This is the the Gallery on the Square’s seventh annual public Plein Air painting competition and free community arts event, Saturday, August 10, 2024. Four artist divisions: professional, non-professional, teen and youth (12 & under) will be drawing and painting their versions of familiar scenes around Danville’s historic square, as well as in its neighborhoods, public spaces and local Hendricks County sites.

The public is invited to participate in the community “Family Fun Art Day” to be held from 1:00 pm - 3:45 pm on the eastside of the square. Activities will include:

• Bath Bomb Painting

• Chalk-the-Walk

• Create ‘Make-and-Take Art’

• Face Painting

Over $2,500 in prizes will be awarded in a variety of categories, including a $500 scholarship to a recent graduate of Danville High School who will be pursuing a degree in art.

One of the Peoples’ Choice Awards will be the “Hendricks County Bicentennial 200 Plein Air Award. Voters will be asked to select “the best of show depicting Hendricks County’s rich history that includes a look to the future.” The prize will appropriately be $200.