{"id":41663,"date":"2026-08-21T18:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/41663\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T18:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:14:09","slug":"georgias-rome-seeks-artists-for-third-annual-plein-air-showcase-weis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/41663\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia\u2019s Rome Seeks Artists for Third Annual Plein Air Showcase – WEIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROME\u2013 The Georgia\u2019s Rome Office of Tourism<\/a> is accepting registrations for the third annual Plein Air Showcase of Georgia\u2019s Rome.<\/p>\n

The outdoor painting competition will take place Saturday, Oct. 3, during Fiddlin\u2019 Fest<\/a> in downtown Rome. Artists of all skill levels, including beginners and high school students, may participate.<\/p>\n

Artists will paint outdoors from 8 a.m. until noon, capturing scenes from downtown streets, parks, bridges, historic buildings, and other landmarks. Check-in and canvas stamping will begin at 8 a.m. at the Rome Area History Center<\/a> at 305 Broad St.<\/p>\n

Organizers will accept works created in oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, and oil or chalk pastel. Artists must submit completed pieces that day for judging.<\/p>\n

Cash Prizes and Wet Paint Sale<\/p>\n

The Rome Area Council for the Arts<\/a> is sponsoring the showcase\u2019s cash prizes.<\/p>\n

First place will receive $200, while second place will receive $150. Third place will receive $100, and an honorable mention winner will receive $50.<\/p>\n

RACA will also provide two $50 recognitions for beginner artists. An Artist Choice Award winner will receive $25.<\/p>\n

Artists may also sell their completed work during a Wet Paint Sale inside the festival area. Participating artists will receive 100% of their artwork sales.<\/p>\n

Beginners and Students Encouraged to Participate<\/p>\n

Organizers are encouraging artists of all experience levels to enter. Special prize categories will recognize beginner artists.<\/p>\n

High school students may also compete. Local art teachers with students who need help paying the entry fee may contact Kristi Kent for information about available scholarships.<\/p>\n

Registered artists will receive an invitation to a meet-and-greet on the evening before the showcase. The gathering will feature a live plein air painting demonstration and an opportunity for participants to meet other artists.<\/p>\n

Space is limited, and artists are encouraged to register online<\/a> as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

For additional information, contact Kent at 706-295-5576 or kkent@romega.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROME\u2013 The Georgia\u2019s Rome Office of Tourism is accepting registrations for the third annual Plein Air Showcase of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[27290,27291,25059,27292,653,27293,27294,27295,27296,27297,27,27298],"class_list":["post-41663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rome","tag-art-competitions","tag-community-arts","tag-downtown-rome","tag-fiddlin-fest","tag-floyd-county","tag-georgia-artists","tag-georgias-rome-office-of-tourism","tag-georgias-rome-plein-air-showcase","tag-high-school-artists","tag-plein-air-painting","tag-rome","tag-rome-area-council-for-the-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}