Paint America

Paint America is a non-profit organization to support and promote the visual arts, with the goal of providing scholarship and education opportunities for young artists.

About Paint America

Pain tAmerica is a 501(c)(3) non-profit association, devoted to providing opportunities for Visual Artists all across the United States. Paint America's programs build networks within the visual arts arena, connecting artists, galleries, exhibitors, patrons, sponsors, State and Federal organizations and other funding groups for the betterment of our society as a whole. Their goals include funding for youth arts education, working with established artists to be mentors and clinicians for young and emerging artists, and acting as a clearinghouse for arts related grants and opportunities.

Paint America sponsors and operates 2 of the country's National Artists' Competitions and Exhibitions:

1) Paint the Parks Top 100 - The leading National Competition depicting our nation's National Parks

2) Paint America Top 100 - America's foremost competition for representative paintings depicting any of the country's 50 states.

Benefits For Artists:

• Provides established artists of all disciplines an opportunity for credentialed Signature and Master society status.

• Provides avenues for young and emerging artists to become recognized, gain exposure and increase the potential for sales of their work.

• Networks artists with galleries, funding opportunities, sales opportunities, patrons and sponsors.

• Sponsors workshops, demonstrations, and clinics providing opportunities for artists of any skill level to improve their techniques, learn new skills, and polish their craft through exposure to other artists.

• Provides scholarships and education objectives to encourage the Nation's youth to explore art as a viable career option.

• Offers programs to help promote the arts nationwide, bringing the arts to the foreground of our society, and improving the overall “arts environment.”

Benefits For Galleries:

• Provides unparalleled exhibit opportunities. Paint America exhibitions are available for hanging and are a gallery's best opportunity to exhibit some of the country’s finest artists. These exhibits also provide galleries a prime opportunity to be the first to recognize, exhibit, and form relationships with new and emerging artists.

• Commissions and print sales opportunities through Paint America are carefully set to be fair to the artist and equitable to the gallery, while also providing ongoing funding for the Paint America mission.

• A gallery's participation in Paint America exhibits brings them into the national network of artists, increasing sales opportunities.

• Galleries will gain National attention through Paint America publicity and featured website showings.

• Paint America provides exclusive rights to shows in a gallery's market area.