Sedona Arts Center
Join us for exhibition openings, community celebrations, festivals, lectures, and special arts experiences in Sedona.
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D.A. Ranch Paint Out-Sedona Plein Air Festival October 19, 2026 | Monday | 4 pm - 7 pm Tickets: Tickets are available online until October 16, 2026. Tickets will not be available at the door. Registration:…
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22nd Anniversary Sedona Plein Air Festival Paint Out at a Private Residence October 21, 2026 | Wednesday | 4 pm - 7 pm Tickets: Tickets MUST be purchased online prior to October 16, 2026. Tickets will…
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Sedona Plein Air Festival Community Paint Out 2026 October 24, 2026 | Saturday | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Registration: Registration must be done in order to qualify for the paint-out. Location: Sedona Arts Center Community…
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Experience the 22nd Annual Sedona Plein Air Festival, an immersive celebration of art set against the extraordinary red rock landscapes of Sedona and the surrounding Verde Valley.
As one of the longest-running plein air festivals in the Southwest, this annual event brings accomplished artists from across the country to paint on location throughout the week, capturing Sedona’s changing light, color, landscape, and atmosphere in real time.
Visitors can watch artists at work throughout the region and experience a week of paint-outs, artist demonstrations, special events, awards, and the always-popular Artist Games. From works taking shape outdoors to opportunities to meet the artists and experience their creative process firsthand, the festival offers a unique opportunity to see plein air painting as it happens.
This years SPAF Artists are:
Olena Babak, Lorie Batson, Krystal Brown , Ed Buonvecchio, Michael Chesley-Johnson, Casey Cheuvront, Bill Cramer, Lauren Davis, Carol Douglas, Robert Goldman, Bruce Gómez, Meisha Grichuhin, Michelle Held, Laura Martinez-Bianco, Betsy Menand, Barbara Mulleneaux, Anton Nowels, Bill Perkins, Hadley Rampton, Robin Roberts, Julia Robinson, Richard Sneary, Paula Swain, Barbara Tapp, Carol Tarzier, Stewart White, Tara Will
Public Event Dates: October 19 – October 24, 2026
For the complete 2026 Sedona Plein Air Festival Schedule of Events, please visit:
Celebrate Sedona engages the local community while celebrating and featuring local and regional arts, food and drink! Held in the upper parking lot of Sedona Arts Center, Celebrate Sedona is a celebration of the beauty and diversity of our community’s music, food, drink, and artistry.
Our Celebrate Sedonas are on Fridays and incorporate the openings of our Exhibitions so we can have the Artists join the festivities and officially open the current Exhibition. The event takes place from 4 pm to 6 pm and features local musicians, food, wine and beer, and live demonstrations by local artists!
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The Arts Center will host a Roll Out event during FY24 in Sedona, to reveal the results of this national economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry including the local data collected throughout the course of the past year by Sedona nonprofit arts organizations.
