Event History
Paint the Town grew from 25 artists in 1995 to over 80 in recent years. The event has been a highlight of the Annapolis Royal cultural calendar for 28 years, with artists and volunteers signing up to take part year after year. The community embraces the event, offering places for artists to stay as well as porches, gardens and studio spaces to create.
A plein air painting weekend where up to 80 artists set up their easels at various locations throughout Annapolis Royal. Spots are filling quickly, so be sure to secure your spot now!
This popular event draws onlookers and art buyers from around Atlantic Canada and beyond. Emerging and established artists from Canada and the US find a special spot that inspires them to paint, sculpt, carve, photograph or sketch.
Spectators can meet the artists at work while watching the creative process unfold on the boardwalk, the wharf, at Fort Anne National Historic Site, the Historic Gardens.
As their paintings are finished, volunteers deliver the artwork to the Paint the Town Gallery at The Royal Canadian Legion, 66 Victoria St., Annapolis Royal, where patrons can bid during the silent auction process (from 10 am – 6 pm each day), or grab the piece of their dreams immediately as each piece has a “buy it now” price (this option available until 5 pm daily). Artists can also choose to bring in one studio piece to put up for sale. Maximum size 24"x24" or 576 square inches.
Artists retain 50% of the profit from their auctioned pieces, and 80% of the profit from their studio piece if they choose to bring one.
