2025 Schedule
2025 Event Schedule
• January 17 - 19 – Painting Retreat at Waycross, Morgantown
• February 15 – Paint-in Brown County Art Guild, Nashville
• March 9 – Annual Meeting, Glendale Library Branch, Indianapolis
• April 23 - 26 – First Brush of Spring, Paint-out & Competition, New Harmony
• May 24 – Holcomb Gardens Paint-out, Butler University, Indianapolis
• June 6 & 7 – Strawberry Festival Paint-out & Competition, Kokomo
• June 20 - 25 – Swope Art Museum Paint-out & Competition, Terre Haute
• July 12 – Richmond Art Museum Paint-out, Lunch & Sale, Richmond
• August 2 – Sullivan Munce Paint-out, Lunch & Competition, Zionsville
• September 13 – T. C. Steele Great Outdoor Art Contest, Nashville
• September 18 - 20 – First Brush of Fall, Competition & Sale, Converse
• October 17-19 – Paint-out, Dinner, Lunch & Sale, Brookville
• November - December – Member Show, Brown County Art Gallery
IPAPA CURRENT EVENTS
IPAPA Calendar
Schedule — Indiana Plein Air Painters Association
Also check out the IPAPA Facebook group often for more opportunities for all artists
If you missed the annual meeting or you want to see this slide show again-Feel free to click on this link to watch IPAPA’s year in review 2024. Thank you to Aaron Pickens for putting this together!
You may have to open the link in a new window on your browser
Year In Review 2024 - YouTube
WHAT: 23rd Annual Zionsville Paint Out
SullivanMunce Cultural Center and
Indiana Plein Air Painters Association (IPAPA)
team up to bring this fun event to Zionsville!
WHEN: Saturday, August 2, 2025.
WHERE: Artists must register and/or check-in between 7 am and 10 am at the SullivanMunce Cultural Center the day of the event. Adult and teens will have canvasses or multi-media supplies stamped/tagged before beginning their work. Youth (ages 7-11) will be provided a canvas and paint to paint on the SullivanMunce grounds. Teens (ages 12-17) may use the canvas provided or bring their own supplies. If using their own supplies, they must be stamped before painting. The Zionsville Paint Out will be held rain or shine. No advance registration required.
REGISTRATION FEE: Free for SullivanMunce Cultural Center members, IPAPA members, and children 17 years of age and under/$25 non-members.
HOW: Artists will gather in the Village of Zionsville for a Plein Air Paint Out (Painting Outside) on Saturday, August 2, 2025. The event is open to artists of all ages and skill levels. Using their own supplies, participants are to create original artwork in any medium in Zionsville. All stamped/tagged works completed that day by 2 pm will be eligible for judging and will be available for sale at the SullivanMunce Cultural Center immediately after the Paint Out awards ceremony.
Monetary awards will be given to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place professional artists. The winner of the first-place award will have their name added to the Cynthia Van Tassel Yeo Plein Air Award plaque which is on display at the SullivanMunce Cultural Center. Adult amateur awards will be given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners and awards for Youth (ages 7-11) and Teen (ages 12-17) participants will also be given.
The SullivanMunce Cultural Center is located at 225 West Hawthorne Street in Zionsville, IN, just two blocks west of the brick Main Street.
Hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10 AM to 4 PM and Saturday, 10 AM to 2 PM (7 am - 4 pm on Paint Out day!)
Please call 317.873.4900 or visit www.sullivanmunce.org for more information.
Zionsville Center for Art, History and Genealogy, Inc. (SullivanMunce Cultural Center), is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization.
