Southeast Tourism Society Selects Cashiers Plein Air Festival as an ‘STS Top 20 Event'

Southeast Tourism Society Selects Cashiers Plein Air Festival

 as an ‘STS Top 20 Event’

Travel industry organization has saluted region’s best events since 1985

ATLANTA, Ga. (May 23, 2018) – Southeast Tourism Society has Cashiers Plein Air Festival one of the STS Top 20 Events in the Southeast for July 2018.

This year’s Cashiers Plein Air Festival is July 17-21. The STS Top 20 Festival and Event Awards have highlighted programs around the Southeast since 1985.

Travel industry experts select 20 events per month, and STS publicizes them throughout the United States. The complete list is published on two websites: Southeast Tourism Society and Travel Media Press Room.

This summer is the Fifth Biennial Cashiers Plein Air Festival, an art competition and sale featuring nationally acclaimed painters from throughout the country. Plein air is French for “open air;” more than 20 invitational artists will set up their easels outdoors to capture the beauty of the North Carolina Mountains. Their original art is displayed for viewing and sale at a pop up art gallery at The Village Green Commonsin Cashiers, NC.  The artists’ medium, technique and subject matter are varied but every canvas highlights the unique landscape and lifestyle of the area.  Special events, ticketed and open to the public, showcase their art.

 “The Southeast is home to unique and memorable events throughout the year. In spotlighting the Top 20 festivals and events each month, STS is not only giving these events the recognition they deserve but we’re also creating a quick reference guide to some of the best festivals in the Southeast,” said Bill Hardman, president and CEO of the Southeast Tourism Society.  “These events are important to the economic vitality of our communities and this is a way for us to acknowledge the time and resources organizers have tirelessly spent to create memories for their attendees.”

STS, founded in 1983 and headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting tourism to and within 12 states – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.