Plein-Air Blossom Painting
The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival is delighted to announce the second annual celebration this Spring. As the blossoming of our cherry trees is such an incredible visual display the festival will once again present Plein-Air Blossom Painting. This program puts artists in direct contact with nature following the Peak Bloom of the city’s 36,000 ornamental flowering cherry trees around Vancouver’s parks and neighborhoods.
This is a unique and beautiful opportunity to experience plein-air painting on location under a extraordinary canopy of cherry blossoms with other artists. We invite you to register to learn more about Plein-Air painting and how to capture the exuberance of the blossoming onto your canvas.
On five consecutive Saturdays starting March 24th, participants can sign up for three-hour classes from 11am to 2pm amidst Vancouver’s most spectacular displays of cherry blossoms. These outdoor painting sessions will feature a variety of Plein-Air teaching artists from the lower mainland specializing in different techniques, including Barrie Chadwick, Bob McMurray, Teressa Bernard, Elizabeth Harris-Nichols, Leslie McGuffin and Alfonso Tejada.
To encourage the next generation of plein-air artists and the flourishing of the art form, we are introducing Plein-Air Blossom Painting for children aged 6 to 13 years of age on April 21 from 11am to 2pm.
Bloom with the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival and register for a Plein-Air Blossom Painting Class by printing out the Registration form and mailing the completed form to the address as indicated. If you have questions please email
Download Plein-Air Registration Form
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Panelists' Bios
PLEIN-AIR ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
"A Panel conversation on the exploration and meaning of PLEIN - AIR painting"The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival in collaboration with Van Dusen Botanical Gardens presents an engaging Round Table Discussion on the relevance of painting outdoors in developing an artist vision.
The panel will consists of:- Alfonso L.Tejada, Festival Plein-Air Master (Panel Leader)
- Barrie Chadwick
- Liza Visagie
- Jak Serreqi
- Elizabeth Harris-Nichols
- Tahina Awan, Director of the Diane Farris Gallery
- Greg Bellerby, Curator of the Emily Carr Art Gallery.
On Saturday March 17th, The Public is invited to join in the conversation with the Panel for the first annual Plein-Air Roundtable Discussion. The Roundtable will be at the Floral Hall at the Van Dusen Botanical Gardens, from 10-11.30am. Admission is free; no registration necessary.
The Round Table Discussion will launch a series of Saturday's Plein- Air Blossom Painting sessions following the peak bloom of the city's flowering ornamental cherry trees from March 24th to April 21st.
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