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Tuesday, November 4, 2025

2025-2026 Annual Venice Plein Air MAP Schedule

 

Mission:"Preserving Venice 

 One Plein Air Painting  

At A Time - since 2003 

 Just Outdoor Painting Camaraderie!"

 November-April 2025-2026, MAP two times each month. 

MAP= Meet And Paint

1st Monday- Caspersen Beach (along boardwalk and shoreline)UPDATE for our 1st Monday location; Caspersen Beach was decimated by Hurricane Milton- until we are able to return to painting there, we will meet just up the shore from it at "Service Club Park" 1190 Harbor Dr. S. Venice, FL 34285

  3rd Saturday- Historic Downtown Venice & Farmers Market (meet at Gazebo), with our special annual MAP 3rd Saturday of January recording its growth each year en Plein Air, Jan 20, 2024 MAP VENICE URBAN FOREST. We meet 8:30ish-noon-ish; critique if wish 11:30ish. Follow our Facebook & Instagram Page for updates. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAP Dates:  

Monday November 3rd Service Club Park

Saturday November 15th Historic Downtown Venice & or Venice Farmer's Market 

Monday December 1st Service Club Park

Saturday December 20th Historic Downtown Venice & or Venice Farmer's Market (unofficial MAP- for all those that still wish to Meet And Paint close to the Holiday- Downtown will have all its decorations up- Two MAP's on the 20th, one in the morning at our regular time, 2nd at dusk for a nocturne with all of the Holiday lights on the 20th too)

Monday January 5th Service Club Park

Saturday January 17th Venice Urban Forest

Monday February 2nd Service Club Park two MAPs One Day, DUAL MAP with Peace River Painters; One starts at 8:30ish with Susan leading and One that starts pre-dusk with Karen Ann leading for a sunset nocturne.  ALL are welcomed to join in. 

Saturday February 21st Historic Downtown Venice & or Venice Farmer's Market 

Monday March 2nd Service Club Park

Saturday March 21st Historic Downtown Venice & or Venice Farmer's Market 

Monday April 6th Service Club Park

Saturday April 18th Historic Downtown Venice & or Venice Farmer's Market 

 We meet 8:30ish - Noonish.  Critique if wish starts around 11:30am.

Service Club Park, both boardwalk and wonderful beach areas just off the boardwalk too. Sadly, post Milton, Caspersen remains with road closed. Caspersen's we paint all along the boardwalk, and usually meet down towards the end of the beach along the surf.

Historic Downtown Venice we meet at or around the Gazebo and spread out from there. You may paint all over dowtown wherever you wish, including the Farmers Market.  We say 'hi' at the Gazebo to start, and if you seek to join critique, it will be close to there too.

Venice Urban Forest

Simply look for fellow painters, introduce yourself... and paint on. 

~ Service Club Park" 1190 Harbor Dr. S. Venice, FL 34285

~ Historic Downtown Venice Meet near the Gazebo

~Venice Urban Forest 308 E Venice Ave, Venice, FL 34285

                    3HX6+J2 Venice, Florida

 

 

Saturday, April 25, 2015

First Monday and Third Saturday OPEN to all Plein Air (Outdoor Painters)

 VPA equals Venice Plein Air
MAP equals Meet And Paint
Schedule for MAPs, One Monday and one Saturday per month. MAP's:
  • MON (first Monday every month)
    Caspersens Beach MAP on the first Monday of every month along the boardwalk, or at the end by the beach, or even back on the inter-coastal side.  Click the link to learn more about the park.  It is a beloved favorite and awesome signature natural resource of Venice.  NO RSVP needed. This monthly outing are designed for all plein air painters of any group. 9am-noon aprox
  • SAT (third Saturday every month) HISTORIC DOWNTOWN VENICE; Centennial Park, Tampa Ave where you will find the  
    Venice Farmers Market Until noon, or paint historic downtown, the park reaches to Venice Ave. Too. MAP borders in front of the Historic KMI building Venice Mall on Tampa Ave to Venice Ave, Venice FL 34285 Meeting, the Third Saturday of every month. No RSVP needed.  This monthly outings are designed for ALL Plein Air Painters in any group. 9am to 1pm aprox

    The regular Saturday will be a nice addition for some that aren't available during the week to paint out... so hope this accommodates your schedules
    Expect to see Historic downtown districts, Venders, fresh produce, flowers, variety of  people, children, pets, Music Playing and Venice has a water fountain park and Gazebo too as a part of the view. Just a few blocks from the Gulf and/or Awesome Banyan trees too. Farmers Market where can meet, but many places to venture to from there too.  There are great painting subjects in any direction you turn.
For more information on directions and times please contact facilitator K. Hitt and be sure to put in your memo VPA or Plein Air.
VPA came about to serve our Venice area or South County.  Local artist supporting our local arts and historical scenic communities. Any visiting our area that wishes to plein air paint with a group is welcomed to join our MAPs.  Due to schedule, set up monthly MAPs with an invite to all. Saturday important to keep on the schedule for those that are not able to meet during the week.  
Venice Plein Air MAP Calendar:
  • JUNE remains first Monday and Third Saturday
  • July 2015: 6th & 18th
  • August 2015: 3rd & 15th
  • September 2015: 7th & 19th
  • October 2015: 5th & 17th
  • November 2015: 2nd & 21st
  • December 2015: 7th & 19th
  • January 2016: 4th & 16th
  • February 2016: 1st & 20th
  • March 2016: 7th & 19th
  • April 2016: 4th(Karen in Boca Grande) & 16th
And as other groups visit the area will share that here too.

Venice Plein Air is on the south west coast located inside Sarasota County in the Venice area serving nearby communities and keys. We are under the umbrella of Plein Air Florida  PAF has many groups through out Florida and the calendar on their web site shares many of the paint outs on schedule. Another group that meets in our nearby area is PASC now known as Light Chasers. Link to their website for more information. Their usual paint out day is Thurs. Mornings.Many Venice artist are a part, and they also meet in Venice on occasion too. There are also two other area Plein Air Groups: Peace River Painters led by Sharon Yarbrough  that meets closer to Punta Gorda, but also visits Venice to paint, and an Englewood group.

ALL The groups work together and hold no boundaries as to participants. Sharing members openly.

VPA came about to serve our Venice area or South County.  Local artist supporting our local arts and historical scenic communities. Any visiting our area that wishes to plein air paint with a group is welcomed to join our MAPs.  I, K Hitt am the facilitator of VPA.  Due to schedule, set up monthly MAPs with an invite to all. Saturday important to keep on the schedule for those that are not able to meet during the week.  

Venice Plein Air... simply to celebrate the historical of our Venice area and to keep it recorded in the arts... and for the arts to continue to be represented by her artists in the area. VPA actually formed early on to keep this historic town in the Plein Air Records. The additonal area groups offer so much opportunity to Plein Air Paint, and many meet weekly:  PASC ...and the beauty of PASC/Light Chasers is how they cover a larger area  weekly on thursdays.  Also Sharon's Peace River Painters meets every Monday: so if you have an interest to Plein Air Paint, be sure to check out the PAF calendar of events at PleinAirFlorida.org whom we umbrella under for many possibilities of Florida Plein Air in our area.  Also you may want to enlist in the PLEIN AIR FORCE as a part of Plein Air Magazine new Out Door Painters Website. Also available for the SE Region is The Forgotten Coast En Plein Air website for resources.

VPA remains happily as a smaller sanction, as is our area smaller.  Again, all our welcome.


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