Paint the Town Labor Day Show
2025 Paint the Town Labor Day Show
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Saturday, August 30-Monday, September 1, 2025 Join us for MAA’s Paint the Town: one of the DC region’s largest and longest-running art shows. The Town of Kensington and MAA present the Paint the Town Labor Day Show August 30-September 1, 2025, at the Historic Armory in Kensington, Maryland. The exhibition and sale is free and open to the public all weekend. |
Schedule of events
Friday, August 29
Plein air competition check in, 4-7 pm
Saturday, August 30
Plein air competition with models, 7 am-3 pm (check in 7-11 am)
Exhibition and sale open, 11-4 pm
Artist Demo with Kara Lin:Polymer Clay Art Dolls,12 pm
Artist Demo with Amy Rice:Relief Printmaking, 1:45pm
Artist Demo with Ronni Jolles:Layered Paper Artwork, 3:30pm
Artist Demo with Glen Kessler:Pet Portrait Painting, 4:45pm
Awards Ceremony, 6-7 pm
Sunday, August 31
Exhibition and sale open, 11 am-5 pm
Live music from the Wilson Jazz Duo, 11:30 am
Artist Demo with Andrew Smart:Drawing Comic Characters, 11:30
Artist Demo with Dora Patin:Alla Prima Painting from Life, 1:15pm
Artist Demo with Rachael Rice: Fluid Art, 3:00pm
Monday, September 1
Town of Kensington Labor Day Parade & Festival 10-2
Exhibition and sale open, 10 am-5 pm
Live art demo with Ginger Browning: Getting Started: Thumbnails & Composition, 2:30pm
Customers pick up purchases, 5-8 pm
Tuesday, September 2
Customers pick up purchases, 9-11 am
Plein air competition has been extended from Friday night
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When you stroll through Kensington on Friday night and Saturday, you’ll see dozens of adult and youth artists painting and drawing. They are participants in our annual Plein Air Competition, which is open to the whole community. New this year: artists may begin as early as Friday at 4 pm–in the past, the competition started on Saturday morning. In addition to making art of any view within the town of Kensington, artists will also have the opportunity to paint or draw costumed models stationed at Flynn Park on Saturday morning. |
