Painting Across The GSMNP
For the second year in a row, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is inviting the public to watch 20 nationally acclaimed artists paint in open air across the park starting on Sunday, September 24 and going through Thursday, September 28. On Sunday & again on Thursday the painters will be scattered across various areas of the park throughout the day.
Monday, September 25: artists paint from sunrise to 3 p.m. in Cades Cove
Tuesday, September 26: artists paint from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Elkmont
Wednesday, September 27: artists paint from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Elkmont
It was in thanks in part to early painters, that captured the unique beauty of the Smokies in a manner that helped inspire the grassroots effort to create the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1934.