October happenings in NC live art
In this issue, I cover general October announcements, throwdown pics, and upcoming annual plein air events!
This Month's (Moving) Art Events
As always, several figure drawing and general art meetups are occurring every month in the same place - you can find links to those on ncartmeets.com. Here are the outdoor meetups:
- Saturday, October 4: The Ellipse at the North Carolina Museum of Art Park with Raleigh Outdoor Painting Group.
- Saturday, October 11: Urban Sketching at CAM Raleigh with Scott Renk's CAM Raleigh USK group
- Saturday, October 18: Historic Oak View County Park with Raleigh Outdoor Painting Group.
- Saturday, October 25: Duke Gardens Meyer Bridge with Durham Plein Air/USK - read the meetup carefully for parking directions and how to find us
- M.U.S. SketchUp is TBA
Paint It Orange is next week!
It looks like registration is still open for the Orange County Arts Commission 9th Annual Paint It Orange Plein Air Paint-Out and Wet Paint Sale October 1 – October 3, 2025. Sign up and get all the details.
The Throwdown
Do you know a place you've always wanted to sketch or paint in Durham or Orange counties? Let me know so I can host an event there!
Here are some pics from our Durham Plein Air/USK meetup this past month at American Tobacco Campus:
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Feedback
If you have suggestions for future things I should announce or post in the monthly, let me know! Also, please let me know if you learn about any additional meetups not yet on the site. Feedback for the newsletter and the website are always welcome.