACE
BEST OF CEDARBURG
David Becker | “The Creamy Pig”
HONORABLE MENTION
BEST OF CEDARBURG
James Hempel
“Morning Light”
HONORABLE MENTION
BEST OF CEDARBURG
Michael Olive
“River of Light”
HONORABLE MENTION
BEST OF CEDARBURG
Kathy Smith
“A Time To Paint”
Paint the Lake
1st PLACE
PAINT THE LAKE
Jinsheng Song | “Waiting on the Lake”
2nd PLACE
PAINT THE LAKE
Nathan Brander | “Harrington Morning”
HONORABLE MENTION
PAINT THE LAKE
Mark Price
“Port Washington”
HONORABLE MENTION
PAINT THE LAKE
Steve Anderson
“Watching a Harrington Beach Sunset”
Nocturne
1st PLACE
NOCTURNE
Maximiano Janiaro | “Cedar Creek Sunrise”
2nd PLACE
NOCTURNE
Deborah Rollo
“Up All Night"
HONORABLE MENTION
NOCTURNE
Jimmy Navarro
“Weekend at Bernie's”
HONORABLE MENTION
NOCTURNE
Lynette Redner
“Hooked on Midnight"
Artists Choice
ARTIST’S CHOICE 1st
Paul Berquist | “Dance of Light”
ARTIST’S CHOICE 2nd
James Hempel | “Morning Light”
The Main Event
Presented Friday, June 11, at 2:00 pm
(following the Artists’ Choice voting)
Cedarburg Cultural Center
W62 N546 Washington Avenue, Cedarburg
BEST OF SHOW
$3,000
Purchase award sponsored by the Cedarburg Art Museum to become part of their permanent collection
2nd Place
3rd Place
$500
(4) Honorable Mentions
$250 value each
Sponsored by Blick Art Materials, Jack Richeson & Co. and the Cedarburg Artists Guild
BEST OF THE CITY OF CEDARBURG:
SANDRA MCCUTCHEON PAPE
1st Place • $500
2nd Place • $300
Sponsored by Cervantes Concrete Services
3rd Place • $200
(3) Honorable Mentions • $100 each
PAINT THE LAKE
1st Place • $500
Sponsored by Bridget and Matt DeLoge
2nd Place • $300
Sponsored by Katherine de Shazer
(2) Honorable Mentions • $100 each
NOCTURNE
Sponsored by Gardenview Pottery
1st Place • $300
2nd Place • $200
(2) Honorable Mentions • $100 each
ARTISTS CHOICE
1st Place • $300
2nd Place • $200
Each artist may only win one of the above awards with the exception of the Artists Choice Award.
Artists awarded more than $550 must complete a federal form W-9 prior to receiving the cash.
Our community loves watching you work and buying images of their favorite local shops, mills, waterways, historic homes and buildings, gardens, and restaurants! Your sheer presence creates the vibe that sells artwork and makes our event so memorable. Thank you!
We love that you’re here!
MEET OUR 2027 JUDGES
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Oils
Oils
Oils & Pastels
PLEIN AIR:
WORKSHOP INFORMATION
TBA
Get involved and
help make it happen
The Plein Air: Paint Cedarburg Event requires the work of dozens of volunteers like you!
Become part of the creative group that makes the event happen. It’s fun and a great way to meet people in this plein community. Spouses/partners are welcome, too.
Sign up today!
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2027 PLEIN AIR: A PAINT
CEDARBURG EVENT SCHEDULE
Printable Calendar
June
SATURDAY
05
8:00am to Noon
Welcome to Plein Air:
A Paint Cedarburg Event
Check-in & Stamping
For after-hours packet pickup, contact Kandy 414.630.6037
Check in and get your painting surfaces stamped. See the Prospectus for full details
SUNDAY
06
2:00 to 3:00pm
Artist check-in and set up on the lawn in front of Cedarburg City Hall.
Artist Check-in & Stamping until 5:00pm
Artists set up easels to sell, finished, framed Plein Air paintings
3:00 to 5:00pm
Fresh!
from Cedarburg
First public sale of plein air paintings on the lawn of Cedarburg City Hall. If it rains, go next door to the Cedarburg Community Gym
Artist Check-in & Stamping
until 5:00pm
07
MONDAY
6:00 to 7:00pm
Artists Social
Mingle with the other Plein Air artists. Enjoy complimentary coffee, wine and snacks
TUESDAY
08
6:00 to 7:00pm
Artists Social
Enjoy meeting fellow Plein Air artists and network. Complimentary coffee, wine and snacks
WEDNESDAY
09
10
THURSDAY
3:00 to 5:00pm
Artists Soireé
Enjoy a relaxing afternoon in the Cedarburg Art Museum's Beer Garden. Prize giveaways 4:00 -must be present to win!
An opportunity to use your drink ticket(s)
FRIDAY
11
Noon to 1:30pm
Artists Choice Voting
2:00pm
Awards Ceremony
Vote for your favorite painting!
Awards announced
2:00 to 5:00pm
Collectors Invitational
Collectors are invited to enjoy champagne and the chance to acquire paintings before it is open to the public
Artists are encouraged to stay and circulate with our collectors. Another opportunity to use your drink ticket(s) & enjoy complimentary champagne.
5:00 to 8:00pm
Public Opening & Gallery Sales
The general public is invited to enjoy the work of Plein Air Event participants and purchase original art to take home
12
SATURDAY
10:00am to 5:00pm
Public Gallery Sales Continue
Last chance for the public to purchase paintings from Plein Air: A Paint Cedarburg Event
5:00 to 6:30pm
Painting Pickup
All participating artists are expected to pick up any unsold paintings at this time
5:00 to 7:00pm
Plein air in
Cedarburg Continues… separate event by the CCC
Contact Jeanette Gabrys jeanette@artmusichistory.org
Artists must sign up in person & walk paintings across the room to be included in this separate show by the CCC
SPONSORS
Bridget & Matt DeLoge
Jane Hamilton
Katherine de Shazer
Art Studio
MEET OUR 2026 PARTICIPANTS
• Hector Acuna • Ann Agnew •
• Kerstin Alischoewski • Steven Anderson •
• Caitlin Bailey • Linda Barbercheck •
• Emily Barelmann • Laureen Bastian • Rosalie Beck •
• David R. Becker • Chris Behrs •
• Victoria Berdichevsky • Paul Bergquist • Tracy Bezesky •
• Brenda Biallas • Zhanna Biletska •
• Charles Bleau • Karin Bloom Welstead •
• Erin Callahan Blum • Christina Body •
• Linda Boehlke • Kristin Bork • Nathan Brandner •
• Susan Brandsema • Jeanne Bril •
• Denise Brown • Bryan Browning •
• Christine Bucher • Kurt Bullock •
• Rob Burkhard • Geoffrey Butz •
• Adriana Calcev • Elle Carlton •
• Caye Christensen • Christine Christon •
• Kate Cooper • Emily Davis • Karen d’Angeac Mihm •
• Wendy Delfosse • Bridget DeLoge • Chloe Desfontaines •
• Barbara Donaldson • Mary Beth Drabiszczak •
• Audrey Dulmes • Cynthia Dybsky •
• Alan Eickberg • Darrin Englebert •
• Mary Flack • Dick Folse •
• John French• GG • Margaret Gohn •
• Pamela Grabber • Haley Grebe • •
• Jaycee Haas • Susan Hale •
• Ronnie Hammes • Paula Hare • Barbara Hayden •
• James Hempel • John Hewitt • Bennie Higgins •
• Katie Hogan • Logan Hudson •
• Katie Jensen • James Karon •
• Keary Kautzer • Kay Kasun •
• Kerri Knapp • Tom Kubala •
• Carolyn Larkin •
• Les Leffingwell • Lauren Leykin •
• Cole Lienhart • Andrew Linden • Tom Linden •
• Gail Macejkovic • Janet MacIver •
• Mary Mayhew • Reilly McClellan • Steve Monske •
• Bethann Moran Handzlik • Mary Ellen Mueller •
• Jimmy Navarro • Tim Neely • Janet Nelson •
• Jacqueline Ness-Ludwig • Carleen O’Connor Rivera •
• Michael Olive • Dawn Olson •
• Kelly Oppermann •
• Sandra Pape • Yelena Patskevich •
• David Peacock • Kelly Plagemann •
• Mark Price • Mary Prince •
• Cherie Raffel • Megan Raye •
• Lynette Redner • Judith Reidy •
• Michael Reif • Jane Relin •
• Adele Richert • Daniel Rizzi •
• Margaret Robinson • Deborah Rollo •
•Elizabeth Rollo Darland •
• Barb Rossi • Betty Rubner •
• Natalie Santoro • Kristin Sauer •
• Michelle Savas Thompson • Sarah Schaller •
• Doug Schermer • April Sersen • Julia Showers •
• Kathy Smith • Tom Smith •
• Jinsheng Song • Alice Struck •
• Michael Sturm • Kitty Sturrock • Shayla Trader •
• Karen Utech • Maximiliano Vasquez •
• Angela Velin • Jennifer Voigt •
• Jennifer Vulpas • John Waeltz •
• Elizabeth Whitmore • Candace Willoughby •
• Lee Wine • Cindy Wirtz • Stephen Wysocki
• Cynthia Yates • Pete Zielinski •
• Paul Zwief • Jennifer Zygmunt • Eric Zygowicz •