Welcome to
1000 islands
arts festival &
2022 plein air!





1000 Islands Arts Festival Week! August 23-28.
We have an exciting lineup of musicians, live music, art & craft vendors and food trucks joining us!



"Let's Cool One" will be back!



Gary Walts! Saturday August 27!



Roger Hicks!
The "Sax"! R A J A H !



Last year's voted "Best Food Truck" - Elm Street Tacos!



Special Clayton Island Tours Artist's Sunset cruise! Open to the public, join our Plein Air artists for an enchanting cruise through the 1000 Islands, with some great eats, beverages, and the jazz sax of Roger Hicks!



Friday evening, 6:00PM - 8PM, August 26​

$30 includes boat tour, a great hors d'ourves selection and sax of Roger Hicks! Cash bar. Have a great sunset evening with friends and artists!



Register here for Sunset Boat Tour!


Heading out from Clayton for the evening!



Enjoy some great eats and treats on board with Roger Hicks!



August 24-27 2022 Thousand Islands Plein Air Artist Competition

Meet our judge, and plein air workshop instructor Barbara Jablonski


Artists from throughout the country are invited to paint "en plein air" in the 1000 Islands! Plein Air artists will be painting live, in the maginificent Thousand Islands! All art for bidding and sale, as artists compete for cash and sponsor awards!

Final bidding and awards Saturday, August 27, 1PM-4PM.

Visit the artists as they paint at their chosen locations throughout the 1000 Islands!


REGISTERED ARTISTS FOR 2022: ​



Cheryl Simeone
Three Mile Bay, NY



William Christopherson, Watertown, NY



Jan Byington, Clayton, NY


Judy Soprano
Livonia, NY



Tarryl Gabel
Poughkeepsie, NY



Cathy Whitehead
Lebanon Township, NJ.



Lynda Pyka
Oxford, Ct.



Paul Allen Taylor
Rochester, NY



Sandra Hildreth
Saranac Lake, NY



Donna Glahn
Hammond, NY



Lynda Mussen
Peru, NY



Drayton Jones
Fayetteville, NY



Paulette Rozwood
Buffalo NY



Kelly Curry
1000 Islands NY



Jerry Merrill
Rodman NY



This year's judge - Barbara Jablonski, Pittsford, NY



Barbara Jablonski is no stranger to Northern New York. Over the past many years, she has annually made the treck from Pittsford to participate in many plein air festivals and competitions throughout the North Country and the Adirondacks. Her travels with her companion dog and camper in tow include the the Saranac Lake, Morristown, Sackets Harbor, and 1000 Islands plein air competitions, where she consitently has received top honors with her oil plein artwork entries. Barbara has served as judge for the 2016 Sackets Harbor Plein Air Festival, and has instructed plein air painting workshops in both Sackets Harbor, and Clayton plein air festivals. She is president, founder, and signature artist of the Genesee Valley Plein Air Painters (GVPAP) founded in 2005, and a signature member artist of the Rochester Art Club.

Find more about Barbara and her upcoming shows and workshops at: www.BarbaraJablonski.com




Barbara Jablonski, Pittsford, NY



Plein Air Workshop, Sackets Harbor NY, 2016



Barbara's award winning painting "Johnston House", Clayton NY, 2018


Orion Art Gallery & Studio





315-215-4099
42901 NYS Rt.12 Alexandria Bay NY 13607


Info@orion-artgallery.com