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The paint out, known as a Plein-Air, is scheduled for November 7-13, 2010 and is intended to be an annual event. The week long event will have many sites for the thirty artists to capture the sense of the Canaveral National Seashore Park and the local community of New Smyrna Beach.

The purpose of the Canaveral Paint Out is to raise money for an Interactive Environment Learning Center which the Friends of Canaveral plan to build within the park in cooperation of the park staff in celebration of the parks 35th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of the Friends of Canaveral .

The Interactive Environment Learning Center will provide classroom space and support facilities for thirty to fifty students at a time to study the land of the barrier island and the sea shore environs of the Atlantic Ocean and Indian River Lagoon all located within the Canaveral National Seashore Park.

Painting sites on the barrier island include locations at the Eldora House, and the area where the old hotel was located north of the Eldora House, the Schultz Leeper house, Castle Windy, the Turtle Mound and there are numerous other trails and sites the artists may select within the park.

Painting sites on the ocean are in the vicinity of parking lots 1 through 5 and on the Indian River Lagoon at parking lots 6 through 9. Fishing docks in the lagoon are located at parking lot 6 and at the Eldora House and boat launching ramps are located at parking lots 1 and 5 and bathing beaches on the lagoon are located at parking lot 5 and at the Turtle Mound.

There will also be a day or two to give the artists an opportunity to paint at various locations within the city of New Smyrna Beach; Old Fort Park, the North and south Causeway Parks and the city marina thereby bringing attention to the residents of New Smyrna Beach the Canaveral Paint Out.

A wet room will be available in the park in and next to the Eldora House for artists to display their work during the week long event.