Abita Springs - En Plein Air Exhibition

Abita Springs - En Plein Air Exhibition The Trailhead Museum invites you to an exhibition of landscape paintings made only on the northshore. Location: Abita Springs Trailhead Museum.

Right next to a great playground and the Rails to Trails St. Tammany Trace bicycle trail, as well as the original Abita Brew Pub.

Beautiful new work by Louis Morales available for purchase tonight 5-8pm at the Trailhead Museum.  It's sure to be a lov...
04/10/2026

Beautiful new work by Louis Morales available for purchase tonight 5-8pm at the Trailhead Museum. It's sure to be a lovely evening in Abita Springs. Please join us! UPDATE: This painting is SOLD.

04/10/2026

Architect Ron Blitch lives on six acres in Abita Springs and often invites en plein artists to paint his property’s unique pavilions and gazebos, picturesque ponds and trees, abundant azaleas,

New work by Phil Sandusky will be available for purchase.  Come see us during the opening reception Friday 5-8PM.  Also ...
04/08/2026

New work by Phil Sandusky will be available for purchase. Come see us during the opening reception Friday 5-8PM. Also open Saturday and Sunday 10AM-4PM.

Two works by John Preble that will be available for purchase Friday night.  30% of proceeds benefit the Trailhead Museum...
04/06/2026

Two works by John Preble that will be available for purchase Friday night. 30% of proceeds benefit the Trailhead Museum.

If you have any original painting by Alan Flattmann, we would be most grateful for the opportunity to hang it Friday in ...
04/06/2026

If you have any original painting by Alan Flattmann, we would be most grateful for the opportunity to hang it Friday in a tribute to his legacy during our exhibition. Thanks so much.

Hal Wilke captured that decaying wreck on the Lake at the Tchefuncte.  See it next week on the walls of the Abita Spring...
04/02/2026

Hal Wilke captured that decaying wreck on the Lake at the Tchefuncte. See it next week on the walls of the Abita Springs Trailhead Museum.

In progress, from Peg Usner.  Fairview Riverside Park.
03/29/2026

In progress, from Peg Usner. Fairview Riverside Park.

We are honored to announce the participating artists of our 2026 Abita Springs En Plein Air exhibition.  Please come mee...
03/01/2026

We are honored to announce the participating artists of our 2026 Abita Springs En Plein Air exhibition. Please come meet many of them at our opening reception 5pm on April 10th at the Trailhead Museum. The exhibition is sponsored again this year by Cleco and will close April 12th at 3pm.

Jo-Ann Adams
Ben Bensen III
David Blackwell
Muriel Dauterive
Josh Duncan
Claude Ellender
Oksana Fogg
Sean Friloux
Carol Hallock
David Ledet
Andrew Liles
Julie Marshall
Renee Mitchell
Mary Monk
Louis Morales
Judy Newman
Saskia Ozols
John Preble
Julia Rubin
Phil Sandusky
Sabrina Schmidt
Drew South
Peg Usner
Helen Valenti
Hal Wilke

This year's exhibition takes place April 10-12, 2026 and is sponsored once again by CLECO.  We will be honoring three ar...
01/28/2026

This year's exhibition takes place April 10-12, 2026 and is sponsored once again by CLECO. We will be honoring three artists who passed last year: Auseklis Ozols, Pat Richardson, and Alan Flattmann. May they rest in peace. (Painting by Auseklis, 2015.)

En Plein Air: April 10-12, 2026.  Join us!
01/12/2026

En Plein Air: April 10-12, 2026. Join us!

09/26/2025

Auseklis Ozols founded the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts in 1980 in a three-story building at 5218 Magazine St.

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22044 Main Street
Abita Springs, LA
70420

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