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Florence Regional Arts Alliance (FRAA) is very excited to host our 3rd Annual Coastal Plein Air Art & Wine Festival to be held at the Florence Events Center (715 Quince St, Florence).

We have many artists registered who will paint en plein air (outside onsite) from September 4-19 and each are allowed to submit up to 5 entries this year to be on display and for sale at our Coastal Plein Air Art & Wine Festival on September 20th and 21st.  

This artists can paint scenes along our beautiful coast from the northern city of Lincoln City, OR down to the southern city of Bandon, OR.  We are lucky to have Barbara Shuman as our judge.  

The Art & Wine Festival is:

          Saturday, September 21st  11 am – 5 pm
          Sunday, September 22nd   11 am – 4 pm

All artwork will be on display and available for sale!

We are so happy to have many returning wineries and some new:

Bluebird Hill Cellars
McKenzie Crest Wines
Rainsong Winery
Sarver Winery

Entrance to the Festival is Free. Wine glasses are $5 with a $1 tasting fee.  Wineries will also have bottles for sale.

We also have:

  • Youth Wall of Plein Air Paintings: Thanks to a sponsorship from Oregon Pacific Bank, youth from Mapleton, Siuslaw and Home Schoolers were able to participate in a one day workshop to learn how to plein air paint.  Their artwork will be on display.
  • Interactive Event: Join in and add to a community painting and then enter the drawing to win the finished painting.
  • Family-Friendly Activities.
  • Free Hot Dogs on Saturday from 2-5 pm.

More Information for Artists:

         Drop off:  Friday, September 20th, 9 am – Noon at the Florence Events Center

         Artists Reception for artists and one guest only, Friday, September 20th, 5:30 – 8 pm

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ABOUT OUR JUDGE, BARBARA VANDYKE SHUMAN

Barbara VanDyke served in the Peace Corps, teaching English in Turkey. In addition to teaching in Turkey, Barbara has taught English and Art for over 35 years, in Seattle area and the People’s Republic of China.
She holds a Bachelor of Art degree from Seattle University, majoring in Fine Art and Sculpture. And a Master’s of Art degree from U of W with emphasis on Fine art and CreativeTextile Design.
Barbara is a founding member artist of Kline-Galland Studio and Issaquah’s “The Painted Lady” Studio. With countless exhibits to her name, her paintings hang in Washington statehouse offices in Olympia, Group Health in Olympia and Everett, Kaiser Permanent in Oregon, America Art Resources in Texas, and Providence Corporate Headquarters in Seattle. Her artwork is also part of Seattle University’s art archives. She works at “VanDyke Studio” on Mercer Island.
Barbara is married to Jim Shuman and has three grown offspring and five exceptional grandchildren!
Chords and textures of the rural landscape make up the focus of my work.  Inspired by  seascape, fields and valleys from Washington to Montana, with endless expanses of open meadows backed by the mystery of craggy mountains.  It seems the serene landscape demands the mystery and immensity of wilderness in the sea savannah or prairie.  We experience comfort in our humanity balanced by the power and vastness of wilderness.  The visual vernacular of the land brings the viewer closer to the natural universe.
There is respite in the song of purple shadows; solace in the dance of stippled golden sunlight, the arch of a pthalo blue sky: the holiness of wilderness. 
Barbara VanDyke shuman
Her art website is : www.bvdart.com