2024 PLEIN AIR PLUS

On view September 7, 2024 – November 2, 2024

Plein Air Plus showcases plein air, the French practice of painting outdoors. This exhibition will present paintings of locations on Long Beach Island (LBI), New Jersey, captured by artists unfamiliar with LBI. Artists will travel to LBI for the exhibition’s Paint Out from July 1 through September 1, 2024. After painting plein air on LBI, artists have the unique opportunity to document their progress and complete their works in their studios to create dynamic compositions.

On September 15 at 2:00 pm, the LBIF will welcome this year’s juror, Leah Triplett Harrington to the gallery, where she will present the talk, Artists as Cultivators: Forays into Curating Contemporary Art.  An artist reception will follow. This event is free and open to the public.

Leah Triplett Harrington is the Director of Exhibitions and Contemporary Curatorial Initiatives at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. 

Previously, she was a curator at Boston’s Now + There, facilitating the Public Art Accelerator and organizing large-scale public art commissions in Boston. Her writing has appeared in ArtAsiaPacific, ArtNet News, Sculpture, Public Art Dialogue, Flash Art, Hyperallergic, The Brooklyn Rail, and others. She has curated projects for Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston University Art Galleries and Herter Art Gallery, all Massachusetts; and Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn. In 2021, she was the inaugural curatorial mentor for Praise Shadows Art Gallery, Massachusetts. From 2021-2023, she taught at Boston University in the MFA and BFA programs.