This event is full and registration is closed; click the “Register” link below to join the waitlist.
Date & Time: Saturday, May 18th at 8am – 12pm
Location: Laursen South Preserve, North Auburn
Join us for a morning of art in the outdoors! Placer Artists Tour and Placer Land Trust are partnering for this plein air and photography outing. This will be a self-guided stroll through the oak woodlands and granite outcroppings or seek out wildflowers in sprawling meadows to sketch, paint, and photograph the beauty that catches your eye.
Your artistic interpretations from the event can be featured with the public in the Natural Wonders show at General Gomez Arts in Auburn July 6 – 21.
This is a free event; however, donations help make these activities possible! We suggest a donation of $10 per person or $25 for a family. You can donate during registration, and we’re happy to accept cash or a check at the event in an envelope with your name written on it.
Registration:
- You may only register yourself and members of your household. People outside of your household must register themselves.
- The deadline to sign up is 5 pm on Wednesday before the event unless the event fills first.
- Space is limited! Please only register if you will be attending so that you don’t take a spot away from someone else.
- If you signed up and can no longer attend, please contact Elia by email.
Participants must sign a release of liability available here.
Please complete the online waiver by the Friday before the event. One form per adult. Parent signature is required for children under 18. This does not register for you the event – please scroll down to register.
About Laursen Bear River Preserve
This recently acquired preserve, which includes a working cattle ranch, protects critical unfragmented oak woodlands in the Bear River watershed, and is part of one of the last relatively “wild” areas in western Placer County. The preserve is comprised of 361 acres of blue oak woodland and about 1.5 miles of riparian habitat along the banks of the Bear River on the far north side. Learn more about this beautiful preserve here.
This activity is a wilderness outing in a natural setting. PLT reserves the right to cancel an event in cases of extreme weather, bad air quality, rain, or other conditions beyond our control.
Directions to the Preserve will be emailed after registration. Check your spam folder if you do not receive the email within 15 minutes of registering.
Important Note: Our Big Hill, Harvego, and Laursen Preserves, including the roads surrounding them, are not open to the public. Please help us respect the neighborhoods around these preserves by only visiting during scheduled guided activities that you are registered for. Trespassers will be prosecuted.
