Whether you're an artist or a community organization, paint outs offer a wonderful package of fun, interactive entertainment. Everyone wants to experience creativity in the making. A successful Paint Out promotes artists and sells paintings, bringing income and profit for artists and organizations alike.

This guide provides step by step practical instructions for every single detail of the Paint Out planning process. Everything from selecting the artists, to selling wet canvases.

The appendix materials are worth the purchase price all by themselves: sample letters to artist, ad rates, catalog page layouts, and all the forms we use to put on our own Paint Outs.

How to Coordinate a Successful Paint Out: the Complete Guide, 2nd Edition by Annie W. Pais and Stewart J. Thomas, ©2005 AAONF.

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This 86 page manual is available in downloadable PDF format, complete with illustrations, planning timeline, sample forms and letters, PR materials, and much more.

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Check out the table of contents before you buy:

see for yourself the wealth of material covered. We are also available to answer your questions and as Paint Out consultants:

Table of Contents:

• Throw a Paint Out
• Planning
  • Planning Committee
  • Pick your Theme
  • Pick your Location
  • Pick your Dates
  • Create a Budget
  • Partnerships
  • Planning Timeline
  • Sponsors
• Select and Care for Your Artists
  • Artist Selection
  • Total Quality
  • Invitational or Juried
  • Artist Contract
  • Artist PR materials
  • Caring for Your Artists
    • HOUSING
    • MEALS
    • WATER, WATER, WATER
    • ARTIST DINNER
• Getting Out the Word
  • Pre-Event Publicity
    • SPONSORSHIPS
    • PRINTED MATERIALS
    • MEDIA OUTREACH
  • Publicity During the Event
  • Post-Event Publicity
• The Catalog
  • Production and Printing
  • Contents
• The Paint Out: Artists on Site
  • Logistics
  • Entry and Signage
  • Information Tables
  • The Wet Room
  • Spectators
  • Volunteers
• The Gala Exhibition and Sale
  • Venue
  • Set-up and Volunteers
  • The Gala Frenzy
• Finishing Up Your Event
  • Pick up and Clean up
  • Monetary Transactions
  • Post Exhibition
  • Post Publicity
  • Feedback
  • And Finally
• Appendix
  • Communications with Artists
    • Artist Invitation Letters
    • Artist Agreement Form & RSVP
    • Artist Information Form
    • Artist Update Letter
  • Public Relations Materials
    • Posters & Flier
    • Postcards
    • Sample List-Serve Posting
    • Invite to One-Day Paint Out
  • Catalog
    • Catalog Ad Rates
    • Sponsor Letter
    • Catalog Covers
    • Catalog Page - Example
  • Event Materials
    • Participant Pass
    • Artwork Tags
    • Artist Listing
    • Event Map
    • Logo for Event T-shirts
  • Auction Guidelines
  • About Us
  • Paint Out Consultation