On Sept. 7, 8 and 9, outdoor painters will bring their paint boxes and easels to the Concord area to participate in the fifth annual Worldwide Paint Out.  

The event is the creation of International Plein Air Painters (IPAP), and local participation has been made possible through NHPleinAir Artists with the cooperation of The Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden.   

This year approximately two dozen artists from throughout the region will participate in the event.

Many artists pre-registered a month in advance, including Sharon Allen, Joanne Beausoleil, Belle Choate, Ellen Davis, Sandra Garrigan, Michael Kennedy, Brenda Kenney, Aline Lotter, Hannah Phelps, Jeanne Pierce and Ann Marie Therrien.

NHPleinAir Artists invites all plein air artists from the region to join them on location from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on any or all of the three days:

• Friday, Sept. 7 – participants will assemble in Contoocook Village to render paintings of the dam, the bridges and other scenic and historic subjects.

• Saturday, Sept. 8 – the group will be at Dimond Hill Farm in Concord to capture the essence and beauty of this historic site with their brushes.

• Sunday, Sept. 9 – Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden in Concord will be host for the day’s painting and a wine and cheese reception from 3 to 5 p.m. Beginning at 3 p.m., paintings produced during the threeday event will be for sale, and a percentage of the selling price of each painting will be donated to Mill Brook Gallery and Five Rivers Conservation Trust.