During the weekend of September 13th-15th, 2024, Brush Creek Art Walk will celebrate it's 13th Anniversary with a 3-day weekend of Outdoor Painting. Over 50 pre-registered artists are expected to participate in the weekend event with three $500 (sponsored) Quick Paint Events offering Purchase Awards.  

Click Here for locations and times for the 3 BCAW2024 Quick Paints for your calendar that weekend.  The public is encouraged to come by and see artists at work and the results of their efforts.

The resulting original painting submissions will be on display at the Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center (4750 Troost) through the months of October-November. The remaining works will then move in December (2024) to the 1608 Locust Gallery (Lexitas Legal Services) in the Crossroads. 

• For some background on our Awards Events (Watch the 45-minute BCAW2021 Awards Ceremony)

• Images from Awards (See BCAW2022 photos of our  Awards Ceremony)

Getting these remaining works in front of the public and in a significant enough gallery space has been a struggle, but the works  will remain online and for sale virtually through the Buttonwood Art Space through 2025.

       (View and purchase BCAW2023 works online via BAS website).

This year's 2024 13th Annual Event, I would argue, is without a doubt, Kansas City's Premiere Outdoor Painting Competition this year. Expecting a minimum of 50+ Artists to pre-register by the start of our event weekend.

Our 2023 Awards Event on Tuesday, October 3rd was a huge sucess and I am posting the awards list (below).  Look to the works listed online and match the artist with their work and make purchases ONLY ONLINE via the Buttonwood Art Space through 2024

List of Award Winners for BCAW2023

• Purchase Awards ($500)

• Denny Dowdy / $500 / Friday’s Nocturne on the Plaza /  “Friday Night”

• Jane Willhoite / $500 / Saturday’s Day at the Discovery Center / “Floating Flora”

• Karen Case / $500 / Sunday’s Sunset at the BCCC / “Brush Creek at Dusk”

• Ribbon Awards:

• Zone 1

• 1st Vanessa Lacy / $300 / “Nocturne Plaza Pony”

• 2nd Denny Dowdy / $200 / “Friday Night”

• 3rd Jane Willhoite / $100 / “Heart of the Plaza”

• Honorable Mentions:

• Wanda Greene / “Summer on the Plaza”

• Anne Garney / “Loose Park Reflections”

• Zone 2:

• 1st Denny Dowdy / $300 / “Take a Hike”

• 2nd Chris Willey / $200 / “Fading Glory”

• 3rd Sandy Braga / $100 / “Bird on the Lawn”

• Honorable Mentions:

• Vanessa Lacy / “It’s All Sunshine and Flowers”

• Jane Willhoite / “Floating Flora”

• John Keeling / “Sunflowers”

• Zone 3:

• 1st Karen Case / $300 / “Brush Creek at Dusk”

• 2nd Sandy Braga / $200 / “Brush Creek Sunset”

• 3rd Rick Wright / $100 / “Bankside Vesper”

• Honorable Mentions:

• Christi Patterson / “Brush Creek End of the Day”

• Joseph Almandariz / “Groundhog Playground”

• Melissa Cheney / “Brush Creek at Dusk”
  
  

Alex Hamil - BCAW2024 Director / bcawfoundation@gmail.com