Plein Air Painting Event , 13 September | Event in Oak Brook | AllEvents

Plein Air Painting Event

Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists

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Sat, 13 Sep, 2025 at 09:00 am

4 hours

Mayslake Peabody Estate

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Date & Location

Sat, 13 Sep, 2025 at 09:00 am to 01:00 pm (CDT)

Mayslake Peabody Estate

Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W 31st St, Oak Brook, IL 60523, United States

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About the event

Plein Air Painting Event
CAVA is excited to announce a one-day plein air
competition in conjunction with The Natural World exhibition!
Saturday, Sept 13, 2025

The public will watch as competing artists set up their easels and paint or draw the pastoral scenery around Mayslake Peabody Estate, part of Illinois’ DuPage County Forest Preserve. Together, artists and spectators will be immersed in the creative process, enjoying the landscape and historic Mayslake Hall Tudor Revival-style mansion, and watching how artists interpret it.

Visitors to the event will be able to watch as the paintings come to life before their eyes, and have an opportunity to purchase a completed work at the end of the event!

Painting will start at 9:00 a.m., and end at 12:00 noon sharp. Artists will put down their brushes, frame their work, and bring it to the central check-in spot near the mansion’s art studio, to be judged for three awards:
Best in Show; Second Place; and Honorable Mention.

Finished paintings on display at the end of the event will be for sale to the public directly from the creating artists.

Friends, family, and the general public are also welcome to paint and draw for the day WITHOUT entering the competition for prizes—no need to be a CAVA member, no age restriction, no application needed.

You can also take a tour of the mansion, stroll the grounds, bring a picnic lunch!

For more information visit: https://www.wearecava.org/mayslake-peabody-plein-air-competition


Also check out other Arts events in Oak Brook, Fine Arts events in Oak Brook, Contests in Oak Brook.

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Plein Air Painting Event , 13 September | Event in Oak Brook | AllEvents
Plein Air Painting Event
Sat, 13 Sep, 2025 at 09:00 am