The festival will run from May 9 through 14, 2016 and the exhibition will be on view from May 14 through June 26, 2016 in the Wayne Art Center's Davenport, Vidinghoff and Outer Galleries.

This annual national juried exhibition is dedicated to enhancing the public's awareness of outdoor painting while providing a venue for established and emerging artists alike to share creative endeavors with collectors and the public.

Online Entries: November 1, 2015 - March 1, 2016

Juror: T. Allen Lawson, ME

Wayne Art Center is pleased to welcome T. Allen Lawson as the juror for the 10th Anniversary of Wayne Art Center's Plein Air Festival. He will judge the entries based on technique, style, concept, composition and originality. It is important to send professional high quality images to best represent your work.

T. Allen Lawson was born and raised in Sheridan, Wyoming where the vast beauty of Wyoming and the allure of the American West became part of him. From an early age, he has been drawn to the quieter side of nature. Over time, Tim has developed a discipline of patiently observing his world, studying often unnoticed rhythms and subtleties of his surroundings. Tim studied drawing and portraiture at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and furthered his formal studies attending the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Over his career, T. Allen Lawson has won a number of awards including: The John F. & Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Grant; Red Smith Memorial Award, National Museum of Wildlife Art; Jurors' Choice Award, Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale; William E. Weiss Purchase Award, Buffalo Bill Historic Center; the Artists' Choice Award, Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale; and the Golden Thunderbird Award - Best of Show, Maynard Dixon Country. Beyond the awards, he considers himself even more fortunate to have met, and honored to be able to include among his friends, many of the best artists working today.