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Quick Draw & Community Painters 

FRANK BETTE PLEIN AIR PAINTOUT
Quick Draw • Wednesday, July 30, 2025

This year's Quick Draw will be along Grand Street and one block either side, from the estuary to the bay, East on Shoreline.

As part of this year's Quick Draw we are inviting community members ages 14 and older to paint alongside our artists. ​Students under 18 will need parental permission and to complete the attached application. All painting mediums are acceptable.

For $10 you can display and/or sell your framed artwork (plexiglass is preferred over glass, canvas finished edge is acceptable) at our Quick Draw Sale at South Shore Center. Please use D-rings on the back of your frame.

8:30 - 9:00 am    Sign up at Neptune Court
(near Daiso) South Shore Center

9:00 am - 12:00 pm Paint

12:00 - 1:00 pm Drop off paintings

1:00 - 5:00 pm SALE

5:00 - 5:30 pm Pick up unsold artwork

All sales go through Frank Bette Center for the Arts. Artists receive 60% and Frank Bette Center 40%. 

Download Student Application

Community painter
Community painters

Student Artist Orientation

July 29 from 10-11:30 

Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru St., Alameda.

Students who attend will get a free kit of basic watercolor supplies

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1601 Paru Street

Alameda, CA 94501

Friday - Sunday • 11am - 5pm

510-523-6957

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