8th Annual Grand Prix of Art, Steveston
Saturday September 22 – 23, 2018
Presented by the Travellingbrush.com with host partners Phoenix Art Workshop, the City of Richmond, local businesses, and an amazing community.
The Event: Saturday September 22nd is “Race Day.” Competitors arrive at Britannia Heritage Shipyards National Historic Site for check-in at 9:00am with easels and art supplies in tow. Artists are assigned a painting location by random draw and then head out to their locations for the start of the exciting competition. The painting race begins at exactly 10am and at 1:00pm artists are asked to put down their brushes, return to the shipyards, and prepare their paintings for display and adjudication. All our partners, artists and volunteers are treated to an amazing lunch, with an invitation to the general public to join us for live entertainment, the award ceremony and the sale and display of artwork. Awards are presented to top artists in Master, Open and Youth categories, with over $5000 in cash awards and prizes.
Hundreds of people are expected to enjoy artists painting on location during race day and to visit the exhibition in the historic Seine Net-Loft at Britannia Heritage Shipyards on Sunday September 23rd, from noon until 4:00pm. Everyone is welcome to cast their votes for the People’s Choice Award.
