Paint America

PaintAmerica is a non-profit organization to support and promote the visual arts, with the goal of providing scholarship and education opportunities for young artists. PaintAmerica was founded by current executive director Rod Seel in 2006. Since its inception in 2006, PaintAmerica has distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to artists through cash awards, painting sales, and scholarships.
About PaintAmerica
PaintAmerica is a 501(c)(3) non-profit association, devoted to providing opportunities for visual artists all across the United States. PaintAmerica's programs build networks within the visual arts arena, connecting artists, galleries, exhibitors, patrons, sponsors, State and Federal organizations and other funding groups for the betterment of our society as a whole. Their goals include funding for youth arts education, working with established artists to be mentors and clinicians for young and emerging artists, and acting as a clearinghouse for arts related grants and opportunities.
PaintAmerica sponsors and operates 2 of the country's leading National Artists' Competitions and Exhibitions:
1) Paint the Parks 100 - The leading National Artists' Competition depicting our nation's National Parks
2) PaintAmerica Top100 - America's foremost competition for representative paintings depicting any of the country's 50 states.
PaintAmerica exhibits are some of the most popular national exhibitions. Their annual exhbitions at the Kolb Studio at the Grand Canyon are seen by hundreds of thousands of visitors. Other exhibit venues have included The St. George Art Gallery (Utah), The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, MO; the RW Norton Museum, Shreveport, LA; The Indiana Welcome Center; Southwind Gallery and Westboro Fine Arts in Topeka, KS; and Brown vs. Board National Historic Site, Topeka, KS.
Benefits For Artists:
• Provides established artists of all disciplines an opportunity for credentialed Signature and Master society status.
• Provides avenues for young and emerging artists to become recognized, gain exposure and increase the potential for sales of their work.
• Networks artists with galleries, funding opportunities, sales opportunities, patrons and sponsors.
• Sponsors workshops, demonstrations, and clinics providing opportunities for artists of any skill level to improve their techniques, learn new skills, and polish their craft through exposure to other artists.
• Provides scholarships and education objectives to encourage the Nation's youth to explore art as a viable career option.
• Offers programs to help promote the arts nationwide, bringing the arts to the foreground of our society, and improving the overall “arts environment.”
Benefits For Galleries:
• Provides unparalleled exhibit opportunities. PaintAmerica exhibitions are available for hanging and are a gallery's best opportunity to exhibit some of the country’s finest artists. These exhibits also provide galleries a prime opportunity to be the first to recognize, exhibit, and form relationships with new and emerging artists.
• Commissions and print sales opportunities through PaintAmerica are carefully set to be fair to the artist and equitable to the gallery, while also providing ongoing funding for the PaintAmerica mission.
• A gallery's participation in Paint America exhibits brings them into the national network of artists, increasing sales opportunities.
• Galleries will gain National attention through PaintAmerica publicity and featured website showings.
• PaintAmerica provides exclusive rights to shows in a gallery's market area.

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