PLEIN AIR COMPETITION

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 5:30 – 8pm at Waukesha Civic Theater. 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