PLEIN AIR COMPETITION

***Save The Date! October 3rd, 2026,  Plein Air Art Crawl! ***

 

Live art. Real moments. One incredible week.


Our Plein Air event fills Downtown Waukesha with artists painting outdoors across the city. Thank you to our past talented participants—and congratulations to our past winners! Ready to be part of it? Join us for the 8th annual Waukesha Plein Air Competition 2026!! 🎨✨

 

Click Here : 2026 Plein Air Prospectus and Artists Agreement

 

Click Here: 2026 Plein Air Registration

 

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/WaukeshaArtPleinAir

 

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 2025 Plein Air Event! CONGRATULATIONS to our 2025 Plein Air Winners! 

As part of the #138 Waukesha Jolly Days Art Crawl on December 6th, 2025, we will be having an opening reception/meet the artists from 5 – 7pm for the Waukesha Plein Air Award Winners being held at the Waukesha Civic Theatre.
The award winners exhibition runs from December 4th through January 28th.
18 pieces in the show represent various works done by the award-winning artists from the 2025 Waukesha Plein Air as follows –
*Austin Golownia – Best In Show
*Thomas Buchs – First Place
*Lucian Woodring- 2nd Place
*GG – Third Place
*Deborah Rollo – Nocturne Award
*Les Leffingwell – People’s Choice Award
There will be complimentary appetizers and a cash bar and some amazing artwork that would make a great gift. 
Make plans to attend 🙂 Here is the Facebook Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/2598696937173433

As part of Waukesha Art Crawl #137, being held on October 4, 2025, from 2pm – 8pm, we will be hosting our 7th annual Waukesha Plein Air Competition sponsored by the Waukesha Civic Theater. This week long Plein Air event is taking place from Monday, September 29th through Saturday October 4th, 2025.

An Artists Reception/Sales Event will also take place on Saturday October 4th from 5 – 8pm at Waukesha Civic Theater. People’s Choice voting is from 2-5pm. Awards will be presented at 6pm.

6 awards will be given out as follows: Best in Show will be awarded $500, First Place $250, Second Place $150, Third Place $100, Nocturn Award $250 and People’s Choice Award $250. Additional honorable mention awards may be given.

Waukesha Civic Theater will offer the 6 award winners a featured exhibit in the WCT Waukesha State Bank Fine Art Gallery with the dates TBD. Each award winner will be able to exhibit 3 pieces of their choice.

Artists – please print out and read over the PROSPECTUS & ARTIST AGREEMENT  and fill out and return your REGISTRATION. Please register by 01-Sep-25 for early bird rates. Limited to the first 25 paid registered artists.

Separate events for the Plein Air Artist Reception and Art Crawl 137 will be created and can be found on the Waukesha Art Crawl Facebook page