During the weekend of September 18th-20th, 2026, Brush Creek Art Walk will celebrate it's 15th Anniversary. Our 3-day weekend of Outdoor Painting (en Plein Air)  gathers around 50 pre-registered artists to participate in this weekend event with three Sponsored Quick Paint Events, each one offering a $500 Purchase Award.  

Click Here for locations and times for the 3 BCAW2026 Quick Paints for your understanding of 'what' our event includes.  The public is encouraged to come by and witness the artists at work and the eventual results of their efforts during judging and sales.

The resulting 80+ BCAW2026 original works will be for sale and on display at the Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center (4750 Troost) through the months of October-November 2026.  (Click here to view last year's BCAW2025 Submissions).  After our Awards on October 6th, BCAW2026 Purchased works  are available for pickup by arrangement through the month of November.

The remaining/unsold works then move to our 1608 Locust Gallery (Lexitas Legal Services) and finally ArtsKC (106 Southwest Boulevard) in the Crossroads for the Spring of 2027.

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

• Images from Awards (See BCAW2025 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 2027.

       Our BCAW2025 works were Amazing!

BCAW2025's 14th Annual Event, was without a doubt, Kansas City's Premiere Outdoor Painting Competition. Our 50+ Pre-registered Artists provided exceptional works. 

Our BCAW2025 Awards Event on Tuesday, October 7th provided some amazing results.  We are posting the Awards from that evening (below).  Look to the works listed online and match the artist with their work and those 2025 works made available through mid-April 2026.

List of Award Winners for BCAW2025

Click Here for BCAW2025 Awards Photos (Oct 7th, 2025)

Purchase Awards ($500)

• Vanessa Lacy / Friday’s Nocturne /  “JC Nichols Nocturne” (NFS)

• Tammie Dickerson / Day at the Discovery Center / “Plant Sale at the Discovery Center” (NFS)

• Joe Patterson / Sunset at the Community Center / “Brush Creek”

Zone 1

• 1st Denny Dowdy / “Plaza at Night”

• 2nd Vanessa Lacy / “Wet Guy on a Horse”

• 3rd Mark Anderson / “Plaza Nocturne”

Zone 1 (Honorable Mentions):

• Jane Willhoite / “Chiefs Sunday”

• Anne Garney / “Plaza Fountain Sculpture”

• Julian Irwin / "Dark Night"

Zone 2

• 1st Chris Willey / “Pond Fall Foilage”

• 2nd Mark Anderson / “Saturday Plant Market”

• 3rd Julian Irwin / “Goose Feathers”

Zone 2 (Honorable Mentions):

• Jane Willhoite / “Sycamore Station”

• Missy Chaney / “Anita B Gorman's Discovery Center”

• Tammie Dickerson / “Entrance to the Garden”

Zone 3

• 1st Sandy Braga / “Sunset Along Brush Creek”

• 2nd Sherri Burkey / “Green Bridge Over Brush Creek”

• 3rd Denny Dowdy / “Brush Creek Bridge”

Zone 3 (Honorable Mention):

• Brooke Wangwe / “Sunset at Brush Creek”

• Sarah Irwin / "For the Birds"

• Tom Bumgardner / "Half Mast"

Alex Hamil - BCAW2026 Director / bcawfoundation@gmail.com

...."Buy the Art, Save the Arts" (purchased works available for pickup by arrangement through November and at each of our scheduled First Fridays)