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2024 Buda Arts Festival
& Plein Air Painting Competition
September 17
 - 21

Live, outdoor, plein air painting competitions, busking musicians, art demos, artisan markets, gallery exhibits, artist meet-ups, kids' activities, live theatre, and dance performances fill the week! There's something for everyone! While most of the festival is FREE, events on the Festival Schedule that require TICKETS are marked with a 🖌️.

 

The Buda Arts Festival, originally named the Buda Plein Air Festival, was created in 2020 by Inspired Minds Art Center to bring the community together outdoors, through art, in a mindful, healing, and celebratory way during a time of social restrictions, fear, and anxiety. Over the years, it has grown from a 1-day painting and music festival to a 5-day celebration of all-thing-arts! Check out the SCHEDULE.

2024 Buda Arts Festival Winners

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What does plein-air mean??

 

[ pleyn-air; French ple-ner ]

adjective

  • Plein air painting is about leaving the four walls of your studio behind and experiencing painting and drawing in the landscape. The practice goes back for centuries but was truly made into an art form by the French Impressionists. Their desire to paint light and its changing, ephemeral qualities, coupled with the creation of transportable paint tubes and the box easel—the precursor to the plein air easels of today—allowed artists the freedom to paint “en plein air,” which is the French expression for “in the open air.” - www.artistsnetwork.com

2024 Plein Air Competition

1st Place

Gena Destri Keffer - “Last Flowers of the Season”

2nd Place
Arthur Deatly - “Morning in Buda”

3rd Place

Carlyle Urello - “Forest View”

Honorable Mentions

Kathy Hammond

Joy Bliss

Stephen Henry

2024 Quick Draw Winners

1st Place

Christopher Powell - “View of Buda”

2nd Place

Meg Morgan - “Golden Days”

3rd Place

Tiffany Shih- “Antique Mall”

Honorable Mention:

Emily Laughlin

Mari Boren

Kathy Hammond

 

2024 Festival Fine Art Show

People's Choice

Darius Miller - "Dolly"

 

Judge's Choice

Julie Howard - "Recovering"

 

Honorable Mention

Leslie Deil

Mary Jo Cadiz

Emily Laughlin

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2024 Festival Schedule

*dates, times, & events are subject to change

Festival Schedule

Tuesday, September 17

1:00pm

Festival Fine Art Show

5:00pm

Artists Welcome Reception

  • 5pm-7pm​

  • By Invitation Only

  • Inspired Minds Art Center (IMAC)

Wednesday, September 18

All-day

Live Art - en plein air

  • Artists set up easels and create live outside

  • LOCATION: Anywhere outdoors in the 78610 zip code

 

Live Mural Painting

  • Jaz Davis

  • Inspired Minds Art Center

  • Front Yard - 121 Main Street

Festival Fine Art Show

12:00pm

Business of Art Workshop : Artist Contracts w/ Jaz Davis

 

6:00pm

Buda Artists Mixer

7:00pm

Gravy Shakes Improv Show 🖌️

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Thursday, September 19

All-day

Live Art - en plein air

  • Artists set up easels and create live outside

  • LOCATION: Anywhere outdoors in the 78610 zip code

  • See MAP

 

Live Mural Painting

  • Jaz Davis

  • Inspired Minds Art Center

  • Front Yard - 121 Main Street

Festival Fine Art Show

12:00pm

Business of Art Workshop : Elevate Your Art Career w/ Ash Almonte

6:00pm

Artists’ Happy Hour

7:00pm

Filmmaker Screening: "Dance Hall Days" 🖌️

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Friday, September 20

All-day

Live Art - en plein air

  • Artists set up easels and create live outside

  • LOCATION: Anywhere outdoors in the 78610 zip code

 

Live Mural Painting

  • Jaz Davis

  • Inspired Minds Art Center

  • Front Yard - 121 Main Street

Festival Fine Art Show

5:00pm

Opening Reception of "Westerly" - Works by Debbie Carroll

7:30pm

Godspell - Live Musical 🖌️

  • 7:30pm-10:00pm

  • The Chambers Theatre @ Inspired Minds Art Center

  • Buy tickets HERE

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Saturday, September 21
All-Day Events

(To see scheduled events, click HERE)

Artisan Markets

  • 9am-5pm

    •  Buda Welcome Center (Outside)

      • 303 Main St.​

    • Inspired Minds Art Center (Outside)

      • 121 Main St.​

Live Outdoor Music

  • 9:30am-4:30pm

  • Busking musicians playing music in various locations from Stagecoach House to Jackson Tyler Morris Memorial Skate Park

  • See Music Schedule

  • See MAP

Festival Fine Art Show

  • 10am-5pm

  • Inspired Minds Gallery

  • Fine Art Competition & Sale

  • Artwork of diverse mediums

  • Vote for the People's Choice Award! Voting ends at 4:00pm

Artist Demonstrations @ Inspired Minds Art Center:​

SEE SCHEDULE HERE

  • Quick Draw Outdoor Plein Air Art Competition

  • Potter's Wheel​​ w/ Stephen McCrorie

  • Live Mural Painting by Jaz Davis

  • Metal Sculpture by Nathan Miller​​​​

  • Fun with Cartooning w/ Darius Miller

  • Saori Weaving by Wimberley Valley Saori

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Saturday, September 21
Scheduled Events

8:00am

Plein Air Competition Judging

9:30am

Quick Draw Competition

  • 9:30am-11:30am

  • Artists have 2 hours to create artwork outside in various locations along Main Street from Stagecoach House to Jackson Tyler Morris Memorial Skate Park

  • See MAP

 

10:00am & 11:00am

Story Time for Kids with your Librarian

11:00am

Dance Performances

  • 11:00am-12:30pm

  • The Chambers Theatre @ Inspired Minds Art Center

  • Performers TBD

 

12:00pm

Free Kids Arts & Crafts Activities

  • 12pm-5pm

  • Inspired Minds Art Center

  • Outside

Young Entrepreneurs Market

  • 12pm-4pm

  • Downtown Buda

    • Inspired Minds Art Center's North Parking Lot

1:00pm

First Look Fête 🖌️

  • Buda Welcome Center

  • 1pm-3pm

  • Be the first to view and purchase prize-winning artwork from the 2024 Buda Plein Air Competition

  • Award-winning wine and small bites

  • PURCHASE TICKETS

 

2:00pm

Godspell - Live Musical🖌️

 

2:30pm

Community Drum Circle

  • 2:30pm-4:30pm

  • Come drum together and be part of the community’s heartbeat

  • All ages and abilities

  • Instruments provided

  • Downtown Buda Greenbelt & Gazebo

 

3:00pm

Plein Air Art & Quick Draw Competition Awards

  • 3:00pm-5:00pm

  • Cheer on the artists who participated in the Buda AF Plein Air Art Competitions!

  • View and purchase award-winning plein air artwork

  • Buda Welcome Center

4:00pm

Festival Fine Art Show Voting ENDS

  • Vote for the People's Choice Award until 4:00pm

  • Awards presented at 5pm

  • Inspired Minds Gallery

  • Fine Art Competition & Sale (10am-5pm)

  • Artwork of diverse mediums

7:30pm

Godspell - Live Musical 🖌️

Saturday Scheduled Events

2024 Buda Arts Festival
Ticketed Events

  • Gravy Shakes Improv Night
    Gravy Shakes Improv Night
    Multiple Dates
    Fri, Nov 01
    The Chambers Theatre
    Nov 01, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    The Chambers Theatre, 121 Main St, Buda, TX 78610, USA
    Nov 01, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    The Chambers Theatre, 121 Main St, Buda, TX 78610, USA
    Comedy, drama, rhythm, pantomime, dance...you really never know what you're going to get when the lights come up, but it's sure going to be fun to find out!
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Ticketed BAF Events
Map

Festival Map:

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