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Plein Air Weekend

Today through September 11
Bisbee
Bisbee

Artists are invited to Bisbee to paint the picturesque hillsides of Tombstone Canyon and the lovely gardens in the Warren District. This is a great opportunity to network with Arizona’s many Plein Air painters, take advantage of a well-organized venue to sell your work, and win $1,500 in cash prizes!

The Bisbee Plein Air Painting Competition is open to any artist who paints using the plein air technique in oil, watercolor, acrylic, or pastel.  The competition is sponsored by the Bisbee Arts Commission, and will occur in conjunction with the Bisbee Bloomers Garden Tour, which takes place on Saturday, September 11.  During the judging on Saturday afternoon, paintings will be displayed for silent bidding and Shade, featuring Duane Reilley, will be playing jazz standards.  Young artists from 8 to 18 are invited to participate in a painting competition held on Saturday only beginning at 10:00 a.m. in Grassy Park.

To register, enter by August 21 to receive the reduced adult registration fee.  Email duran_926@msn.com with any questions, visit us on the web or call Kathy at 520-432-2900.

For the proverbial traveler, Bisbee has been preserved architecturally.  Absent are the mules and dust and later trolleys that passed the banks, shops & saloons.  Today, miners’ boarding houses are now whimsical bed & breakfasts; shops are home to local artisans and saloons, now fashionable dining establishments, along with quaint shops, custom hat works and antique galleries.  Victorian and European homes perch miraculously on the hillsides.  Coffee houses and brew pubs dot the streets.  The Copper Queen Hotel stands majestically as it did in 1902.  Corporate headquarters for the mining company now houses the Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum, our Smithsonian-affiliate.  The Phelps Dodge Mercantile, also referred to as the “company store” is as cosmopolitan as ever showcasing jewelry and copper shops, metropolitan restaurants and the ever popular coffee house.   The infamous Brewery Gulch, home to a sophisticated stock exchange remains intact. Gone are the many brothels, saloons and gambling establishments replaced by quirky art galleries, fanciful restaurants and pubs.  You will see remnants of paths, sidewalks and stairs that led to more than 50 brothels along the gulch.  A lone store still provides groceries for residents.  City Park, once the local cemetery is now home to many events and where children frolic.  Nestled in the mile-high Mule Mountains, Bisbee is located 90 miles southeast of Tucson and offers old-world charm, antique shops, fine restaurants, sidewalk cafes and unique lodging.  While here, ride the train underground at the Queen Mine Tour, take a Lavender Jeep Tour, a tour with a ghost host or a local historian.  Go to www.discoverbisbee.com for official visitor information.

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Phone: 520-432-3554, 866-2BISBEE